What I’ve been up to

free reignOriginally uploaded by heavdog.In my last post, I talked about some of the things that have been keeping me busy – mostly school-related. But there are other things, fun things, that have occupied my time…art, for example. I’ve been busy filling up a large watercolor Moleskine with my crazy abstract artwork. Most of it is filled with stuff like this, done in watercolor crayon, which is very fun to work with. Just lay down the color where you want it, then take to it with a wet brush. Love it.

Back to it

Okay, time to ramp it up here, and actually write in my blog. I started a blog with my students, which, so far, has been pretty successful. But it has consumed my time so I haven’t really thought much about my own sites. Enough of that nonsense! I spend enough time online that I should actually make it worthwhile. So here goes…What do I have to write about?  Guess I can start with that which I know best, school…Yes, school started about a month ago, and there was much kicking and screaming and gnashing of teeth…and that was just the teachers! Seriously, it’s always hard to go back after having that glorious time off we call summer vacation. But it has been a good start, for the most part. The kids are nice, the overall atmosphere has been mellow and peaceful, and I’ve survived this first month unscathed…until today, when I woke up feeling all headachy with a scratchy throat and swollen glands. Decided to nip this sucker in the bud, and take the day off to sleep and recuperate. Anyway, when I awoke a bit before noon, I jumped on our district’s webmail to see what I’ve been missing, and damn if I hadn’t missed out on some great emails! We’ve been using a new records management/gradebook system this year, created by and based on our former system, which nobody was really in love with. Well, nobody’s terribly in love with this new one, either, especially since it seems to still be in beta and we’re their free test pilots/lab monkeys. I’m sure there will be more on this to follow, but for now, I’m outta here…