Today

Ahh...it's cold. I really hate cold weather with a passion. Especially when the alarm goes off and you're forced to get out of your nice warm bed. I really just wanted to stay wrapped up in my blankets all day long today, but alas, I am a mom, and I do not have that luxury. I have Alex's parent-teacher conference today. Academically, he's amazing. Behaviorally.....well, that's another story. It sounds cliche, but his boredom often causes him to act out. It's only October, but I'm confident that he has already mastered all of the 1st grade curriculum, so I think a lot of his misbehavior stems from his need to be challenged. I recently received a letter from the school asking permission to have him tested for giftedness. If he does well on the test, he will automatically get into one of the magnet schools. I'm so proud of him, but sometimes his behavior drives me insane!!!
I taught my lesson plan on Micro-Fiction last night. Overall it was good, but considering I just wrote out the plan yesterday, I felt a little unprepared. There's only 5 other people in my class, and they are all elementary or special ed majors. I'm the only Secondary ed, and what do you know, but my professor has been a high school English teacher for like 40 years. So of course, every time I say anything that might be slightly incorrect, (like last night, I stated that a piece of literature was by Hemingway, which he corrected and said he thought it was Faulkner), he immediately corrects me or questions me. I don't mind all that much, but sometimes it makes me feel like a dumbass because I can't get by with little slip-ups like the other people in my class can. They could totally bullshit something and he wouldn't know the difference. The other lesson plan I did was a discussion about one of my favorite poems, "Goblin Market". I was shocked to discover that he has never read it! That's kinda weird.
So it's almost Halloween and I have no clue what I'm doing. I want to dress up, but I don't think I have anywhere to go! Tonight I'm going out to a bar to hear my friend's friend's band, and he said dressing up was optional, but it's kinda too late for me to put a costume together. And tomorrow night I don't have plans, and on Halloween night I'll be in class so my mom is taking Alex trick-or-treating. I guess it'll be a pretty uneventful Halloween.
Well, off I go to find out what else Alex has done wrong..... :(

Just got home, well, got home 5 hours ago, but I just sat down. The conference went fairly well. Found out that Alex is one of only a few 1st graders to make the honor roll, and I found out that he is the only one in his class who is reading above grade level.

It's Friday afternoon at 4:47 and I'm actually going to work on homework. Usually I reserve this task for Sunday night at 8, but I'm tired of being a procrastinator. My life would be so much easier if I just didn't put shit off until the very last minute. Starting now, I'm stopping procrastinating. :)