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[chochiyo_sama]

I'm sure you are DYING to know what I have been up to.

Last week was the final week of school--and it was a doozy, as they always are.

I was too busy and too tired to write anything.

Now, this week, I have been busy finishing up my inventories and stuff at school.  Today, I finally checked out.  However, I have a couple of large projects going forward at school.

I am cleaning out all my files and going through all my 3-ring unit binders again.  I am really slashing and burning this summer.

Today, I typed up a couple of short stories which I will be using in the fall for my science fiction/fantasy course.  One was "Men are Different," which is a super short little story, and the other is HEMEAC, which is one of my favorite science fiction short stories.

I need to find one or two more short stories about Robots so I can do a little mini robot unit in the SF/F class.

I have completely cleaned out two file drawers and am currently working on the big pile of Poetry files.  I seem to be missing one of my 3-ring binders that I made for poetry,  but I have ample crap to draw from if I decide  to teach it again in the fall.  I did not teach poetry this year.  The kids have been bugging me for a poetry class again.

I intend to start the new school year 100% organized in my classroom.

My work at home has taken a back seat to school stuff for the last two weeks.  I've been too tired to devote much time to the heavy cleaning of my house, so I have been working on the enormous stacks of doll clothes patterns I have.  I'm organizing them.  

In time, I will take a picture of what I am doing--I think it will make them much easier to use.

I started walking on Monday--I've been wanting to get back to walking for a long, long time.  But, I have been too lazy, and quite frankly, too convinced that I would not be able to walk to the end of my block and back again.  But apparently I have more ability than I thought I did.  Yesterday I walked all the way down to City Hall and dropped off my water bill, then over to the post office, and back up the street and over to my own house again.

Now, that isn't much to someone who can walk for miles--but it is quite an accomplishment for me.

Today, I walked several blocks, even though it is ungodly humid, and I only got about 4 hours of sleep last night.

I walk at about 6 am.  I walk while talking on the phone to my friend Theresa.  She is also trying to get more exercise.

I've not been eating sweets and other unhealthy stuff either.  I'm hoping that I can build up my stamina over the summer and get my blood sugar and cholesterol even lower than they are now.

And if I lose some weight--that's okay too.  

My goal is to be able to walk out to my friend DeAnn's house in the country--I don't see myself doing it any time soon--but I think it is feasible.  Maybe sometime in the fall.  I don't know how far it is--I'm thinking a couple of miles.  

I'm feeling pretty cocky about my improving level of physical fitness--one day soon, (like within a couple of years), I want to go to England and visit my little buddies over there--and I want to be able to WALK--not limp along like some old granny.

Well, it is nearly 3 pm and I am tired.  It's time for me to hit the trail.

I'll try to update better and more regularly from now on.

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[the_godiva]

My last day of school is next Wed. We're reorganizing as well. The new computer stations came for the reference area. They take up less space than I visualized so three circular tables came back in to the space. And we've completely redone our monitor room. We moved our old half high bookcase to the other wall where the door is. In it's place we brought over six tall bookcases from Bungalow 1. That bungalow is being demolished and the teacher who was in it last year said to go for it. They're now installed and will not only hold all of our small textbooks sets for late enrolees but probably one each of each of our novel sets over in the textbook storage locker bay. We repositioned a cabinet and I'll be drilling a hole in the back so we can put our stereo unit inside. This eliminates a table that was right in front of the door as you walked in. Made the space claustrophobic and blocked access for booktrucks to enter. Seems there was no reason for the table to be there as the stereo speaker wires can be extended and turns out there are two other electrical outlets in the room. So the stereo moves and the table is history. Huzzah. We're going to get a phone line in the locker bay too so we can check out books from there. The computer is already hooked up. I'm looking forward to the end so I can get my house in order. I have to take a bunch of recycling to the center. Need the money. I have a car insurance payment next month and if I don't recycle and sell some stuff on eBay I'm going to be short. That asshole that hit me still hasn't paid me the $1,000 he owes me for car rental so I'm going to have to take him to small claims court. I expect as soon as I pay to have the papers served, his insurance company will fork over the money. They are cheap bastards and think I'm bluffing when I say I'll sue. The adjustor tried to intimidate me by saying that their lawyer will be in court with their client. I don't think so. Not in California. Before you try that kind of bluff you better know who you're dealing with.

Walking is good. You know what's good for walking? A dog. My Dad now walks every afternoon. Candy expects it. She has an internal clock that says "walkies" every day at 4:30. She isn't losing much weight (because he sneaks her treats every chance he gets) but he seems a lot healthier. That dog just worships him and he loves her to death. I sometimes thing if he had to decide between my Mom and the dog he'd choose the dog.