Happy Birthday Leslie!

Last night Emily and I went shopping to find Leslie a gift. We were looking at jewelry and Emily picked out some very nice earrings which we got. We then spent a LOT of time over in the cards trying to find the perfect one.

This morning, After we all got up, Emily gave Leslie her present. Then, shortly after, I was off to help Chebon all day walk doors. After we were done for the day, Chebon, Chilton, Leslie and I went to Outback and had a nice birthday dinner. Now it's close to bed time :)

Leslie also had a surprise baby shower on her last day at work on Friday. All the kids and parents came and gave gifts for Benjamin, and everybody had a great time! Thanks to all for the wonderful gifts!

I've got two more weeks of school (with kids), then summer work getting ready for next year. I get asked all the time, "why do you work all summer when there aren't any kids?" It takes almost all summer to prepare for the coming year, believe it or not. Scheduling (kids), the master schedule (teachers), Camp Turning Points (program before school starts for all incoming 6th graders), Calendar issues, classroom setups, facility repairs, new policies or procedures that need implementation, etc. etc. etc.... So, we stay busy :)

As you can see on the left here, I now post my most recent "Twitter Posts" or "Tweets." If you're interested, head over to Twitter and look into it. The best I can describe it is a quick and easy way to micro blog basic stuff about what's going on at the moment. Right now I'm "following" several people, mostly employees over at Revision 3, and others (Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, etc.), but I'd LOVE to follow people I know, so sign up and start Twittering! (Chebon loves it when I say that word.. Funny for some reason, but me being the nerd that I am thinks it completely normal to talk about "tweets" and "twitter")

New Slideshow

I'm playing around with a new site, and threw this slideshow together in about ten minutes. I think it's pretty cool, hope you enjoy :)

Teeth

I think I've gotten my first cavity... Good times. Not to mention, my teeth are all going whizzy whichy way now, so I probably need braces or something again... I've been putting it off and putting it off, but I've got to go in to the dentist. Problem is I've been to a couple in the past few years and can't seem to find one I really like.. Any suggestions?

Kite!

Emily got to fly her first kite today! We got a Barbie kite from the store today, and tried it out when we got home. Today is apparently the first day in the past billion that it isn't windy at all here, so it didn't work out so well...

Well, we waited a bit, then went back outside, and there was juuuuust enough wind to get it off the ground! Emily had a great time, and wants to do it "right after lunch [dinner] again!"

Emily's last day at school

Here are a few pictures from Emily's last day at Teacher Lisa's School. Thanks Papa Vinny for the photos!

15 days...

3 Weeks until the end of school! I can't believe it's gone this fast, and what a year it's been!

I'm going to miss the 8th grade class moving on to Norman High next year, but I'm also looking forward to seeing the incoming sixth graders next year. Leslie's moving to teach 1st grade next year, so it should be exciting for her as well.

Speaking of Leslie... Not that she should be resting or anything, because tonight she volunteered to stay at McKinley until about 10:00PM for parents night out night there. I know what you're thinking, why not? I don't know either, I mean, in the hospital a two weeks ago, been working non-stop, Benjamin due in just a few weeks, heck I'd be working till 10 too... Oh wait, I have none of those issues, and I'm about to go to bed right now...

Emily's last day of school at Teacher Lisa's school was yesterday. It's so hard to believe that in the fall she'll be going to McKinley! "Time flies" is so over-used, but... Wow, does time fly!

I can't remember if I've posted any of this before, but I've really nerded out lately and found a great mt-32 emulator, so I can relive the sounds of the past now on my old games from Sierra. It's a lot of fun going back and replaying Colonel's BeQuest with the oh-so-cool 32 voice music :)

After feeling so great after this marathon, I'm looking for the Boston... 7:15 miles for 26 miles... Maybe I'll wait until I'm 35.

Finished...

Well, with little/no training, I was dumb enough to try out the OKC marathon this morning. I feel great after (much different than the first time around), and only came in about 15 minutes slower than my first.

Like I've told everybody, I signed up in December, it would have been a wasted $60 to not at least get the t-shirt :)

Number: 363
Time: 4:41:06
Overall: 1280
Division Place: 144/171

Various Pics

Lots of stuff in this photo package... Here are some highlights:
- 89er Day Parade with Chebon
- Emily planting flowers with Papa Vinny at her school
- Leslie at her baby shower (after just getting home from the hospital!)

Enjoy!