So much to talk about today - school, volleyball and Dave's accident

1st quarter is almost over - 2 more days to be exact before I start with a whole new bunch of students. Well, maybe "whole new" is not right - a lot of the students I would have had before - but there will be new ones that I havent had. This coming quarter I am doing geometry 1 and personal finance.

But, back to this quarter. Today, I am giving all my classes their final exam. It amazes me that students decide to ditch class on the day of their exam. For example: 1st hour - there are 15 students normally there on a day and today I had 6 there to take the exam. Right now it is 3rd hour, I normally have about 12 here during the class and Ive got 5 taking the exam. Students seem to think if they dont take the final that it just doesnt count at all towards them instead of the reality that if they dont take it its a 0/100 points. Which - as you may know - is a good chunk of grade. Will the students stay after school on Friday (the only time the exam can be made up) to take it? Most of them - no.. and for some of them it will make the difference in them passing or not. Its sad - but Ive stressed the importance of being here for the test and that if they miss it that it counts as a 0. I dont know what else I could have done to relay that info.

Now, onto volleyball - we had to forfeit again last night because I didnt have enough girls show up for school. Its extremely frustrating. I was talking to the principal and v-principal about it and we are almost to the point of bringing all the girls together and saying "are we in this to play, are you going to commit to coming to school and supporting the rest of your team? because if you're not - then this team/season is going to be over". What answer we would get from them, I dont know - but during practice i get maybe 3 or 4 girls that show up. And, i cant really punish the other girls for not showing up, because they we have to forfeit because girls didnt come to practice and we are punishing the girls that did come to practice. Its kind of at a standstill as to what will happen in the next couple of weeks - we have all of November left of the season - and im not sure how many of them we will be playing.

On another note - Dave got into an accident last night - Not Dave's fault. Some old guy broadsided him. So, now Dave has got the rental until his car gets fixed. Wouldnt you know that is how it works - my car finally gets settled and dealed with (almost - Im still waiting for a check) and now Dave has to deal with it all over again. The odd part - I guess in the past 3 weeks his brother and his brother's fiance also got in accidents that were not their fault - I think they were both rear-ended. What's the odds of that happening - all 4 of us have been in accidents (that were not our fault) in the past month. Kinda Creepy..

Happy Halloween! Dont let the spooks in.

Pictures from the Brewer Game

These are from just over a month ago.. I went to the Brewers game with Dave, my sister and her husband.. Here are a few pics..

My favorites (and only) sister in the world

From left to right:
Dave, Sean, Sheila, Me












Me and Dave

Why is it taking so long!!

Ergh.. The autobody shop that is fixing my car submitted the estimate to the insurance company on Friday(at 8:30am) and as of today (at 4:20) they had not yet heard back from them. How does it take 2 days to look at an estimate? I dont even know how they could deny it? What happens then? I dont even know. Now, here I sit and wait to find out whether my car is going to be fixed or not from an accident that happened over a week ago.. How ridiculous. Plus, it is 4:30 and I am still at work. I am here until 5:00, trying to get stuff done - then at 5, school has fall fest which is just a parent event. I think we are grilling out, having prizes and games etc. Then, at 7:45 I think I am going to the football game. It should be a busy night.

What a weekend

and what a weekend it was.

Things that happened:

1) I was supposed to meet Katie and Tina on Friday in Grafton for a fish fry. On my way there (I was getting off of 45 onto hwy 60) a truck ran into the back of my car. I was stopped on the offramp waiting to get onto 60, because I cant go if cars are coming and the truck behind me didnt see me or thought I had went and gased it (pretty hard by the look of my car) and rear ended me really good. His front bumper actually went up above my bumper - you can tell because you can see his license plate screw marks on the top of my trunk. Yeah, my car is not a pretty sight. At the time I didnt hurt at all - but on Saturday my neck was in horrid shape - it hurt like ever to move it. Sunday it was achy but not near as bad as Saturday. And today - it feels fine - luckily - I would hate to work all day with a sore neck. So, now, I am in negotiations with insurance companies trying to get it paid for. (Oh, and I did make it to the fish fry which was very good - I was just late and arrived with a smashed up car)

2) Hannah (and Pete) got married on Saturday. It was really nice. The ceremony was in the amplitheater at CUW. It was a little windy/chilly but not too bad. The reception was at the Eisner Museum downtown in the Third Ward. I had never been inside there, and it is really something. The food was great - very interesting. The guests were good - it was REALLY good to see some of my old friends from CUW that I havent seen (for the most part) since Theresa's wedding a couple years ago.

What else? Now I am back to the grind of work - with Monday almost over. I only have one more class today from 1:10-2:35 and the class usually isnt that much of a problem. Plus, with the weather the way it is today, the attendance should be low anyways. Im thinking maybe 6-8 students in class today. We will see though I guess.

Well, thats enough I have some last minute stuff to do before lunch and then class.