Back at it!

The time has come again, back to work for Leslie and I.  I'm trying to adjust to the new schedule by getting up at 4:50 to run now, because I know getting the kids ready this year is going to be especially difficult.  Emily will be going to school now with Leslie, so getting her ready, as well as Benjamin, will take some doing.  I just hope I don't have to push back my wake up time any more than that :)

I've been counting the days until I get to see kids again at school, and I really can't tell you how excited I am!  This year will be my first 6th grade rotation, so not only will I get to experience 6th grade at the same time as the kids coming in, but I will get to follow them through 7th and 8th.  It reminds me of my band teaching days at Irving Middle School, where my father in-law would always tell me, "there's nobody to blame but yourself now..."  How true :)

Another piece of wonderful news (at least for me) came when I got home from my run this morning and checked my pace/mileage.  For the first time, the sensor seemed to work almost perfectly.  I think it's the placement on the shoe that is making the most difference, so I'm looking for a pouch to fit the sensor where I'd like it on my shoe.  Hopefully things will straighten out soon.. I was beginning to look at those $300 GPS watches instead of this one.. Baaaad idea...

The only downside to summer being over is now I see my family less.  I was looking at last year's post around this time, and sure enough.. same feelings then :)  I've had the solution for a while, but Steve Jobs just isn't listening: embed iChat into the iPhone, so then I can attach iPhones to Benjamin, Emily, and since Leslie already has one, then we'd all be able to chat and see each other whenever we wanted.  Since Leslie and I would be busy for most of the day, we could just leave the camera on, so we could watch them all day.  Overkill?  Not for me :)

One of the greatest parts of never leaving education is you never have to give up that excitement as the school year nears.  What's even better about this year is now we get to start re-experiencing going to the store to get school supplies for Emily.  Emily, going to McKinley... Amazing how fast it's going!  Last night she was jumping (as she always does) on her bed before we started reading a book, I swear she was going to hit the ceiling!  When did she get so tall?