Adjusting

Well, this last week was crazy. I will hopefully adjust soon and get into a new groove. Luckily the way the schedule is set up the kids at home and in-person switch so this coming week I get to repeat what I did last week. Phew, but it's still a lot. I'm teaching three different classes so planning and keeping track of the different things on top of planning and grading in-person lessons and assignments and at-home lessons and assignments. Woof. Plus I see my high school students twice as often (weird schedule at the junior high) and I have to plan double for them (although they are kind of a slacker bunch in general and I have to cut back the material, ha). It's a lot. For my praxis test, I found a website with flashcards. I'm 16 minutes into a 55-minute video and I have over 100 flashcards already. I try to write 10 a day. I might need to up it to 20 since there are so many and I need time to actually study them as well. Hopefully, they will help. The praxis is such a big comprehensive test. At least it's something I feel like I can do to prepare for it. Hopefully, it will be beneficial. 

It is better to have students come in-person it's just harder and more complicated. It's so fun teaching a class kids like. They love to cook. I've been cutting back this month since Christmas and I'm so proud of myself because last week I resisted lemon cookies, chocolate chip cookies, cinnamon rolls, and donuts. Oy. This job is testing my self-control. Ha.

Scott's latest OCD project has been compiling favorite quotes. He's been working on it for about 1 1/2 years and I thought he was done. He narrowed it down from 56 pages to one that he wants to print and make into a poster board. But upon finishing he realized he had hardly any quotes from women so he went back to work and starting going down many rabbit holes. To date he is through the medieval philosophers and the project is now at 221 pages. He can be seen on his computer reading through quotes and picking his favorite whenever he isn't at work. I mean he has to do something while he waits to obsess about his fruit trees.  

Piper really wanted to make a recipe from the Cheerios box. She made honeycomb bars. She was so proud of herself! 

Ha Scott took a picture of me while in the kitchen. I have a habit of leaving all the cupboards open while cooking. Ha. 

Love this thing! 

Piper and Ryan helping me with roblox again. 

Gabby made a cover for her Kleenex box and fancied up her tape dispenser. She can do a lot with hot glue!