Happiness

AAAHH! Jonah trying on Asher's birthday glasses I went back to subbing today. 6th grade. Half day. Student teacher included. Broke things in slow, ya know. This is my third year subbing with Gilbert (Public Schools. Gilbert is the subline). Mostly I work at Carol Rae- my kids' school. Last year I was able to sub in almost all of the classrooms there. I love it. I love the teachers. I love the Aides. I love the Staff. I love the Principal. The schedule is wonderful- 2 to 3 days a week. The pay is decent. I love the amount of work, the variety, the change up, the kids. I love walking by Asher's classroom and see him paying attention to his teacher- SO cute!  I love seeing my fourth grader boy blush  and turn away in fear that I might gush all over him. And I would too, if I wasn't in charge of a class just then. I'm excited. I have had two offers this week to be a long term sub for this semester. Standing alone- they made my day. Along with a discussion with...

  We've been paying the kids for odd jobs around the house and Asher is thrilled!     Looking out our front window. - I have had/will have 6 sub jobs this week and last week. I'm making up for the fact that next week is Fall Break (no school for the kiddos!) and thus no work for me! My hardest assignment was 6th grade last Thursday. I don't do 6th grade, but I know the teacher, so I said yes. I was delighted to be greeted by a student teacher when I walked in and he did most of the teaching while I held down the fort. A tender mercy! My easiest job is as an aide for 2nd graders with intermediate autism. I make sure 1 or 2 are doing their work and it's pretty basic. Love it! -We have been put on a 6 month health hold for foster care. I called in to schedule our final interviews and when case worker mentioned that he was worried about my health condition I knew something was up so I was prepared for it. We had asked him if my health issue was okay...

Last night, at the dinner table, Josh commented "I'm glad you had a good day subbing today." I just looked at him. "You DID, right? You said that you did during lunch time!" "You didn't see what happened AFTER lunch." I replied. This is what happened. After lunch, I sat down to read aloud to this 3rd grade class. I expected all to go smoothly. The book turned to be some kind of a cheap, spooky mystery book (is this what 3rd graders like now?). It was torture to read. It was about a girl who was kidnapped and another girl who was being chased by the kidnapper (seriously!). I started reading ahead while I read aloud (pretty talented, right?) but then I started skipping words. I read "And then the girl took the cactus piece and jabbed it into his eye." The whole class said "Aaaaaaah!!" "I mean, she jabbed it BELOW his eye. Sorry! BELOW his eye." Someone asked what just happened. The girl explained- "She jabbed it in ...