I am home from work today. I have an ear infection. I’m feeling much better than I was two days ago, but my ear is still hurting a lot. I will have to go to work tomorrow though. I’ve got this meeting at the Board office tomorrow after school I have to attend. Boring.

So my husband finally has a Twitter account. He’s also been reading a lot of library blogs and he says he’s gonna start a LiveJournal where he anonymously will write about his job without using real names or places. I would love to have a completly anonymous blog where I tell what really goes on in my classroom on a day-to-day basis. Future teachers should know what to look forward to! College classes and practicum experiences do not prepare you for teaching.

Anyway, now that I’ve mentioned it, it’s not completely anonymous. Because now you know that I want to do it. And if I did, then you’d know about it. Hmm. Maybe I won’t tell any of you if I do it or not. Then no one will know. And I’ll just be talking to myself. Sort of like I am doing now…

My ear hurts.

It’s official – I am a teacher.

I mean, technically I have been a teacher for four years now (even though two of them didn’t count as being a “teacher). As of March 10th, I have passed my internship. It feels good for it to be finally over. The final meeting didn’t last long at all. I basically walked in, got some hand shakes and congratulations, and then had a little chit chat. No one even looked at my portfolio one last time. I feel good that now I have at least one tiny thing gone I don’t have to worry about. All that’s left now is to take a copy of my committee report, a copy of my time sheet with my resource teacher, and a $35 check to the Board of Education so they can mail it off and I can receive my teaching certificate.

A few other things worth mentioning that have happened lately:

1. One of my students transferred to another school. I hated to see her go because she was one of the “good” ones- very quiet, smart, and well behaved.
2. One of my other students who has been a source of stress all year long has finally been formally identified as having an emotional and behavioral disorder and will be going to the EBD unit at another school (the school my mom works at actually). I hope the EBD class works out for him and that he can learn to control his behavior. His last day was Friday. It will be a whole new world in my classroom without him there.
3. My grandma had her surgery. Her right breast was removed. The doctor couldn’t even see a tumor or anything and said that it was completely surrounded by tissue so he’s fairly certain he removed it all which is great news. She may still have to have radiation but we aren’t sure yet.

I’m down to twenty students in my class. The other first grade classes have 22 – 23. This means that whatever new students come in to our school will be placed in my room. Hopefully if we do get any new ones they’ll be “good” ones.

I can’t wait for spring break to get here! I have so many things I want to do: clean, organize, plan out the rest of the school year, relax, have fun and work on hobbies. Have the rest of you out there had your spring break yet?