There have been some big events this past week. The first is that Anne's brother left the states today from Mississippi where he has been in training with his unit for Afghanistan. 
His tour of duty is supposed to be one year. We spoke to him on his way as he was in Bangor Maine. Had we known he was flying through Bangor we would have gotten in the car and drove up to see him off. Godspeed Bob!
We have been on vacation for the last week from school. Instead we have been focusing on applicatioins, lesson plans, school, getting re-organized, and catching up. No rest for the wicked they say. Anne is down today speed interviewing at Colubia for Principal positions. Anyone with a brain would go after her to lead a school. LilDrew and big Drew are very proud of all the hard work and effort she has been putting forth this year to get where she wants to be in life.
It has been warm here in the 40's during the day but by Sunday we will be back in the teens for a while. I am taking a Spanish course as part of my requirement for State of New York.
I joined a new gym two weeks ago and I really like the place. They gave me a discount for being a teacher. Woohoo! Hope everyone is well.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Greetings from Somers
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Working out
I have to admit that my workouts have been horrible since the baby was born. I joined a new gym on saturday and I am going to be going at least 4 days a week. My plan is to get back in to shape before the next break. I spent about 4 hours getting myself dug out from the big storm and a good deal of time putting together units on The 1920's 1930's and the Constitution of the United States for my kids at RKA. There was no real way to get around today so we made it a work day.
Leave it to NYC to be open again when every major school district outside the city is closed. Anne and I will be getting up very early to try to make it in without being late. Seriously it is very dangerous and NYC should be held liable for any students, teachers, or staff that are injured. We should build in snow days to our calendar to make sure we are providing a safe environment for our kids and the staff.
Blizzard 2006
We had over 2 feet of snow here in Somers today and I can say that it took 4 hours of solid shoveling for me to get the driveway clear. Not too many people on the roads and the even closed the mall nearby for the first time ever. We have the woodburning stove going and we are hopefull that the power outages we saw in the last wind storm do not re-visit us here in Somers.
I am in the middle of what seems like a never ending pile of laundry with the baby. He seems to go through about 4 outfits a day. He spits up on us quite a bit and that leads to more clothes for us as well.
I plan on spending the rest of the day lesson planning and getting some grades done for the kids at school. There is also some other work I am completing as well.
