So my mom got a new dog last weekend.  A particularly rambunctious dog.  She doesn’t exactly have a name yet, but I think it’s between Dottie and Isabella.  She’s a chihuahua mixed with rat terrier I think and a bit taller than Lilly.  She barks often.  The best is when she barks in the middle of the night while she is hiding under the covers!  hehe
Well anyway, this dog came home with fleas… something we didn’t know had happened until yesterday when my mother began to find little black things on her dog and then today I found them on mine!  I blame the new dog.
I went home last weekend so our dogs could meet and they were so funny!  This is probably when the flea exchange took place.  They played the entire time which then produced a very tired and scratchy Lilly these past few days! haha

Now I shall make sure Seth is de-flead and we’ll be good to go! 

Here’s a check of my past few days.  Last Friday I think I was in bed around 10 because I’m a boring teacher and that’s what we do.  :|  Then on Saturday I headed to Eden Prairie with the marching band (where we did very well and got 2nd place to Rosemount-which is also a great band).  We then stayed over night in the EP gym.  No, I didn’t get much sleep because after our critique we came back to find the kids all energized after their ‘dance’ that the EP marching band put on for them.  So my bed time was probably 2:30 or so.  I then had to get up at 5:30 as I wanted to shower in peace without having to fight 100+ girls for a shower stall.  So that brings us to Sunday.

On Sunday we went to Menomenie, WI where we swept all the competition away.  :)  We got first overall and we won all the captions for our class which means outstanding drum major, color guard, percussion, wind section…  So anyway, I get home around 10, I think.  Went to bed, then came to school on Monday, which means-weekend= I had none. 

Monday=full day of school, me running around like a chicken with my head cut off in between lessons and band to figure out what the hell I’m supposed to do for conferences on Tuesday night as I don’t have reports for the students that I’m supposed to conference with.  How am I supposed to know what grade they are getting in math and science.  And how am I supposed to explain why johnny is getting a D in math?!  I teach BAND!!!! and then after school it’s dinner with Seth because I feel like I haven’t talked to him for like a year and then marching band rehearsal.

Today=Full day, probably much like yesterday.  Oh, and I have to finish my jazz band roster in my free time, so that’ll be interesting as my free time is that 20 minutes I get for lunch.  Hmm, maybe I should be doing my jazz roster now instead of writing this!  Probably…so yes, then I have conferences tonight which means, I don’t get home until 8 and I’ll miss good tv shows I’m sure. 

Alright, was this a long blog?  I think so.  Sorry.  And if you are still reading…I can’t believe I kept you interested for that long! 

Well, I’ve been inside for almost a half an hour now and I can almost feel my toes!  Being outside at 6:35 in the morning and staying there for over an hour with the temperature around 40 degress is something that only crazy people do!  Only 2 marching practices left!!!  Yippie!  Then jazz band starts, but that’s inside, so I’m cool with that! 

Well that first part was written about an hour ago.  Now I’m officially all thawed and have given a few crazy lessons.  I tell ya, clarinet players are the goofiest kids!  I wonder if I was a goofball in middle school…I’m sure I wasn’t. 

So they are redoing the roof of the middle school and the part they are working on is right above the music wing.  That means that the office has smelled like stinky tar crap for the past week.  It’s disgusting.  And all of their machinery is blocking the door that I use to come into the building so I have to go all the way around.  Not something I get too excited about when I I’m wearing heels and don’t want to walk forever in the mud!  Now, I’m sure they don’t do this in the summer because it’s probably too hot to do then, but honestly!  It’s gross!

So great TV is on tonight.  Too bad I committed to playing in a band that last for 2hrs and 20 mins and it’s on Thursday nights.  Too bad the band isn’t very good at all and I don’t usually look forward to going!  But next week I won’t go because I’m going to a Josh Gracin concert and the week after that it’s cancelled!  :)  I wish there was a good ensemble here in Marshall to play in… But that’s enough with my music and work talk.  I shall now go occupy my time with work duties that I shouldn’t have to be responsible for, but am.  I just love how we all have to teach to the test so we can pass the test so administration is happy and we get our grant money. 

Who started that whole NoChildLeftBehind Movement?  Oh yeah, it was Bush.

As I write this, I am at work and somewhat amazed that I am able to be on this site as most other sites are blocked. Many of the kids coming in today have makeup smeared all over their face as they were asked to dress like a ‘greaser’ from one of their books and what with the rain outside, it added to the greasiness.

I’m not quite sure how good I’ll be at this blogging thing. We’ll see how much wisdom and insight I can put into my writing to want you all to have the desire to read what I have to write! As interesting as my days at school can be to me…I’m not sure how interesting everyone else finds them! So for my first blog I will write this…

Currently, I really enjoy my job but will not complain when marching band season is over as I will relish in the freedom of my empty weekends. I say that now, but please note that the weekends will fill up quickly because I seem to have this unfortunate ability to make my life a bit more hectic than it needs to be when it comes to taking time to myself or making plans to visit someone else or entertain. Hopefully Seth will keep me grounded when it comes to that!

I always feel like there is more to do in our new house. At this point, we have created a mini project in the basement as Seth tore out the carpet last night and now I get to bleach the floor before I put up temporary rugs (which will eventually be replaced by tile). This is all in thanks to a yellow kitty named Sammy that insisted on using the carpet instead of her litter box. Sammy is now enjoying her life as an outside kitty on some lady’s farm where she can do what she wants when she wants…Probably one of the hardest things I’ve had to do in a very long time.

Well since I chose to post my blog while at work, I am now being summoned to do my job. I will now go teach 2 boys something interesting about the alto saxophone. Should be fun!!