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May 29
2006
May 29
2006
Missed it by *that* much…
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Hello gentle 7.2857142857 readers. You would think with all this time off of my feet that I would have extra time to charm you with my wittcisms and crafty turns of phrases. Not so. If nothing, I feel like my time at school is busier, and my time at home has been more brief.
Since I last checked in, a few things have happened, and a few things have not happpend. I finished my last full week of school with the students, and decided that we should have a Poetry Night. This night will entail the students practicing, and reciting poems that we have done this year in class. Each student is working in pairs or groups, and are responsible for participating in three different recitations of poems. Most of the poems are silly and funny. The students are still working out their voice and fluency (which is the whole point), and developing motions for their poem. They love working on the motions. They’re still working on the voice. Currently I have 25/26 students signed up to come– which leaves just one more family to convince! WOOOOT.
Grad school is up and running again. This latest course is on leadership and professional development. It’s a really good class, but only lasts for three sessions. The professor is used to four sessions, so she’s crammed all the work into three. At the end of the year, when I’m trying to do progress reports and clean my room out. So that’s been busy. We start 3x a week on Monday, June 12. Can’t wait.
Since I’ve been back to school, I’ve visited the teachers’ lounge exactly three times. This is a good thing, because it means I’m avoiding snacks. Why haven’t I gone to the teachers’ lounge?
Because I’m still on the &^%$#@! crutches.
Went to the doctor a week ago Friday, he said “Wow, it’s still swollen. Come back in a week.” Not wanting to miss more school, I asked him if he had weekend hours. He told me that Saturdays were open by invitation only. Having secured said invitation, I was feeling good about myself because I wasn’t going to miss more school for the doctor.
Mistake.
Why? Because apparently the doctor thought I would be off the crutches by then, and that I would be hobbling around. He, was wrong. Yes, the ankle is better, but I still can’t walk on it. The best I’m doing right now is standing on it, with partial weight on it.
When I got to the doctor on Saturday (two days ago) he was surprised at how swollen it still was, and how I couldn’t walk on it yet. And then he told me something I should have realized a week ago. “You need to go to the orthopedic specialist. You’re going to need rehab and physical therapy. Wow, I didn’t realize it was that bad!”
He gave me the referral for the orthopedics. Being Saturday, I took a shot in the dark that they *might* be open. Nope. I also tried to call the place that did my X-rays, thinking they might be open. Nope.
Of course they’re closed on Memorial Day (today) so the earliest I can even call them to schedule is tomorrow, and unless Serendipidity intervenes, I’m going to have to miss school sometime this week so the orthopedics guys can say to me, “Wow, you really messed up your ankle. You’re going to need a boot. And probably rehab.” Thanks guys, you’re swell. I hope that they can give me the boot ASAP, because I’m tired of being on MF crutches.
So by trying to avoid missing school, I end up at least four days behind getting in to see the specialist, and getting off the &^%$#@! crutches, and will probably have to miss part of at least one day of school, when we only have four full days left.
Also? I have to have my room cleaned up and ready for the summer school teacher to move in by Friday. School is done Wednesday, Friday I have to be ready. It usually takes me a week to clean up. This year, I have a day. Really looking forward to this.
So it’s busy around here, and I’m stuck in second gear. Good times.
More updates to follow in a more timely manner. In the meantime, vote on the new poll!
