House of Deej
July 29, 2008
Her Tweakness
Sometimes life gets a mite hectic. I sat down with the most fantastic creative flow rushes through my veins, and efx wouldn't work for me. After that, those darn creative thingies just fled from my bod. I've looked and looked, but the damn things are being amazingly elusive. So, instead of a wondrous bit of bloggety blogging, you're stuck with a dull old update entry.
My Fair Lady surpassed everything I expected. Even if I was some ornery crabbypants looking for something to bitch about, I'd have nothing. The show was even better than the great reviews I'd read. Babycub loved every moment of it and so did I.
Sunday was a complete 360 from Saturday's evening at the theatah. My little town's yearly summer celebration was in full swing and we never miss it. The cub's hung out with my son's fiance and that adorable baby I adore while I was in the parade. Yeah, I do that sort of thing. My school had a little float, a marching band, and a contingency of teachers being silly and passing out freeze pops and candy.
I was a freeze-pop-hander-outer-person; let me tell you that on hot summer days those things taste marvelous! I was swamped by little children and pushy adults all begging for frozen goodies. I think I sweated off all the weight I gained eating Nikkie's brownies as I ran back and forth between the crowds and the cooler full of freezies.
It's a fun little event though. In a town this size, everyone knows each other so I had old students jumping out of the crowds to run and give me hugs. I got to tease little grannies about wanting a kiddie treat. I got to tickle cute baby toes. I got to see pretty much everyone while I was sweaty, soggy, and armed with goodies.
The parade also is a wake up call that summer is fast coming to an end. In a few weeks we're all back to work and I'm simply not ready. I have oodles of things to do before it's time to walk in the school and inhale that "back to school" smell. Yes, there really is one.
I teach about the same thing every year, it should be completely plotted out and ready to go after all this time. It never is. I will never understand those teachers that never change things up - the ones that teach the same thing the same way year after year. I would be so bored!
Every summer I am rewriting, redoing, and revamping the stuff I use. I write a huge amount of my own curriculum, then pull in ideas and gizmos that I think will enhance things along the way. Some things work and are used again - others discarded or tweaked. It just never ends.
That's where I am now - I'm in creative mode. When that mood hits, I start getting eager to head back and "do" all the things that I put together for the kids. It's hard to wait; I become like a kid waiting for Christmas to come. If you see me online, that's probably what I'm doing - tweaking and writing and waiting impatiently for the smell of the new school year.
Peace
My Fair Lady surpassed everything I expected. Even if I was some ornery crabbypants looking for something to bitch about, I'd have nothing. The show was even better than the great reviews I'd read. Babycub loved every moment of it and so did I.
Sunday was a complete 360 from Saturday's evening at the theatah. My little town's yearly summer celebration was in full swing and we never miss it. The cub's hung out with my son's fiance and that adorable baby I adore while I was in the parade. Yeah, I do that sort of thing. My school had a little float, a marching band, and a contingency of teachers being silly and passing out freeze pops and candy.
I was a freeze-pop-hander-outer-person; let me tell you that on hot summer days those things taste marvelous! I was swamped by little children and pushy adults all begging for frozen goodies. I think I sweated off all the weight I gained eating Nikkie's brownies as I ran back and forth between the crowds and the cooler full of freezies.
It's a fun little event though. In a town this size, everyone knows each other so I had old students jumping out of the crowds to run and give me hugs. I got to tease little grannies about wanting a kiddie treat. I got to tickle cute baby toes. I got to see pretty much everyone while I was sweaty, soggy, and armed with goodies.
The parade also is a wake up call that summer is fast coming to an end. In a few weeks we're all back to work and I'm simply not ready. I have oodles of things to do before it's time to walk in the school and inhale that "back to school" smell. Yes, there really is one.
I teach about the same thing every year, it should be completely plotted out and ready to go after all this time. It never is. I will never understand those teachers that never change things up - the ones that teach the same thing the same way year after year. I would be so bored!
Every summer I am rewriting, redoing, and revamping the stuff I use. I write a huge amount of my own curriculum, then pull in ideas and gizmos that I think will enhance things along the way. Some things work and are used again - others discarded or tweaked. It just never ends.
That's where I am now - I'm in creative mode. When that mood hits, I start getting eager to head back and "do" all the things that I put together for the kids. It's hard to wait; I become like a kid waiting for Christmas to come. If you see me online, that's probably what I'm doing - tweaking and writing and waiting impatiently for the smell of the new school year.
Peace
posted by DeeJay at 12:29
13 Comments:
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our town will celebrate catfish days this weekend, that signals the end of summer for most folks *sigh*
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Dang, it feels like summer just started for me! Time is flying by way too fast.
I would think any teacher would want to change things up. Good for you, that will keep you from getting this "burnout" that I feel some teachers get after teaching for so many years.
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Sarai - I know, these last few weeks are going to fly by now! It's almost football season. *salivates*
Laurie - Our summer had a late start, but once it finally got here, the weather has been glorious. I honestly don't think I can remember one that has been so perfect. I will miss that part when it comes to a screeching halt! Trust me - there are some teacher that never do a single thing differently from year to year. I'm too antsy for that kind of teaching. It would drive me bonkers!
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You can always préwrite your blog into an editor like word. So next time efx2 is down and you want to spill your creative juices then open the editor and write your blog entry there. Save it when you are done so you can copy and past it on your blog next time efx2 is up again.
Darned, i missed you running around with goodies.
Btw, dont forget that you have a smart board now so you can tweak your lessons even more then you want!
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Sunday was a complete 360 from Saturday's evening at the theatah.
<whispers>You mean a complete 180, right?</whispers>
"freeze-pop-hander-outer-person"
Love that!
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I'm actually looking forward to the end of summer. I'm absolutely in love with the fall! Except that winter comes after it *grumblez* The parade sounds like it was much fun :) You're making me want a "kiddie treat" lol
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sounds like a great few days !
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Sounds like fun handing out goodies at the parade! I would love to see My Fair Lady! It's one of those musicals that I have never seen and have always wanted to. Maybe one of these days. I think this summer we may go to see "Annie Get Yer Gun" It's supposed to be very good. We still have a month of summer left before school starts here, although that does affect me in anyway whatsoever. We usually have our best weather in September.
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<whispers>You mean a complete 180, right?</whispers>
Hehe - I missed that, too. Well spotted!
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Logis - LOL I was running around with "frozen" goodies. Does that make me frigid?
Mr. E - LOLOLOLOLOLOL I love that one! I totally didn't notice that blooper when I posted it. Actually, I tend to always get things like that backwards. I say things like "sheesh, I am wiped out, I need time to decompose"... or "that's all water under the dam". I tend to get a mite mixed up.
Shadow - Did you go get one? I have those things in my fridge!
Chandra - It was! I had a wonderful weekend.
Kinni - I really enjoy doing this parade every year. It's fun to pass out things to the little kids; they are so adorable!
Bebbs - LOL I was going to correct it, but I figured it is totally "me". I make those errors all the time!
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Lol - I have some at home - I'll have to eat one after work :P
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Shadow - YAY! Gotta love icy treats!
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I have freeze pops in my freezer...the dogs think they are the best treats ever!
Our towns parade is tonight. I was almost going to be in it, but lucked out...good thing too, I would have been Moo-bell the cow! Moo-bell is our stores dairy mascot. It's a purple fury costume with a huge cows head! It's about 90F here (about 150F in that costume). I'm sure glad one of the bag boys decided to do it instead!
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