I keep trying to think of something exciting that happened this week, but life was just pretty normal.
The end of the quarter was on Wednesday. I can't believe that the school year is already 1/4 over. It has been going by so quickly. (This caused me to have a slight panic when I realized we only have 9 more weeks of my health class to cover the circulatory, muscular, skeletal, respiratory, reproductive, endocrine, and nervous systems . . . man, what have we been doing the past 9 weeks?)
Tim took his first sick day on Monday. He was the last high school teacher to miss a day of school. I must say though that my missed days were for professional leave and student travel, so I don't think they should count. Sometimes our teacher attendance is pretty horrific. I think the students are rubbing off on some of us.
Tim went to Dillingham with the wrestling team on Friday. They had their first tournament Friday and Saturday. When I spoke with time on Friday night all he said was "we've lost more than we won". They ended up losing 8 and winning 5.
Tim's weekend was pretty busy and probably the opposite of relaxing, but I quite enjoyed mine. I spent Friday evening at my friend Heather's house. She made me burgers, we played Killer Bunnies, and just chatted. Saturday morning was spent cleaning the house and listening to general conference talks. By 1:30 pm I finally made it to the school. I was planning on playing volleyball with a group of teachers and students, but had to lesson plan instead. (It just took me too long to do the household chores.) At 3:30 we had a Togiak Teacher BBQ. I'm really glad that we have such a great staff that gets along so well. Who doesn't love potlucks? It was my first experience having a BBQ with a grill made of two 55 gallon drums. I was glad I wasn't the cook. Saturday evening Tim and I went over to the Cejka's for a movie/crocheting party. The men didn't crochet, but we did force them to watch Pride and Prejudice. :)
The end of the quarter was on Wednesday. I can't believe that the school year is already 1/4 over. It has been going by so quickly. (This caused me to have a slight panic when I realized we only have 9 more weeks of my health class to cover the circulatory, muscular, skeletal, respiratory, reproductive, endocrine, and nervous systems . . . man, what have we been doing the past 9 weeks?)
Tim took his first sick day on Monday. He was the last high school teacher to miss a day of school. I must say though that my missed days were for professional leave and student travel, so I don't think they should count. Sometimes our teacher attendance is pretty horrific. I think the students are rubbing off on some of us.
Tim went to Dillingham with the wrestling team on Friday. They had their first tournament Friday and Saturday. When I spoke with time on Friday night all he said was "we've lost more than we won". They ended up losing 8 and winning 5.
Tim's weekend was pretty busy and probably the opposite of relaxing, but I quite enjoyed mine. I spent Friday evening at my friend Heather's house. She made me burgers, we played Killer Bunnies, and just chatted. Saturday morning was spent cleaning the house and listening to general conference talks. By 1:30 pm I finally made it to the school. I was planning on playing volleyball with a group of teachers and students, but had to lesson plan instead. (It just took me too long to do the household chores.) At 3:30 we had a Togiak Teacher BBQ. I'm really glad that we have such a great staff that gets along so well. Who doesn't love potlucks? It was my first experience having a BBQ with a grill made of two 55 gallon drums. I was glad I wasn't the cook. Saturday evening Tim and I went over to the Cejka's for a movie/crocheting party. The men didn't crochet, but we did force them to watch Pride and Prejudice. :)
Togiak Tidbit
I've been trying to think of funny little habits or sayings that we see here in Togiak to share on the blog. It's hard to pick them out now because I'm getting so used to them. However, I did think of one today. If someone says to you "You're so dingy" (said slowly and quietly with inflection and emphasis on the ding), it is not a compliment. To the kids in Togiak this saying is synonymous to "You're so stupid or you're such a dork". One of the middle schoolers took to following me around after school about a month or so ago. He would just talk and talk and just wanted to hang out. He would ask me if I would run gym night or share my food with him. When I told him that I wasn't going to gym night or I wasn't going to give him my dinner, he would say "You're so dingy". I finally had to have a talk with him about not calling people names or saying negative things.
