reading

My friend who knows that I only read nonfiction recommended Mission at Nuremberg by Tim Townsend. It is the story of a Lutheran minister from St. Louis who became the army chaplain to the Nazis during the Nuremberg trials. It is very interesting and I am learning a lot of the history of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. It is an easy read and a good war story even if you aren't a Lutheran.

saturday and sunday

Saturday I went fishing with the Mr. We took our boat to the Lake of the Ozarks. The water was so clear and blue. There was quite a lot of traffic on the water; big speed boats and cruisers which made for choppy water. Even with that, we caught our limit of crappie. I'm not gonna lie, he caught most of them.
On Sunday I was overdue for walking. I walked downtown and across the bridge a total of four miles. It was a glorious, warm, sunny day.

life changing

I've been seriously thinking that this will be my last year of subbing. It has been a good job for me and I have enjoyed being back in the classroom, especially the autism room. But I want to have more time for walking and riding my bike. I want to have more time for reading and being lazy around my house. I want to volunteer my time doing something else. I might become a tour guide at the old state prison. I've always enjoyed true crime.

sam and the coyote

Sam is a fourteen year old (overweight) yorkie. I cater to his needs. This morning at 3:30, I let him out to pee. He usually wanders around the cul de sac for awhile before heading back to my front door.  I heard him snarling so I ran out to see what was up and a silver coyote had run out of the woods and was not scared off by the snarling much smaller canine. I started hollering and Sam and the coyote continued to go back and forth in the street. Suddenly the van delivering the morning paper headed down our street and that's when the coyote hightailed it back into the woods via the empty lot next door. This will make a delightful story to tell the second graders when I sub later today.

no excuses

I have not journaled here as much lately. I have been subbing quite a bit. It always picks up in April and May as every teacher alive has other things they want to do. I don't mind filling in. I still enjoy spending the day with little kids. Tuesday I was in kindergarten and we happened to be in the middle of hatching baby chicks! Loved every minute! Yesterday I exercised: I crosstrained one mile. Lifted over 11,000 lbs., and walked/ran three miles on the Greenway trail. Outside the redbuds are now in bloom but I didn't stop long enough to take a picture. Tomorrow I'm back in second grade. They're hatching Painted Lady butterflies. Lots of exciting things going on!

milestone

Yesterday my trainer told me that I have lifted over 500,000 pounds! Yeah, my goal is to have Michelle Obama arms and I feel like I am well on my way! Whatever! I feel stronger and leaner and that's what counts I guess. Also yesterday our neighbor told us he found the carcass of the little red fox that lived in the woods behind our house. I don't know how he died but I am saddened that I will no longer see him darting around terrorizing the neighborhood dogs.

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a tip

When you are subbing always try to make friends with, and acknowledge the troublemaker in the nextdoor classroom. When passing in the hall, give them a thumbs up or ask if they are still on "green." At least, look them in the eye and smile. Then, when you find yourself in their classroom, they will remember that you took the time to talk to them and they may not be so hard on you that day. Just sayin...