Its Official

The teams have been chosen with a minimum of carnage. Of course the day the teams are posted I have to be away from the building observing someone elses classroom inorder that I may do my job better. I will also be doing the same on next Wednesday. When it rains it pours. The week after that the season starts and shortly there after I will be starting classes on Saturdays that I need to be recertified this year. Nothing like saving it till the last minute. We Elkins' don't ever do that.
O yeah we got our QX4 today and it is 9.00 and I still haven't seen it. She was over at Mom and Dad's just a minute ago.

The Countdown Is On

Soccer is build to a head. We do tryouts the beggining of next week and play our only preseason game that Saturday. There has been a change in the schedule for the JV boys. We have moved a game, Gordon Central to March 9, and added a game on Feb 13 against Woodstock. I think it is there at Woodstock.

Another Week Down

I have made it through another observation. My first official one. That means one down and two to go. By the end of the year they may even want me back for another year. We are pushing hard for the end of the month. Kristi got her first paycheck Friday. What joy. She will be getting payed every other week. We also have the wonderful honor of babysitting Regina's TV until she moves. It is so much bigger than our old one. The one that was mine in the basement of Mom and Dad's. Well, it's time to get back to the Soprano's marathon.

I'm Slow (no comment)

I just looked at the Tour of Georgia website and realized that Alpharetta has been knocked off the tour itinerary. Good thing I didn't move into those townhouses on Maxwell. I am happy that the tour finish is closer to downtown. A day has also been added. Moving on up to the East Side. The Tour has gone from 6 to 7 days. It will be finish in Rome on Tuesday, start there on Wednesday, and the queen stage will be on Friday ending at Brasstown as usual.

Today is a New Day

Oh, happy day. Kristi got the job she wanted. She is starting training today.

The not so happy things of life. A certain company with whom I have set up a credit account still hasn't gotten me a credit card. The post office still won't deliver that particular bill. Talk about reliable government service. The company has the same intials as credit card.

Long Weekends are Wonderful

It is a wonderful thing to get a chance to take a break every now and then. Invariably the breaks are too short. I feel bad for not doing more to commemorate the reason for the day. I do feel that we should commemorate the man's life every day of the year. Now that aside. We have done nothing all weekend but go to the mattresses and watch the Soprano's all day everyday (excepting the trip to church). It is time now to go and see who wins the Golden Globes for this year. Auf Wiedersehn

Rome High School JV Schedule

In response to a request from a higher authority (Mom). I have posted the schedule for my soccer team.

Rome High School
Boys JV Soccer Schedule

Feb 16 Sonoraville 5:00
Feb 22 Calhoun 5:00
Feb 28 @NW Whitfield 5:30
Mar 2 Gordon Central 5:00
Mar 6 @Coosa 5:00
Mar 13 @Calhoun 5:00
Mar 15 Murray 5:00
Mar 19 NW Whitfield 5:00
Mar 22 @Armuchee 5:00
Apr 2 @Murray 5:00
Apr 4 Coosa 5:00
Apr 10 Christian Heritage 5:00

Busy Busy Busy

School just jumps right back in there and keeps on trucking. My boys are all back and in relatively good health. That means I'm on my toes constantly.

Soccer is picking up like the proverbial snow ball down a hill. We are still in conditioning. I started running the warm up laps with the boys yesterday. Being the tail end charlie (anyone finishing behind the old fart has to go around again). That was an eye opener for me. I will definitely be doing more of that from now on. My knee actually felt better last night after having run (all be it only a 1/4 mile). The season starts with the Rome Jamboree on the 3rd of February. My season (JV) starts on the 16th.

On top of that I am setting up and running the Website for my church Westminster Presbyterian. I don't know where I'm going to find the 25 hour in the day or the 8th day of the week, but it will get done.

I owe I owe it's off to work I go

What a Day

We had an awesome night last night. Sumo rocks. That is the first time I have ever been to a Japanese steakhouse. It was fun watching the food be cooked right there in front of us. We had the smallness of the world reaffirmed for us last night. One of the ladies in the choir (she actually sits next to Kristi) is the older sister of one of my Young Harris classmates. To cool. Today was just awesome. It was quite low key. We slept pretty late and messed around for a while then I went to run some errands. Slack slack slack. The days was mostly gone before we thought to look at a clock. Oh, yeah, we got a new entrtainment center and had an fantastic dinner without spending a dime. Oh yeah Lexie is in danger of loosing what little life she has left. We replaced the plastic tubing on my fish tank again. Before we had cleaned up the trash (2 pieces of tubing) the little stinker had the new tubing in her mouth and was looking at us like WHAT? Then she ran for the safest place in the house for her... Under the dead center of our bed. Crazy cat. She is banished from the bed room (where the fish tank is) but everyone knows how effective that will be.

O Wonderful Blessed Day

Yes, that's right it is Friday. I have only had one student most of the week he has definitely tried to make up for everyone else being gone. I'm not gonna say what has gotten me riled up. We'll suffice it to say that the boy has been a Fountain of joy this afternoon.

Can't wait to go out and spend time with people that aren't special ed teachers. We are starting Tables for Eight tonight and it is our first time. We are going to Sumo Japanese Steakhouse.

School's Back Forever

We are back to the grindstone. Getting up this morning was a stretch. That is a groove I really need to get back into. One student has moved on up to a higher level classroom, one is sick and another has a recurring fever. So, I will probably have one student for the remainder of the week. Pre-Season started in earnest today. Running, lots of running. It is just over a month before the begining of the soccer season. I can't wait. We plan to have a big season this year. I've got to call my brother and get the coffee set for the morning and put together lunch. Then go to sleep.

It's A Brand New Day

Well, it has been a while since I updated this thing. That is going to be one of my resolutions for the new year. I'm going to be more consistent with this blogging business.

First of all, we are surviving the Christmas season well. The Christmas Tree ...not so much. The cats loved on it a bit too much. The branches went from standing out ridgedly to looking like we had hung 200 pound ornaments on them. From this /, to this \. The cats were cute though while destroying the tree.

I just wanted to get the year started off right by letting everyone know what's up. I got to go now and get back to my competitive reading. J and Michelle, Kristi and I, and a few other folks are having a reading competition. We have a list of 100 Modern Library novels we have to read as many as possible of by the end of 2007. At the end of the year we will have a party to award a prize to the winner. I started Conrad's Lord Jim at 12:05 last night. I am so glad I am the only teacher in the bunch. Can you say summer vacation. I'm going to need the advantage due to my horribly slow reading. No Evelyn Woods grads need apply to the competition. We would have to handicap