One busy week

Wow! The beginning of the school year is always so stressful! We just had our first week of workshops, and all the teachers are walking around like zombies. You probably don't feel sorry for us, but it is really hard to get back into a routine, and you should feel sorry for us anyway. Teaching is a great profession - I would not do anything else - but it is ridiculously busy.
Here's how my week went:
Monday - meeting in the morning, organize my new caseload, create and fill in my handy "caseload" chart that I can NEVER lose because it has EVERYTHING on it, track down files, eat lunch (the fun part of the day!), track down paper and put up bulletin board, lug boxes of supplies to my room, put up other bulletin board, return messages from other special ed. teachers about my caseload, track down files again, go home.
Tuesday - meeting in morning, send out emails to start scheduling, return emails regarding students that moved to Middle School, return calls regarding students that moved to Middle School, eat lunch :), start looking over files for new students and man! they were long!, put my head on my desk, send out more emails about scheduling this year, eat supper!, change, put on makeup for open house - which of course people show up for 45 min. early - why not? I have nothing else to do but wait for them to come trapzing into my room, direct parents at open house, meet new student's parents and new students, get growled at by one particularly unhappy boy, go home.
Wednesday - staff meeting for new MAP testing, return phone calls regarding home schooled students, learn choreography for opening assembly song, attempt to start scheduling, eat lunch, read through report for new student, get organized for IEP meeting, have IEP meeting (which lasted 2 1/2 hours by the way), go home (at 5:30 pm).
Thursday - practice choreography for assembly, staff meeting, work on schedule, get email saying that I have to test 11-15 new Kindergarteners next week, cool down from email, make phone calls regarding the IEP meeting yesterday, start draft of goals for yet another meeting today, eat lunch, go to IEP meeting (this one was only 30 min!!!), get phone call from other special ed. teacher telling me their schedule - which now makes my schedule null and void, start over on schedule, take papers off wall in hallway from last year, try to start scheduling again, give up, go to apologize to teacher because I was snotty on the phone, run into physical impairment specialist, discuss student, go home.
So, that was my week. Sorry it got so long, I just needed to let everyone know exactly what my job consists of - and that is before I have seen any children!!! Not only am I a Speech Language Pathologist, but I am also a counselor, dancer, singer, organizer, computer genius (I can make a great spreadsheet :) ), extra tester, cleaner, and decorator. And that's just my day job!

Back To School

Yuck! In a few short days I'm officially working again. Today was a rude awakening because I had a workshop (surprise!) that I forgot about. Man, it was a long day, and I was really tired after sitting there for 7 hours. What am I going to do when I actually have to work??

Parent Poll: Highchair vs. booster

So, I love planning. I know it is very early to start registering for baby things, but it is so completely overwhelming! Especially when all the "new parent" lists of suggestions for newborns have items for only one baby! When looking at the list, it doesn't look so bad, then multiply it by two - then think about where you're gonna keep all the stuff! See? Overwhelming. So, I started my baby registry. More of a checklist for myself than a list for gifts (although gifts are always appreciated! :) ). Get to the point - ok - I have registered for 2 highchairs (I know we don't need them right away). They are really cute highchairs, but they are also very bulky. We have a (much) larger house, but still, having to manuver around those things - ugh!

Here comes the poll part: Does anyone have advice or opinions on whether to have the actual highchairs or to get those booster seats that strap to a chair with a tray? Any suggestions are welcomed!!

I'm an addict

I am completely addicted to craigslist. How ridiculous is that?? I keep putting our "junk" on it - stuff we found when we moved - and people keep wanting to buy it! So far I've sold 2 lawnmowers (yes, who needs two except for my wonderful husband) a weight bench, and a computer desk!! Who are these people crazy enough to buy our junk?? Who cares!

baby pictures

Finally, I am putting baby pictures up! Here is the first round of pictures taken about 4 weeks ago, so now the babies are much bigger. This is the first picture I saw, showing that there was definitely more than 1 baby in there!!

This is a picture of (what the doctor labeled my baby) "Twin A".

So, this naturally is "Twin B". This one's upside down in case you can't tell.
So there are our kids. We're still excited and still nervous! Two babies seems like a lot, but we're ready for the challenge.

we're in!

We finally are completely moved into our new house!! With the help of my parents and brothers, we were able to bring all of our worldly possessions over and put them where I wanted them! It feels good to be in one place now, and no longer going between the two homes. Now I can sit back and relax -- until school starts that is!

our second appointment

We had another doctor's appointment today, and I'm happy to say everything looks good! My husband came with me, and I'm not sure he believed we were actually having two healthy babies, so the doctor gave me another ultrasound so that he could see them. He finally feels comfortable telling people, so I just sent out a mass email to all my friends. I feel much better to know everything looks good. We just have a crazy weekend coming up with moving and all, so I better get a nap today!!