Wow, where has October gone? I have many photos to upload and sometime soon I will do that. It has been a busy month with school, admin classes, the girls' sports, attending a conference and winterizing the yard and animals every chance we get. Immediately following October, on Thursday Nov 1st I interviewed for a Summer School Coordinator Position, naturally interviewed poorly, it was first in a very long time so I was really nervous. Hopefully now that I have one interview down for administration jobs, I will be more relaxed, especially since there will be more posted in December.
I had a student teacher the first quarter and now he has moved onto his high school experience, so in some ways things will get busier at school and in some ways quieter. I will be teaching for about 5 weeks and on December 18, I am scheduled for another surgery. I will be out of school for 3 weeks (one will be Christmas break) and then start up again, but probably dead tired for awhile.
Mim and Ve will be starting basketball in November and both programs will run until next March. Tuki will continue with the skating since she is still too young to join any formal BB team.
Tuki and Ve's birthdays are coming up in the next two months and Mim's 3 years home celebration will be this Monday, Nov 5th. This year has been a much better year with her than last year. I think all the pieces are finally falling into place and she is maturing.
We are hosting the family Thanksgiving this year since our usual holiday is Christmas and I will be moving very slow at that time.
Other than that all is well around here, busy as always during the school year, but we become use to the craziness that occurs during the 9 months of school.
@ I start back to 8 hour days on Monday...I have been going to school almost every week this summer in getting my room ready and shadowing my Assist. Principal during summer school to gain admin experience...but I have been able to go home as soon as I became tired, that will end starting tomorrow.
@ the school supplies had been purchased
@ the garden is maybe half done for processing
@ I am feeling much stronger, yet get tired quicker than I'd like
@ and hopefully Mim and I have a better understanding of each other
this Fall season will be quiet in comparison to other Fall seasons.
Mim is not participating in cross country running or basketball (as of now anyway) to take a break and to see if the past sports is what she really wants to do, so she will be more involved with our church's youth group in hopes she will find a better friendship circle than she had last year and maybe a non-sporting extracurricular or two at school.
Ve and Tuki will be skating again starting in September as well, so besides work everyday (of which I will be exhausted for a while due to healing from the surgeries), taking one administration class and continue preserving the produce from our garden, I think we will have a relatively quiet fall....I hope!!!!!!
Due to my surgeries (late June, early July) July was a foggy fatigue induced blur, but due to the help of my lovely daughters, friends and family we are doing pretty well. The girls activities were many this summer,
Tuki:
home school summer school
2 months of softball
Youth in College
Camp Invention
One month of swimming lessons
Ve:
home school summer school
2 months of softball
Camp Invention
one month of swimming lessons
Mim;
home school summer school
2 months of softball
One month swimming lessons
babysitting and lawn cutting jobs for the neighbors
Since August we have attended a Victoria Justice Concert, camping nearby the last few days and maybe visit a local large zoo next week. We have been taking weekly visits to my doctors for check-ups thus we have been trying to make each visit a little fun too.
