So, okay.

I know, I know. It's been forever and a half since I posted last. And I'm saying here and now that I'm going to work on it.

What have I been so busy doing you ask?

Well let's see...

I had jury duty, which was a blast (see below). I spent some time cleaning my shoes (see below again).

And last we spoke I was gearing up for unemployment. Well in a wonderful turn of events, I was reinstated AND back at Tokay, which was just icing on the cake. Hurray! So I spent much of my time off moving from my office to one with a window (Suh-weet! And would be even sweeter if I actually remembered to open the blinds LOL) and getting all of that settled.

Also, I spent some time house-sitting for one of my aunties, which essentially meant I got to spend 3 days lounging in her swimming pool (the only thing missing was the cabana boy, despite my efforts).

Then I spent a week commuting back and forth to Sacramento with some colleagues for a conference/training/workshop/propaganda-spreading time for AVID, which was fun, productive, entertaining, heart wrenching, expensive and exhausting all at the same time.

Then I was back to work (Yahoo!). Our team this year includes "The Boys" from last year, John and Victor, Erica, who was with us for part of a year during the mold year, and Rose, who transferred over from a different high school. We have all been struggling with our new computer program the district has implemented to maintain student records. This program was created by the devil himself (and I'm being nice), and I've had to stop myself a gagillion times from chucking my computer out of my new window. Especially? On the first day of school? When we realized that any student who had been enrolled since last spring? Was suddenly lost in cyberspace? And didn't have a schedule? At. All. That was REALLY fun.

The first three weeks of school are full of schedule changes, unhappiness, unreasonableness, indecisiveness, relentlessness, and mistake after mistake after mistake because so much of what we're doing with this new program is learned on the job and by trial and error.

This last week has been like catching our breath as we are settling in to the new semester. So I am ready to share all of my shenanigans with you as the school year continues. Because 1) I've already agreed to sell football tickets (on the caveat that I only work with Jodie), and 2) this year will no doubt have it's ups and downs as the district already knows it's $13 million in the hole, and we're only 7 weeks into the fiscal year.

But all I can say is Bring It On!!!