Hi! I should be writing lessons plans for tomorrow and trying to get to bed on time, but...I don't want to. I'm currently having a difficult time finding the focus and motivation to do school work.
Phil is still studying for his computer certification, but his brain seems to be jumping ahead to his next big project. And it is quite huge. He wants to build collections of short stories and publish them in an electronic magazine. Our weekend coffee conversations have been centered around format, submission requirements, and the realization that we should know more lawyers. We're both pretty excited about seeing where this idea takes us.
School is okay, depending on the day. This morning I was ready to cry because my kids couldn't fold a strip of paper into anything smaller than fourths, we had twenty minutes of silent, focused writing this afternoon, and about an hour ago, I was grading papers and one of my lovelies wrote Msr. Poopstain for the teacher name. (Obviously, we need to review spelling of Mrs.) People tell me the kids are improving, but oh, my goodness, some days are ridiculous.
We are looking at relocating within the state. Richford is not a good fit for us, neither the town nor the school. Hopefully we'll be living in a suburb of Burlington with an excellent school system, job opportunities for Phil, and he wants to live near a comic book store. We'll see!
