We start on the 11th. They said they may close the schools down if the swine flu gets...agressive. You guys seem to not ever care about it anymore. What's wrong with us here, dont get it!!! Anyway, fresh starts, new year... I agree,take care, xxx K
Oh, they are still having reports all over the place on the flu - just saw Univ of Kentucky has quarenteened (sp?) almost 50 kids (most colleges just started last week or this week).
I hope they get the vaccines out pretty quickly. Chuckie actually HAD swine flu in June, and I was told he could get it again. The CDC came out and is thinking there may be more than 2x the number of deaths as usual, and almost 2 million people hospitalized here in the US this season. And I teach elementary school, where you look out on a class of first graders and half of them have their fingers up their noses.... yuck.
And I teach elementary school, where you look out on a class of first graders and half of them have their fingers up their noses.... yuck.
Blech!!!
See, that's why I have nothing but respect for teachers. Not only to deal with the kids themselves, but all the ickiness that comes along with them. Personally, I'd have them all strung up on hooks on the wall before the day was out! NO PATIENCE!
The funny thing was that in college (yes, I went - just didn't graduate. Decided to go the M and family route - look where that got me!) I was an English major. Whenever someone would ask my major and I told them their first response was, "Oh, so you're going to teach?" I'd give them a horrified look and respond, "Heck NO! I'd be fired within a week! I can't handle more than 2 kids at a time." I never did figure out what one would do with an English degree other than teach, but that's neither here nor there.
So your Chuckie is a freshman. Isn't it an odd feeling to be the parent of a high schooler? It is for me. I loved high school too. I was very involved and I've been trying to encourage Marc to become involved too. He played football all through middle school but he can't play in high school, at least not this year, because his academics suffered too much last year. I did convince him to get involved in Octagon Club. It's a service organization that is the high school level for Optimist Clubs International. He actually chose it himself and I just kept encouraging his choice. Is Chuckie involved in sports? What kind of clubs does the school offer? Marc's high school has over 100 different clubs! It's just crazy!
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!
So, they are too big to be "fathered," too? I just realized what a difference there is in those two verbs....
LOL.
Yeah, they know it all and are much more the wise of their 'old man'. I think the first time they actually listened to story of my childhood they were in complete disbelief that I was actually their age once.
Me 35/XW 33 S13 & S12 M: 10/17/98 OM & S: 07/08 D final 06/09/09 12/03/09 - 06/13/10 "Piercing" 06/13/10: Engaged to Re-marry 10/17/10 06/25/10: Expecting baby #3 2/14/11
Wow...didn't realize how long I've been leaving my thread alone. I have to fill in some things, but work started this week and I am crazy-busy. I'll try tonight...
I keep doing fly-bys, but sitting and writing for a chunk of time has been hard. I'll try to get something down today, then copy and paste it tonight (can't from work - the school thinks this is a porn site!)
Personally, I'd have them all strung up on hooks on the wall before the day was out! NO PATIENCE! 