My cooperating teacher cusses like a sailor and drinks beer!! My cooperating teacher whom I'll call Peter (even though she is a girl), is very nice. What was I worrying about? We have 23 third graders in a school that is less than 5 years old. So everything is new, it still looks new, smells new, and makes for a wonderful learning environment. Peter seems really cool and we ate lunch in a diner today owned by some DEADHEADS, it was way cool. Peter is willing to let me have whatever materials I need and do whatever I need to do. I am so relieved. This might just be a wonderful learning experience.
The babysitter whom I'll call Smith, is also wonderful. Baby Gnat seemed to really take to her. She took her naps at the appropriate times and was well behaved. Smith also agreed to use cloth diapers, whooohooo!! Which saves me some cash, as I will be cash strapped very soon. Also, one of my ex-boyfriends little girl goes to Smith's. When we interviewed Smith she asked me if I knew Gretchen Wilson (that is my ex-boyfriends ex-wife, he started dating her shortly after we broke up). I told Smith that I knew Gretchen (that is really who she looks like). Well today when I pulled up, I noticed this red haired little girl, and I knew right away who she was even though I never met her, because she looks just like the ex's brother Joey. Anyway Gretchen and Jake got divorced last year sometime, and I know this because I read it in the local paper, and Gretchen is a single mom with this little girl. Gretchen did not get a teaching job this year, but needed work and a sitter so they are back at Smith's house.
Anyway, all in all a good day. I really have nothing to be worried about, except Eddy's child care situation. I did call the day care center here in town and got on their wait list and I put an ad in the paper for a teenager who could come before and after school to watch Eddy. I hope this works, until then he is at my FIL's.
Hope everyone else had a good Monday or First Day Back at School.
5 comments:
Glad you had a good first day! All the moms and kids were lined up at the end of their driveways this morning for the first day of school around here too.
I hope Eddy's before and after school situation works out soon, too.
wishing you luck!
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I'm glad FIL is stepping up and helping out since he left you hanging like that. I hope that situation gets cleared up soon with no more headaches for you!
Glad the student teaching is going well. Is Peter a little older than me, perhaps in her 40's? I'm just wondering if she helped coach volleyball when I was on the team in high school. She totally wouldn't remember me, as I was no where near a star player!
Good that Gnat is doing well too. You should see little baby Spring! She has a ton of hair now and is starting to talk. So cute!
We miss you at LC! No one wanted to go out for Mexican with me for lunch yesterday!
See you on Sunday.
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