Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I'm back

It's been a long time since I have blogged and I really didn't think anyone cared at all but I got reprimanded by my friend this morning for not blogging enough so I guess I'll start again.

I guess I need to tell about my job. It's been going very well and I have been enjoying it very very much. I'm with my little autistic boy in the mornings in preschool and then I switch from kindergarten to grade 6 the rest of the day. I'm getting exercise by walking the hallways every time the bell goes changing classrooms. It's been fun and I've had some chances to do small group work and do a little instructions too.

Today we had a spiritual development day. I still had to go in for preschool but then I drove to Bonnyville and met with the rest of Holy Cross School to talk about some things we were doing in school that were good for faith building and some suggestions for doing more. It was really good to talk with all the other teachers without interruptions from students. It was a time of peace and reflexion for us all. I had to miss the keynote speaker because of preschool and I have to say that I'm disappointed because he sounded like a really interesting guy. The other teachers confirmed my disappointment in saying that he really was interesting and had some really good challenges to issue. Many of them said that they complained about having to go there for the day but were blessed after his lecture. I was glad to see so many of my collegues blessed and happy today. God is good!!

My exercise regiment has fallen somewhat by the wayside since returning home from Christmas. I still am doing some exercising but not as much as I was because I just don't have the time to do it anymore. For Valentine's Day, Kelvin bought me a Rock and Roll Stepper made by the same company as my elliptical and it is really good for working on getting my quads in better shape and stronger for hockey. Speaking of hockey, I'm still playing twice a week and even though I still am pretty much the worst player out there, I am getting better. I'm even getting better at getting up in the mornings to get there. In fact, I don't have any problems at all with that anymore but more problems staying in bed and sleeping....maybe I'm getting old!!!

Back at the beginning of February, I had the privilege of going to an Autism Awareness Conference in Edmonton. It was a very timely course for me and very full of lots of information. I pretty much left there with my head buzzing with information and lots of good notes from the speakers. It was great that the school board would send me there and pay me to learn more about autism. I think I could be a conference junkie as I really did benefit from it and loved everything I learned. It was really a nice hotel that I stayed at and the conference was in the same place. I had a friend of mine meet me for supper the first night and my best friend came from back home to stay with me for a night with a couple of kids. It was a great time and we had lots of fun using the gym, swimming pool, hot tub and sauna at the hotel...and all on the school's dime!!!

This time of the year is a busy time for us. We have all of my family's birthdays in less than a month. As of yesterday, I am the mother of a 15 year old!!! I know I know, I look much too young to be the mother of a 15 year old but it really is a true fact.

Anyhow, I guess that is the update for this time, until next time......