The World According to Leslie

So.... it's been a while since I've been here. I've been checking out what people are writing, but I haven't taken the time to write for myself. So.... we are still working on getting all the stuff unpacked from the unmove. We are recovering well. Chasity has adjusted well to school....at her "old" school. She's loving it! We even went to the PTO meeting tonight! It's only the 2nd time I've seen her teacher! :) So.... things are going well at school. I have to start planning my big project, but it will be great! :) I pick up my final class tomorrow! Then the "20 Day Countdown" begins! I only have to teach all three classes together for 20 consecutive days! Those start TOMORROW! This is weird because last semester, I only had all three classes for 2 days before I decided to withdraw and try again! So.... Girl Scouts are starting up again! I have a new co-leader! She volunteered herself! I didn't have to ASK her to help! ...

Almost every day (I wish I could say it WAS everyday) I say a prayer over Chasity before she goes to school. I started it in Kindergarten and I still do it now. It goes like this: "Jesus, keep my baby girl safe. Give your angels guard over her. Wrap Your arms around her when I can't be with her. Amen" It's simple, but it says everything I need it to! Until next time........

Ok so this is going to be a really long post.... I'll try to label things to make it easier to follow. Papaw's Surgery: Right after my grandmother died, we found out that my dad's dad (Papaw) had cancer in his bladder. He had been so busy taking care of Grandmother that he only took care of "immediate" things for himself. He had two surgeries to remove cancer, but they did not get it all either time. Then we learned that the cancer had spread to his prostate also. So on August 12th, Papaw had surgery to remove his bladder and his prostate. He now has a bag attached that acts as his bladder. He has been recovering very well! Praise the Lord! He spent a couple of weeks with my parents. Yesterday, he decided it was time to "move back home". :) So after the home nurse visited yesterday (they come 2-3 times a week still) my mom took him home. :) I'm gonna miss having his so close to us, but it's only about 10 minutes away now. :) School: Scho...

So..... we're not moving. There will be lots more details later. Right now, I have to focus on forcing myself to think GOOD thoughts. I also have to FORCE myself to NOT wish evil things on the landlord. Until next time........

On Tuesday, we moved Chasity's bedroom stuff into the new house. She has a few toys still here and her closet clothes. If the rain will stop, we will probably take that to the new house tonight! If it keeps raining, well, I guess everything else will go tomorrow! :) We also took my China cabinet and my china. You know the kind! The China we do NOT use! lol All the dishes we normally use were there already anyways! :) We've been paper plating and plastic utensilling since last week! :) Everything made it in one piece! So I got that set up in the dining room. The dining room table went also! :) So the dining room is basically set up! Chasity just has a few more things for her room! Tonight, we were supposed to move desks and such, but with the rain, I am thinking I'm not putting anything in an open trailer! We have flood warnings out until early afternoon! It's raining pretty steady today! (Wouldn't that be how it works!?) Anyways.... that's the mo...

Yesterday, August 18th, was Chasity's 7th birthday! It was the first time EVER that I was not with her for the entire day! :( I started my student teaching (with teacher workdays) yesterday! Chasity hung out with my mom for a little bit. Then she went to my sister's house! When Tony got home, we let Chasity pick where she wanted to eat. Anyone guess where we went? If you guessed McDonald's (with playland) you are RIGHT! We were there for a little while. Good thing we left when we did. A horrible storm came through right after we got home. The power even went out for a couple minutes! WOW! (Could you imagine PlayLand in the dark? lol) Anyways.... I think she had a great day! Until next time..... Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Today, I went to meet my cooperating teacher, CT. Her name is Ms. D! She showed me around the school. It's one of the older schools in the district.... not the oldest, but older! :) There are only going to be about 900 students there this year. The school is used to having about 1500. Last year and this year, the district re-districted some of the schools. Plus, last year, they opened a new high school here. So a lot of the kids went to that new high school. I found out that instead of having 3 different lesson plans--preps--this semester, I am only going to have ONE! I have the same subject for all 3 classes!!! I'm excited! I think that Ms. D and I are going to get along well. I'm excited about what's going to happen this semester! Until next time........