Busy busy busy!

It was quite a long week! It wasn't bad considering it was the first week after spring break, but it was super-busy. We are starting a science unit on animals (yay!) and this past week we got African pygmy frogs to study. The kiddos were almost as excited as I was to get them! They are very cute. Part of teaching the kids how to observe animal behavior includes getting them to start looking at actions instead of physical characteristics. So to help them, I had them observe me pretending to be an animal. I walked around the classroom doing different behaviors in different areas of the room. When I went by the plants I sneezed, I read a book, I pretended to eat the frogs, I slept on my desk, and I was afraid of our tree sculpture. They did a great job making observations, and I think it will help them make better inferences about frog behavior. In another week or so we also get fiddler crabs and snails. Science is so cool :)

Also I found out that there is an elementary position open in Estes Park. I think this has moved to the top of my job-wish-list!! I turned all my stuff in so I am just waiting to hear from them. Fingers and toes crossed!!!!

On the downside... Cujo (my car) is in the shop. It had been a while since he'd had a checkup and he was making some funny noises. So I took him in and he needs some (expensive) surgery. Since I am driving down to Durango for a job fair next weekend, I figured I might as well just do it all and make sure he is in ship-shape!

So tomorrow is Monday... then Tuesday I have to make my Masters Paper presentation. This is of the last things to clear off the plate of the things to do for the paper and I am going to be so glad to get it over with.

And...(not that I am counting)... there are only 35 work days until the end of school!! Then I have two whole weeks off before summer classes start. Woo hoo!!