This "first day of school" finds me not in the classroom. I am okay with that. I will not miss the stress of preparation and grading papers. I will miss daily contact with the students and staff at WHS. I am going to volunteer in the library once a week and am looking forward to that regular contact with the friends I have there.
I had breakfast with a best friend this morning, much more relaxed than taking role and trying to learn all the new names of students entrusted to my care.
I had to stop and wait for a family on their way to their young son's first day of school. The Dad was pushing the stroller with the 2 year old, then came Mom and finally bringing up the rear of their parade was the looked to be kindergarten student. He was proudly carrying his new backpack! Took me way back to the first days with my sweet children. Yesterday, my son posted an adorable first day picture of our granddaughter. I adore experiencing the "coming full circle" of life. Being a grandparent is indeed an awesome experience.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Year two at WHS
So, I'm an hour north of Austin when my cell phone rings and the head of my department says "What are you up to?".....I laugh and say "I'm on my way to the FCSTAT Summer Conference in Dallas." She then proceeds to tell me that there has been a slight SNAFU at school.....the gutting of my classroom that was supposed to happen in December had happened the preceeding Friday when no one but the construction crews were on campus. My first thought was that as long as I had my textbooks, my students, and a place to gather I was good, but my co-worker who shares the Apparel Lab with me was not so lucky. She actually needed all those sewing machines to be able to teach her classes. The good news was that they found all the cabinets, etc. downstairs and that they would be putting it all back ASAP.
They did get it all back in place before school started....it's not pretty, but it is serviceable. Our principal has told us that until all of the construction is completed (who knows when that will be) the word is flexibility, flexibility, flexibility. At least we had four completed walls....there were some teachers on campus without such luxuries!
Even with all that, school is going well. Our family has taken some huge hits this year. Our beautiful daughter-in-law was hit by a drunk driver (5x's over the legal limit at 12:30 PM) while walking to her car. She suffered two broken legs and was so terribly banged up and bruised. We were all so thankful that she was even still with us after such a trauma. She worked so hard at her rehab and was back to work and driving, but has just learned that her right leg has not healed properly and will have to have a second surgery this month. I was just beginning to not absolutely hate the guy who hit her, and now....well let's just say I'm not thinking good thoughts about him!
That was in April, fast forward to late May or June and we discover that one of our sons-in-law has Thyroid cancer and probably has had it for 10 to 15 years from the extent of the disease. He was in surgery for 10, that's right, 10 hours. I know it was really rough for him being the patient, but it was terrible for our daughter and for his sweet parents and for me as we waited to hear that it was over. He had some really rough days in ICU but has been inspiring in his attitude toward his treatment. Right now he is undergoing the Radioactive Iodine treatment. We are all praying that this treatment will kill every last cancer cell in his body. Also our prayers are that his voice will return to it's full normalcy ASAP.
The grandkids continue to delight and amaze me as I watch them grow and develop. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to see them almost every week.
Thankful for all the blessings in our lives as we deal with all the hard things that come our way.
They did get it all back in place before school started....it's not pretty, but it is serviceable. Our principal has told us that until all of the construction is completed (who knows when that will be) the word is flexibility, flexibility, flexibility. At least we had four completed walls....there were some teachers on campus without such luxuries!
Even with all that, school is going well. Our family has taken some huge hits this year. Our beautiful daughter-in-law was hit by a drunk driver (5x's over the legal limit at 12:30 PM) while walking to her car. She suffered two broken legs and was so terribly banged up and bruised. We were all so thankful that she was even still with us after such a trauma. She worked so hard at her rehab and was back to work and driving, but has just learned that her right leg has not healed properly and will have to have a second surgery this month. I was just beginning to not absolutely hate the guy who hit her, and now....well let's just say I'm not thinking good thoughts about him!
That was in April, fast forward to late May or June and we discover that one of our sons-in-law has Thyroid cancer and probably has had it for 10 to 15 years from the extent of the disease. He was in surgery for 10, that's right, 10 hours. I know it was really rough for him being the patient, but it was terrible for our daughter and for his sweet parents and for me as we waited to hear that it was over. He had some really rough days in ICU but has been inspiring in his attitude toward his treatment. Right now he is undergoing the Radioactive Iodine treatment. We are all praying that this treatment will kill every last cancer cell in his body. Also our prayers are that his voice will return to it's full normalcy ASAP.
The grandkids continue to delight and amaze me as I watch them grow and develop. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to see them almost every week.
Thankful for all the blessings in our lives as we deal with all the hard things that come our way.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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