The Week Before Back to School

Well, I survived new teacher training! Today all the teachers came back for the all-district meeting and then we had department meetings the rest of the day. The in-services we had today were really informative and gave me an idea of how they write goals and IEPs. Luckily, they're fairly similar to how we wrote them in my classes so that's good. Different districts have different ways of writing goals so I was glad it was similar to how I'd learned. Good thing we had that today because apparently my first IEP meeting is Friday! I won't be alone of course though since I'm not certified so my mentor will be with me. Plus, we're not sure if I will be servicing this particular student so we'll all have to attend.

I have a trunk full of stuff to take to my office at school but I haven't gotten back there this week since we've had meetings till 4 the past few days and I'm pretty much done then after sitting listening to gobs of information all day. I think Thursday I'll have a workday though to get things done.

I'm really excited for Saturday because Chris is coming in town for 2 interviews on Monday! I hope he gets something soon so he can get moved. I miss him terribly along with my kitties and furniture. It'll be nice when there's a couch to sit on instead of sitting or laying on the floor to watch TV. I'm coming back to St. Louis the weekend of Aug. 28th to take care of some things, which could end up being the weekend Chris moves too. We'll see. His mom and uncle are going to fly in to help him move when he does so that will be good. That way he can drive the moving truck and his mom can drive his car to KC. I'm going to bring the cats back with me when I come whether or not he moves that weekend. They have to be out of the apartment before he does the final walkthrough. I'll be glad to have them here when I get home from work to cuddle with. Granted I won't be glad to have the allergies back but I'll deal. I have for the past year anyway. Plus when my health insurance kicks in, I'll be able to get my Allegra-D again, which will help a lot.

Okay, I think I've rambled enough now. Can you tell I'm bored?