The Great, The Good and the Terrible....

Where do I start today. Yesterday, what a day - to say the least. I guess I will start at the beginning - at least the beginning of the excitement.

The Terrible
Yesterday I wrote while my students were taking the Terra Nova test. We were supposed to have a 11:25am dismissal because of the test, but ended up not releasing the students until about 1:00pm. Why? - you may ask. Well, because we were on lock down from 10:30am-1:00pm. At 10:30am, an announcement was made that we were going into Red Security alert and needed to lock-down our classrooms. So, here we sat - myself and the class of 8 students that I had. Let me tell you how hard it is to keep students here after the time they are supposed to be released, especially when we have no idea what is going on, and why we are on lock down. Finally, at around 1:00 we got the okay to allow students to leave the building quickly. The reason for the lockdown? There was a fully loaded gun found in the boys bathroom right next to my classroom, and not so good rumors floating around school about the usage of it. Oh, the joys of the inner city school....

The Good
Last night I went bowling. I actually did really good. My average is a 106. But, the 3 games I bowled were 122, 118 and 112. I was so proud of myself. I was just on a roll. We won all 3 of our games (we all bowled really well). I guess we will see if we move up on our place?

The Great
The CMA's (Country Music Awards) were on last night. Oh, what a joy for me. They were on while I was bowling, so I had to DVR them. Then, I was up until after midnight watching them. But, the best part of the night.. KEITH URBAN WON MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR! I think it was the biggest surprise of the night, and the most sincere acceptance speech. Also, Kenny Chesney won Entertainer of the Year - which he totally deserved! I have seen him in concert lately and he is amazing! Though I think it is rude that they cut him off how they did. I mean its the biggest award of the night - let the boy talk. Duo of the year.. I dont agree that Brooks and Dunn should have won - I think it should have been Big and Rich. But, that is just my opinion. Horizon award went to Gretchen Wilson, no surprise there - she deserved it because she had an amazing year. Oh, it was such a great show. I am thrilled that George Strait did not win any awards - sorry those of you that are in love with him.

Well, I need to get back to class, its first day of Quarter 2.

Thought for the day: Even the nicest kids bring guns to school (I found this out yesterday)