Bored at Conferences.

I am writing this as I sit in the weight room at school for Parent-Teacher Conferences.  I have had about fifteen parents show up, and over three and a half hours that isn't much.  I have been pretty bored, actually.  I hope you enjoy the pic of me in the weight room.  I did get to have a fabulous dinner provided by the school so that is a bonus.  I do not know if it really makes up for the boredness.

I did have an awesome conference with one of the kids in my leadership class and her mom.  She has basically changed her story since coming to Independence.  Last year, she would hardly ever talk and she failed nearly every class.  This term she is passing on her classes and working on some make-up packets to catch up.  She is also so vocal and just cheery.  She basically said that I was a part of her motivation because I have gotten up in front of class and shared things and encouraged each student to be more open and not care what other people think of them.  It was very sweet to hear this come out of her mouth! :)  

Attitude truly is everything.  This year has been amazing at school thanks to me having a more patient and loving attitude.  I also have tried to remain positive.  (Granted, I am not always great at it!)

I did not sew at all during conferences.  I didn't think it would be too good of an idea.  I have done some grading and lots of wandering.  I am glad tomorrow is Friday but it will be a busy weekend again.  We have an away game tomorrow night and then a game here on Saturday.  Then I am heading down to Deltaish.  That means close to Delta, Utah but I can't remember how to spell where I am really going! 

Goodnight!

MIDWEEK!

"Hi....Happy Midweek!" I say that a lot to my classes on Wednesdays.

Today was kinda Blah! Just another day. I worked and that was cool.

After work, I worked on some sewing. I am making my family their Christmas gifts this year. I have not sewn since 8th grade. It is pretty much an exciting and new experience. I am getting better as I go, which is good. In the time it took me to do three projects tonight, the home ec. teacher finished about seven. Crazy. Slow is good though. With each stitch, love is pouring intp these presents.

Tomorrow is Parent-Teacher Conferences. This means it will be a really, really, really long day for me. Sometimes it is boring because not many parents show up. I have plans to set up a sewing machine in the weight room so I can sew in between visits.

Not much else here. I think that will be it for now. Only 11 days and I fly home. YIPEE!!

Sharing is Caring!

I love my job. I was just driving across town and I actually was almost in tears because I thought about how lucky I am to be coaching The Independence High Girls' Basketball Team this year! The group of ladies I am working with this year really are special and have so much potential both on and off the court. Today, they showed great leadership as they made the decision to not let one of the former teammates continue to play because she has missed a lot of practice and a few games, is not doing well in classes, and is not being honest. We had a little team meeting and they came up with good reasons not to let this girl play anymore. I then told them that I was not going to give this news to said girl because it was not my decision but theirs. I was so impressed with their leadership skills as they calmly communicated with this girl.

Well, I have been meaning to write a post requesting something of my readers. This is not something that I am expecting from each of you but if any of you are feeling charitable and would like to sponsor one of my wonderful basketball players, there is a need for your help. Each of the girls has to pay 50 dollars to play. A few of them can afford this, most of them cannot. Today I told them that I would like to have at least 25 dollars from each of them. One was very worried about just 25 dollars.

Anyway, for safety issues, if you would like to sponsor basketball player in need please shoot an email to: softballrita@gmail.com and then I will send you details of how to send the check. I just worry a bit about safety on here. Also, this would totally count as a charitable contribution so it is totally qualifies for a tax deduction. Yipee! Any amount would help by the way. Do not think you have to sent the whole amount to sponsor a girl!

Thanks guys. I truly believe programs like this help the troubled youth! :)

I Love Fridays!!!

I do have a pretty great job. Not only do I get to wear basketball
shorts and a t-shirt everyday to work but I also get to wear jeans on
Fridays. Sweet deal!

This has been an extremely good week. My students so far seem to be
stellar this year. I love when my job is easy because they do so well.
I was talking to another teacher this morning and I mentioned how I
have not made countdown chains to Christmas Break this year because
the time is going so fast that I have not even thought about it.
Crazy. Maybe basketball has kept me so busy that time is flying.

I will be pretty busy this weekend thanks to basketball. My girls play
tonight and again tomorrow morning. I will also be working on
Christmas presents for my family. It is kinda weird that I am going
all out and sewing. Weird.

Well, I must finish my day as teacher Alice. Happy Friday everybody!

Free Dinner is Definitely a Highlight

Time seems to be going very fast this past week. Tomorrow is already Thursday. Fantastic.

I think today will be summed up in a list. Here is what happened today:

1. Woke up at 5. I usually get up at 6:30, but because I went to bed early last night, I think my body decided it had the normal amount of sleep an hour earlier.

2. Got ready for work. The usual: shower, read scriptures, eat Frosted Mini-Wheats, watch Sportscenter.

3 . Went to Smiths to get eye drops. One of my eyes just freaked out this morning.

4. Drove to work. It takes about three minutes to do so, I am very glad for that seeing I was late, late, late.

5. Taught for seven hours. I like my kids this year. Highlight was my Boys' PE class. They were so very funny today. I don't know how to explain it. They were just silly and funny. Two in the morning humor explains it. Low point was when one of my students came to get work to take with him because his step-dad had died of a heart attack earlier in the day. My heart went out to him. He is one of my favorite students. He reminds me of my nephew Kris! I told him that he seemed to be taking it well but I thought he was just keeping his real emotions in because he was a boy and he said that was true. I then asked him if I could give him a hug and he said, "please." It was cute and sweet.

6. Exercised with a student. Two of my students and I have been doing the P90X exercises. We worked our arms and shoulders today. It was intense.

7. Went to the Provo Temple. I had a hard time focusing. I was sleepy for the first part and then I really had to go to the bathroom because I had drunk lots of water after exercising.

8. Went to Smokehouse for pizza and macaroni. It ended up being free because they burned our pizza and it took a long time to get the second ones cooked. Nice! MBC was with me.

9. Came home and talked with my friend, Marla, from back home. We are very excited for the holidays and being able to spend time with each other. I also called Kerri and we chatted for a few minutes. I really do have great friends.

10. Checked Facebook and blogged. Exciting isn't it?

11. Now I will head to bed. I like my bed!