Happy Hump Day!

Only 2 and a half more days until Tim comes home!  Yay!  I miss him and am ready for him to be back!  Although, I have already finished my classwork for this week, and will start on next week's assignments tomorrow, so that is really good!  I looked at the dates for my winter quarter class, and it starts in mid-January and ends March 19th, which means I will have assignments during my honeymoon!  Hopefully I will be able to get the work done ahead of time, or else I'll be working on it in Mexico!  Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I will have to respond to answers for that week's discussion, so I will definitely have to work on it in Mexico...bummer! Maybe I can explain the situation to my professor and he/she will let me off the hook for that week...I don't know.

I met with the assistant principal at school today to talk about my goals for this year, which are to learn more about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which the majority of our students have, and Autism.  I also mentioned wanting to go to the Level 1 area, which is across the hall from us, and the kids there have the more severe communication disorders, to become more familiar with them  and their routines in case I need to step in some day if one of the TA's is out.  And she said that with the new quarter beginning next week, Jamie, the teacher in that area will be starting on our side, Level 2, and I will be the only TA left there because they are moving the other three to different places in the school.  I knew the change was coming and I heard that there was going to be only one TA left in Level 2, and Denise had told me several weeks ago that they would never move me out of Level 2, so I was hoping she would keep her word, and she did!  She also said that I wouldn't have to go to Level 1 because I really would be needed in Level 2 full time to help with our kids.  That was good news to me because I prefer Level 2, and working with our kids, and although I would be willing to work in Level 1, I would MUCH rather stay where I am!  Friday is an inservice day so teachers can get grades in and I get to go to a training for first-year TA's.  It's an overview of Special Education so hopefully it will be informative.  At least it's an easy day without the kids!

Tim's mom and sister threw him a gift card shower on Sunday and I talked to them through Skype and "met" his family that was there, and we opened our gifts together that night, and got a lot of money in gift cards to Bed, Bath, and Beyond, plus some cash.  

Well, it's getting cold again, and it's been foggy the last couple of days.  No snow in the forecast anymore, but the temperatures are dropping into the 30's as the high.

Ok, time to eat dinner and then go to church!  (I never know how to end my blogs...I don't know if it's weird to say "Bye!" or "Have a good night" or what I should say.  Or should I have some sort of phrase I always use?  Any ideas would be much appreciated!)