I Take a Day Off.

Well, today, I had to be back at court to finalize my stupid ticket. I was doing 65 in a 55 and did not have my insurance card with me at the time, so I have to appear in court. I already did this once, a month ago. At the time, I thought that I would be able to get in and out and make it to my 3rd Period class, no such luck. I had to reschedule. This time, I took the whole day off.

Unfortunately, I still went in to school. To get things ready for my substitute, I was in school at 6:30 a.m., preparing worksheets, writing assignments on the board, etc. Ms. Hicks, the sub, got there at about 7:45 a.m. and I spent 30 minutes going over everything. She finally just kicked me out. Apparently, I was more worried than she was. I had the same feeling that one gets when leaving the newborn with a babysitter the first time.

After my court ordeal, I went back to Cache La Poudre Junior High School, where I did my student teaching last fall. It was great to see all of the friends that I had made in my time there. I even ran into some of the kids that I had in class last year. I am talking with Mr. Jewett, my cooperating teacher while I was there, about getting my step-son, Joshua, into wrestling. Joshua is in 7th Grade at Ridgeview Classical School, a Core Knowledge school without a wrestling team. He can join the CLP wrestling team if we wish. At 85 pounds, Coach says that he will have a good chance of wrestling Varsity. Practices start in three weeks.

I think that wrestling would be good for him, as it is an individual sport and CLP gets good support for its wrestling program. Plus, he will get to direct some of his energy into competition.

Tomorrow, I am back to work...