Working on a day off...good stuff...

Today was a state professional day, which means that we have the option of either taking the day off or taking advantage of professional development opportunities throughout the state. Obviously, students have the day off. Anyway, Kami and I met at school to work on our National Board stuff. Ugh. We are working on Entry 4 right now, which is called "documented accomplishments." The gist of it is that I have to prove how the things that I do outside the classroom impact (and improve) student learning. Now, this sounds like it would be simple, but then you actually try to write the entry. That's the UGH part of it. However, I felt like I made really good progress today, which is a relief. I need to get this thing written so that my cohort leader can read it (and rip it apart) and then I can fix it and have her read it again by the end of October.

Our new furniture was delivered today. Yay. We got an amoire (sp?) and one of those leather ottoman/coffee table things for the living room upstairs and a stand for the TV downstairs. All of it is a big improvement over the stuff we used to have...nothing. Haha. We're finally getting this gigantic place put together, and we could end up moving in the next few months depending on where the State Patrol puts Andre. Ironic!

As I type this, I'm watching the old movie Parenthood. You know, the one with Todd (Keanu Reeves) and Julie (the girl from Goonies) who "record their love" and then Julie's mom picks up the pictures?! It's a good movie. They've been playing it on HBO lately. Unfortunately, it's not a kid movie (PG-13) and the girls are down here playing with their toys, but paying more attention than I realized. Victoria just repeated a line...."Looking hot....looking damn hot." Apparently the emphasis and the fact that a teenager was saying it in the show made her realize that it's something that she shouldn't repeat. That's lovely. I changed the channel.