Monday, August 13, 2007
Ahh... another new year
I seem to always start my post after a long hiatus with something about how crazy it has been lately. That seems a little silly now that I am realizing life is always a little crazy.
I'm starting this blog again today because today was the first day of Spokesman Week 2007-08. The staff showed up this morning with lots of good energy and fun summer stories, except for Sarah, who had an unsettling story about her house being broken into. She was still in good spirits though.
I made the official announcement that, yes, I am pregnant. In fact, I even wore a lovely maternity outfit of pants that barely fit and one of the hand-me-down maternity shirts my friends have lovingly loaned to me. The staff seems pretty enthusiastic about it so far. I even got advice on where to find cute maternity clothes (which I am sure had nothing to do with the baby blue shirt with the tie in the back that I wore today).
So, true to the little bits of craziness life always has in store, we were not able to do as planned today. There was a water leak last week in the back room (it came through a ceiling tile) that took out a computer and our two scanners. The tech guys are working on getting the equipment either running or replaced. I love those guys.
We also could not access our files yet. Actually, I couldn't even log in, neither could the students. So instead of photography workshop, we went over the calendar and the new grading system. While they weren't jumping up and down excited, I think they are slightly intrigued.
The staff also helped me rearrange the room a little, which was nice. Then Claire, Neal, Hillary, Bryan and Dan stayed around to work on the redesign. This was interesting since we couldn't log in, but the tech guys hooked us up. The kids saved everything to my flash drive, and that seemed to work.
I think it was a pretty successful start to this new year!
I'm starting this blog again today because today was the first day of Spokesman Week 2007-08. The staff showed up this morning with lots of good energy and fun summer stories, except for Sarah, who had an unsettling story about her house being broken into. She was still in good spirits though.
I made the official announcement that, yes, I am pregnant. In fact, I even wore a lovely maternity outfit of pants that barely fit and one of the hand-me-down maternity shirts my friends have lovingly loaned to me. The staff seems pretty enthusiastic about it so far. I even got advice on where to find cute maternity clothes (which I am sure had nothing to do with the baby blue shirt with the tie in the back that I wore today).
So, true to the little bits of craziness life always has in store, we were not able to do as planned today. There was a water leak last week in the back room (it came through a ceiling tile) that took out a computer and our two scanners. The tech guys are working on getting the equipment either running or replaced. I love those guys.
We also could not access our files yet. Actually, I couldn't even log in, neither could the students. So instead of photography workshop, we went over the calendar and the new grading system. While they weren't jumping up and down excited, I think they are slightly intrigued.
The staff also helped me rearrange the room a little, which was nice. Then Claire, Neal, Hillary, Bryan and Dan stayed around to work on the redesign. This was interesting since we couldn't log in, but the tech guys hooked us up. The kids saved everything to my flash drive, and that seemed to work.
I think it was a pretty successful start to this new year!
