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Long Day!
How soon can I go to bed?
I got up at 4:15, did my Ultra Leg DVD. Got ready for work, made lunches, rode my bike to work, met my new class, did all the first day stuff from 8:30 - 2:45, talked to parents afterschool who are fretting about their kid being in a combo, prepared classroom for tomorrow, rode my bike home, created a bunch of different forms to go in reading journals, made a poster of the behavior "promise" kids made up today...
I'm exhausted!
V.
Veronica - I'm impressed that you not only rode to and from school on the first day, but you also got up at 4:15 to do an exercise video... Go get some sleep! I spent all night tossing and turning as I do before the first day of school every year. Why is it I can sleep for 63 nights in a row and then stay awake half the night for no good reason? How was your class? This is my first year without a split so I was loving having only one grade!
Lise - that picture of you is amazing, and even more so when I saw the "before" pic. You must feel SO good about yourself!
I saw a lady biking around 4:15am on my way home, and I *so* wish I could've told her "I'm so proud of you! You're kicking a$$!" ...but that'd be weird, so I just gave her lots of room and was on my way to get home/to bed.
Lise, you look fantastic. Such payoff for all your hard work- I'm glad biking has worked for you so well. :D
My commute is nothing... 4 miles round trip. :D But I know I probably won't ride after work this week - too hot and too much to do. So videos it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by kelownagirl
Class seems nice. Academically all but one are proficient in math. Lang. Arts has some gaps.
I slept well last night - kind of surprising.
V.
TD is sacred. It must not be moved! It started because I posted about walking in a tri, and Nanci replied, and then drift occurrred, and Nanci started Thread Drift. It IS tri related, and the tri-ers don't have to step over it, because we are in it!
Lise, you are so hot! The before pic isn't bad, but the now pic, WOW!
I have about that far to go too. 4 km down hill there and 4 km uphill home. I would ride to school but then I have to go drive back down and pick up my son. He can do the ride to school, but he has a tough time riding home. Gotta get him a bike with more than 5 gears next summer...
Back to school, higglety-pig! I, too, am amazed that you got up early to do a leg workout before riding to work, V. A better woman than I. Teachers hold a place of very high esteem in my family. Both grandmothers, and both of my parents were teachers. Now my mom is a (soon to be retired) children's librarian. What grades do you teach? And you, kelowna?
Thanks, guys, for the compliments on the picture. It feels so good to be where I am today. I remember when Ted, my 7 year old nephew was about 3, I would sing "Hit the Road, Jack" to crack him up. I was at my sister's, dancing and singing that song for Ted. At some crucial point in the song, I jumped up and spun in a circle in the air. My sister just stared at me and said, "Whoa! That biking is really paying off for you!" :D My family watched me be miserable for years. I'm glad they get to enjoy me, happy and healthy now.
I'm a very jealous snap tonight. Green with envy I tell you. My sis-in-law and brother have bought a 100+ year old farm house on twelve acres in North Branch, NJ. She sent pictures - I love it! It needs tons of work, but this is the kind of project they love to do. Dammit! It has a brook on the property!!!!
Down green-eyed monster! Down I say!
Huh, tough one. A brook, you say? I foresee much East Coast Visiting for Snapdragen! :D
And! It's at the end of an extremely low traffic road! Have bike will travel? :rolleyes:
Think of all the snow they'll have to shovel in a few months.
eh, worth a shot
Hey V - good job on the whole back to school transition. I don't know that we've transitioned so well. We're down 1 retainer. :mad: That's a year's allowance.....
Snap - that farm house sounds amazing!!
Okay - to bed soon... I swear!
Sigh.
Oooh, I'd LOVE to have property with a Brook... Sigh indeed... At least you can visit!
Lise - I teach Grade 3 this year. Love that age....
barb
Edited to add: I have 5 kids from my grade 2's last year and the class gave me a $250 GC at the LBS on the last day of school in June. I told them I was going to buy some real biking shoes and a jersey with the money. First thing they asked me today was if I bought them. I have to bring them for show and tell tomorrow... :)
Great house. I can understand the envy.
Veronica and everyone else who teaches, my hats' off to you (or helmet?).
I have terrible sleep habits. Sleep hygiene if you will. Anyone else do this or some variation of it?
I fall asleep in front of the TV constantly. Been doing that since I was a kid, to the point I'm pretty much conditioned to be out whenever I'm in a semi comfortable position with a TV on. It usually doesn't matter how interesting what's on is, the nods come. So I don't literally watch a lot of TV :) Problem is sometimes I wake up and don't go right to bed, so then I'm awake sometimes for several hours. Unfortunately the time I need to get up doesn't get any later. Tomorrow is my l-o-n-g day at school. Start at 9 am and end at 9:30 pm.
Oh yes, there will be a starbucks stop on the commute in.