Surprises!

I went to my portfolio training class, kinda dreading it, but when I got there, I found it very useful and helpful! And I even got a stipend for going - they paid me $50 to sit at a computer and listen to someone for an hour and a half (they even provided snacks!)

Found out another student of mine is preggers, that makes 3...and it's only November. 4 more teaching days until Thanksgiving Break - a 5 day weekend! (Wednesday - Sunday)

Wish some other things were a little different. Don't wanna go into details, but yeah - difficult times are upon us.

Rough Draft of portfolio is done. And actually proof-read. I just need to collect everything and make adjustments. I"m also going to portfolio training next wednesday after school so that should be fun. Just glad to have it done for the most part and posted for sure by thanksgiving.

Today afterschool I went wedding dress shopping! And I found the most perfect dress at a really good price. The third dress I tried on was the dress and I bought it! It comes in January 5th - but it fit perfectly and looks great and I love it. Plus it was in my price range and on sale! Gotta love that!

Well...

I am definately glad the election 2008 is finally over! My goodness gracious. Being able to watch the news in the morning without politcal ads is great...of course there was still plenty of politics lol. I will say two things:
1. I really enjoyed being able to explain the complete election process and electoral voting process to my students. That was neat.
2. Kids were nuts today! Goodness - I have a headache from the day. I don't want to type what all was said and such - but i hope it calms down some!

That being said - I'm off to begin working on my portfolio so that I can be done! I have to type up 3 papers still but that's not too bad - then have them all proof read, do the revisions and turn it in. I anticipate and plan to have it done before Thanksgiving.