You know how you have a plan and then you realize that even though you thought your plan was perfect it really isn’t, so you have to make a new plan, but you don’t have total control of the new plan so that’s a bit challenging? Do you know what I’m saying? No? Well, I’ll get to that.

First and foremost, Little Girl LOVES school. And when I say LOVES, I mean LOVES with hearts and flowers and bells on. Oh yeah. LOVES. Which is awesome. I had no illusions that she was going to miss me one iota, so I’m not at all sad that she doesn’t. I’m actually quite thrilled that she loves school so much! I do miss her, but I have to admit those nice quiet two and a half hours twice a week aren’t horrible. ;)

She has been (as far as I can tell) behaving herself very well at school. This also does not surprise me. I taught long enough to realize that the behavior a child exhibits at home does not usually translate to school as long as the parents are good disciplinarians and have been consistent and set limits. Which we do for the most part. Okay, I’m REALLY good at the consistency and limits. Daddy, well, he’s a daddy. ;) And he does okay. He doesn’t let her run wild or anything, he’s just more likely to give in to big brown eyes and tears. Me? No sympathy whatsoever. I am the bad cop in this family. And that’s okay.

Dance last night went much much better. She was her normal charming self and participated and laughed and smiled and didn’t freak out. I am going to call last week an aberration fueled by too many changes at once. If I had to do it all over again, I’d have had her skip last week and start this week. Might have made a difference. Might not. But the silver lining is that I got to show her that I will follow through on my threats. She knows it and I know it. And I hope I never EVER have to do that again. *sigh*

My BFF is going back to school! I’m so glad for her. It’s about time she does something for herself after all these years of putting her own personal dreams and hopes and wants on the back burner. I know for a fact that she doesn’t regret that one iota, but I also know that doing stuff for yourself does wonders for you in so many ways. And I know that this next part of her life’s journey is going to be exciting! I’m sure excited for her!

As for me? Well, my teaching certificate expires in October. And I have about 23 of the 180 professional clock hours I need to get it renewed. Ain’t gonna happen. However, Arizona has a little loophole. Your certificate still expires, but you have one year of grace. So if I get the rest of my 157 clock hours taken care of before next October, my certificate is renewed like it never expired. If I don’t? Well, I can still get a certificate, but the hoops I will have to jump through will not be fun. So, since Marlene is signing up for classes, I can too right? Especially since any classes I might want to take are online. Thank you Maricopa County Community College system! I’ll be signing up for a two credit course tomorrow to start in a couple of weeks. Most of these classes are go at your own pace, so even though you have to get things done in a certain number of weeks, you can do the assignments as you feel like it and turn them in as you finish them, just as long as they’re all turned in by the end of the session. And everything is done online. I personally love online courses. I know other people who prefer the interaction in a classroom, but I’m totally good with not having to get dressed and go anywhere.

I decided that I’d go for an endorsement in Computer Science. Makes sense to me since I spend so much time on the computer…lol! And I know a fair bit about it. ;) I figured I’d probably enjoy the classes as well. I took a class on using technology in the classroom last time I had to get my certificate renewed (6 years ago) and I really enjoyed the class and being able to use some of the ideas I got from it in my own classroom. The kids loved it, too.

So, that’s what I’m doing. That and trying to figure out how I’m not going to lose the prescription for the ultrasound I’m supposed to have in 6 months. Don’t they know I’m not good at remembering stuff like that???

Oh wait, I forgot all about the first paragraph of this post and the whole “plan” thing. So, the plan was that LG would go to school (private religious school) at the same place that she is going to preschool. But things have changed. I have had other ideas put in my head. The only problem is that the place where I want her to go has a lot of people that want to go there and only so many spots for kindergarten, so she has to go into the lottery and hope to get drawn. I firmly believe that she will be drawn because I don’t believe that your plan gets totally changed in direction for no reason. I really and truly believe that things happen for a reason. However, I will not KNOW that she will be drawn in the lottery until she actually IS drawn in the lottery. And in the meantime, I have to come with an alternative arrangement if she doesn’t. Which will probably just be that she goes to school where she is going to preschool. But that’s not going to happen because I firmly believe she’ll get into this other school if it’s meant for her to go there. Just gotta have faith. :)