Welcome to teaching, folks! How lucky that, on your very first day of field experience #1, you get to bear witness to one of the perkiest perks we've got going--The Snow Day.
In case you're sitting at home feeling sad because you had your new teacher outfit all laid out and your nerves kept you awake all night and the programmable coffee maker started brewing at 7am: Don't fear! I've created a new post--the Snow Day Post--as a place for you to put your Snow Day ruminations.
I spent my weekend playing Star Wars and fairy princesses with my niece and nephew, Marlo and Jude. I had a lightsaber in one hand and a magic wand in the other. Madd skillz.
What's going on in your Ninja world?
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This ninja's day has been a comedy of errors. Okay, so, to give people that aren't Dr. Cook or Becky an idea, the pair of us have been emailing back and forth with Jill and Dr. Cook ALL WEEKEND trying to make sure everything is all set for today. Becky and I had a minor miscommunication about my schedule, so at about midnight or so, we exchanged our final pair of emails confirming that we would meet at building 2 at quarter past 8 this morning. I set my coffee maker, as Dr. Cook perceptively predicted, and went to bed. Alarm goes off, I keep sleeping. Fifteen minutes pass and I wake up in a panic. Rushing to my computer, however, I see on wpri.com that NP has canceled school. LAME! But RIC has only canceled MORNING classes, of which my only one was practicum, which I'm already missing because my school is out of school. Double lame! So I go back to bed for a few hours, leaving time to get up, shovel, shower, and get to school for my 12:30 class. NOOOO! This means I may still have the dreaded SPED 433! SHOCK AND HORROR!
Thankfully, the snow-day gods are not bitter and vengeful, so when I got up at 11 (promptly with the alarm this time!) I was quite relieved to discover that AFTERNOON classes were ALSO canceled, and that the only people at risk of class were the poor unfortunate souls that have a 4-7 on Monday. SPED starts at 2. I call it a win.
So I went out and shoveled the driveway, my sinuses are killing me, but the coffee was brewing while I was outside, so after I rehydrate, I'm gonna get myself some coffee and go play some Warcraft! Aw, yeah! I was pretty excited to see this here, too, 'cause I was totally gonna just post something to the previous one about how bummed I am that my first day at the middle school turned out to be a snow day. I would have preferred a crazy midday blizzard so that, at worst, we got sent home from our placements a little early =P Anything but SPED!
I was hoping to start work in the middle school today but it snowed, and now I'm at home. Currently, things are in the works to begin on Wednesday, which I am hoping goes as smoothly as planning a start for Monday. I also do not have SPED class today (which is gorgeous), but DO have lots of time to do an assignment for Seminar which I am relieved to have obtained. Now I just have to tell myself to sit down and do it (probably the hardest part).
Sadly, I have not done anything ninja related today or yesterday in the snow, but am confident that in snowy, rural locations, a ninja would where a white suit to be better camouflaged
I did however, buy a book entitled "I Can Has Cheezburger?" which is a collection of images of cats with captions next to them written in online teenager slang, describing what the cats are doing. You can see exactly what I am talking about at lolcats.com. As of March 1, 2009, at 2:34 p.m, this is my favorite book.
I love Snow Days!!! As Ashley stated, we had a comedy of errors leading up to today (and I still haven't heard from Jill). At 6:30am my daughter wakes my husband and I up with mamamamamamamama and dadadadadadadad mixed in with a few duu and dododo. Normally this is the time I have to leave my little munchkin and get ready for school, usually running a few errands first.
Today was different though. I laid in bed with my daughter watching the news searching for NP. YES!!!!! The little ticker tape saved my morning. I laid in bed with my daughter tickling,giggling and rolling around. I did still have errands to run, but I got to take her with me!!! The greeting I received when bringing my daughter was nothing like what I would have gotten had I walked in the door alone.
After errands we went back to the house and ate lunch.
She is ready for a nap now and I just sang to her in my arms before my husband put her down. "Gonna make a pie, gonna make a pie, gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle. Baby don't be blue, gonna make for you, gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle," It's song lyrics from the movie "Waitress".
There are a bunch of other things I could be doing: reading for English seminar, starting my paper due on the 5th. But I am just going to relax (and maybe start looking for old papers for the portfolio). Hope everyone had as just a magical day as Dr. Cook and I. HAPPY SNOW DAY!!!!
Whats up Ninja's??? I have to say that the picture is one of the best I have seen! I felt like a kid this morning when I found out there was no school. That really excited feeling that you get to go back to sleep for a few more hours is like no other. I was super excited about going to Woonsocket Middle today but I am also excited to have the day off after working everyday since last sunday. Today has turned out to be one of the best Monday's EVER! I went from having class(or middle school) and class and another class to having nothing to do but shovel my driveway and get some extra homework done. WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Aimee and I were talking this morning and decided that this day could actually be given a national holiday name we just havent decided what to name it...maybe Ninja Monday. There is nothing better than having some time to read a book thats not required for classes! And having plans to go sledding later!
I am nervous however about when we are going to get into middle school now. I am anxiously awaiting an email from our teacher Beth, I hope she checks her email outside of school!
I hope you guys are having as much of a great lazy day as I am! Ill see most of you in seminar tomorrow!
****YAY SNOW!****
Hey Ninjas,
So happy to know that, when it's needed, you folks can get down and relax. It has been work, work, work since we started the semester, and I'm glad to see so many of you are taking this day as a gift. Professional development, right? You will still have a GREAT beginning this week, I am sure. Now the excitement has been able to build for another day...
After a night of tossing and turning, I awoke at 5:28 to my phone vibrating a text message from Kellen: "just heard that woonsocket schools are closed today" Oh my god. Why is Kellen awake at 5:28?! I immediately turned off my alarm and went back to sleep.
So far I've had breakfast, cleaned a little, shoveled a lot (and cursed my landlord and the guy living under me and the people living in the house in front of me), contemplated moving to a new apartment, showered, and am about to make/eat lunch. On the agenda for the rest of the day: work on some Senior Seminar stuff, doing my taxes and FAFSA (which I think is late), and clean clean clean.
Also last night I finished Stargirl. What a great book. I think it put me in the right frame of mind for going to middle school.
I did just write a nice long response about my day, but as always when it came to type in that silly looking code, this page wouldn't load and I lost my text.
So in short, I don't get snow days, because my father's business does not close. It was basically assumed last night that I would not have class so I worked today from 5am to about thirty minutes ago. I will start teaching at W.M.S tomorrow. Rock on.
Rich,
The saddest line I've heard all day is "I don't get snow days." Look at me and my assumptions! I am sorry you had to work so hard on a day when the rest of us got to stay in our sweats. All your hard work will lead you to the promised land, Young Jedi. Keep your eyes on the prize.
Just as Rich had said, I too typed a lengthy response about my snow day and then it mysteriously disappeared into blog world and would not load, that’s a downer. So I walked away and decided not to write again for a few hours. I’m here now though, typing this on word first.
March 2, 2009, NATIONAL NINJA DAY!
Contrary to popular belief, Ninja’s sleep…
This Ninja did some serious sleeping all day, its 5:30 pm, still in my pink PJ’s woo! I worked a lot this weekend and needed a day to do nothing, to allow myself to be bored. I was crossing my fingers for no snow last night because I was excited about going to Woonsocket, and as Dr. Cook guessed my teacher outfit was all laid out and ready to go, OCD at its best!
So I talked to Allie this morning and we kept in touch with Beth Wheeler throughout the day, we are going tomorrow at 8:00 am wooo for waking up early, especially when the ninja batteries are recharged!
No snow days for Rich make me sad, but NO SPED 433, now that is cause for celebration, good thing it is a holiday! Just wait…it gets better! Next week is Spring Break, so no 433 for two weeks! What ever will we do? Kumquats 4 … SPED 2… VICTORY!
Right now I am watching Fall of the House of Usher on HBO or show time, whatever channel, I am not sure what comments I can make about the movie so far… I’m wondering if the book would have been a better choice. But who has time to read when you get to read Nabokov all the time? That is my next endeavor for the day or night, read some Nabokov.
Happy Ninja Day Everyone! Eat some cake or something delicious for this holiday!
Visit my blog (which is linked on our page) to read my first post about my middle school experience. I am going to post my experiences on my page from now on...if that is okay Dr. Cook?
Rich,
Totally cool to post on your own blog. I'll visit you there.
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