20070131 - 1:13 PM - Lunch Over/ Penut Butter

Yes another penut butter sandwich, but it was a bad morning.
Without even thinking I took TWO, yes count them TWO donuts when
offered. I didn't even realize till after I had them that I had
eaten them... Taht is bad... No more donuts... Lunch is over...
now a K/1 class... oh boy... kinder next again...

20070131 - 11:08 AM - Ink/Orchard/Busy

although this morning I have no students until 11AM I have been
busy changing ink cartridges, going to meetings, and fixing our
local program (ORAHCRD, a great program by the way). There hasn't
been much time for "fun" but non the less it is work. So a brief
moment in the waiting for classes to work, and then it will be 1
hour 30 minutes till lunch...

20070130 - 2:04 PM - I Got To Pee

A techer came, so I took advantage of them and went to the
restroom, thanks for worrying about me...

20070130 - 1:34 PM - I Have To Pee

All the classes I teach are back to back. That means that I have
no time between classes to do anything. Like pee. Right now my
blatter is full. It is 1:30 PM, I can't leave the room until 3:15
PM. That means I have two hours to hold it. It is going to be a
long two hours...

20070130 - 11:57 AM - The Lunch Stop

Nobody gets a lunch break. But right in the middle of the day I do
get a planning period. So it is kind of like a lunch break. I
plan. So off to plan I do... Now what to plan is another story. I
ate my standwich of penut butter. It was good... I hope it
staisfies through the rest of the day.

20070130 - 10:39 AM - EC and Time

I didn't even get a chance to go to this website yesterday. I have
been trying to make sure when I get home to spend the family time
that need wiht the family. So I am not sure how yesterdays posts
went. I have the EC group right now (only three of them) requires
a little less time of mine. But I have been fixing laptops,
wirless carts, and printers all morning... busy it has been...

20070129 - 2:41 PM - Kinder

Have I mentioned how difficult kindergarden can be. Well, I have
to remind myself to take a chill pill sometimes when it comes to
good ole' kinder...

20070129 - 1:28 PM - Back Half

Into the back half of the day now. Had a little lunch going places
I should be going, but what am I to do, I didn't even have time to
make a penut butter sandwitch this morning... I know I need to
make one the night before, that would sure make things easy... I
have a kiner/first class (now), then a second grade, and I get to
round the day off with a great kinder class... oh kinder...

20070229 - 11:12 AM - Slow Day

It has been a slow day so far. I have been testing kids all
morning in their reading program. And then since it is a test they
then move into a quite activity until all are done... So now there
is 30 minutes left of this morning crew. I then will have three
classes in the afternoon.

20070129 - 8:47 AM - 19 Degrees and Riseing

Yes, it was cold this morning. Not as cold as other places, but it
hasn't gotten down to 19 degrees around here in a while. A little
corwded on the roads this morning, I am not really sure why? Maybe
there was an accident on another road that fed into my freeways.
It is a Monday. Getting here is always the hardest, but once here,
things go good. A lot to do today. I havn't seen Monday people in
3 weeks (I work with students on a rotation) because of student
free days, holidays and the like. Listening to WIRE by THRID DAY
this morning...

20070126 - 1:04 PM - Friday's Are Nice

Even if your day is sucky, it is a Friday in the work place.
That basically means that there is always something to
look forward too. Now I admit it that I don't have a date
for tonight because my beautiful bride is working, BUT it
will be a fun time with the kids doing what they want.
We might try to fit in some wrestling and who knows what.

They has been very busy. And this will probably be my last post
for this period of time. I will return on Monday, and catch you
then...

20070126 - 8:53 AM - Late Starts

Some days are later then others. For some reason I was not able to get
all the kids out of the house on time this morning. What that means
is that I am stuck taking my shower late. Which in turns makes everything
else late too. Needless to say, I am at work, having a groovy time, as
it is a Friday! And I was work ON TIME, even if I left home late.

I noticed yesterday that some of the text got altered as I emailed this in
so I am working on "fixing" that. Has something to do with the lenght of
my lines on my email program.

OH, and those "notices" at the bottom of the other posts, that is
because I was using my work email, and they automatically add that.
That is one of the reasons why I am trying a new email to not have that
added. Anyway, off to the daily grind of life.

20070125 - 12:22 PM - The Lounge

Oh yes we have a lounge. One of my favorite episodes of RECESS is when they try to get into the teachers lounge. Well, today there was a cake. I took a large portion (trying to help some of the people with their diets by taking a double portion for me, subtraciton by addition. I ate my lunch (sphagetti again) and took a bite of cake. Words came flooding back to me.

"My mom is a baker, so I am kind of stickler about cakes and stuff." David said.

Since that conversation I have thought about the goodies that I eat. If I am going to have the calories, man it better be worth it. So I dumped the cake.

Now if it was a Cold Stone Cake that would be a different story...

20070125 - 10:33 AM - Morning Routine

The Morning routine exists of a few things:

1) Setting up the Macintosh

2) Opening iTunes

3) Open Web Application

4) I open a various number of sites:

• http://www.ivpress.com/bible/today.php

• http://www.ivpress.com/bible/today.php

• webmail (district mail)

• http://www.foxnews.com/

• http://www.ew.com/ew/

• http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/

• http://www.relevantmagazine.com/

20070125 - 8:20 AM - The Commute

Even though the name of this blog is eight to four (becuase that is when it will be posted too from work) I really leave fro work at around 7:20 or so. Then I get drop my son off at school around 7:30 or so, and get on the freeways and drive about 25 miles. It is a good commute. Nice trees to look out, sometimes feel like I am driving through the country. Nobody on the freeways I drive, it is nice (if one has to commute to work). I like to get to work at least 20 to 30 minutes early so that I can take care of personal business prior to when children arrive. I like to do my devotions, pray, read other books, and set up my music for the day. Leagally my job starts at 8:30 AM. Oh, I better go I have to sign in... It is like clocking in, but we write down our own times...

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20070124 - 1:38 PM - Lunch & Meetings

Lunch has ended and my kinder first grade has come. They work well. I had lunch with my mom today. My mom comes to work with me on Wednesdays to work with a first grade class. She enjoys it, and who wouldn't want a vetren teacher working in their class (ok, maybe some wouldn't).

I have a meeting in about 20 minutes about inventory. Not fun. It will take a large bulk of my time here. I have to keep track of any technology, and we have a lot. They should give me time off teaching to take care of it, and sometimes they do. Part of this meeting is goiing to be to discuss that. After the meeting I am heading home. Yes, happy about that...

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20070124 - 12:18 PM - SCREAMS!!

Daily I deal with screaming. One might thing that they are my own, but alas no, I do not scream, yell, or rarely get angry. The screams come from the room next door. I mean we are talking death screams, screams that just put you on edge. Yes, every day this child just screams at least a couple of times. So now is one of those moments. Very loud, very on edge, very nerve racking. I will survive... In just a few minutes I will be headed toward lunch... Spaghetti the wife made last night... yum...

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20070124 - 11:00 AM - Transitions

My day is always a day of transitions. Every FORTY minutes from 9:30AM on I transition from one class to another. Right now a fourth grade class is entering. It has been a crazy morning some program issues I had to figure out, I don't think I figured them all but we will see.... OK had to take a quick break to teach... they make me do that... back on track...

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20070124 - 8:31 AM

Made it to work. Got all loged in on the three comptuers I use, and wanted to try posting from work using the email system. So, this "offically" is the first email sent via my work email to the work blog eight to four. If this works that is kind of really cool. I can't read blogger from where I am, I can't post (traditionally, online) from where I am, but they say you can email and it will come through. All right have to go, going to set up the iTunes so I get the tunes flowing... For me can't have a good day unless I have tunes flowing... I love my tunes...

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Eight to Four

Like most people I work... So here is my blog from eight to four... but since I am behind a firewall all day it will be only updated by email only...