Matt and I just saw a story on the news that the state of Florida is hiring people through temp agencies to grade the essay portion of FCAT. No offense to temp agencies, but would you want Joe Schmo pulled off the street with a B.A or B.S. in who-knows-what grading YOUR child's test?? I don't think so! ALSO, the state department of education voted to base teacher bonuses on students' FCAT performance. Grrrrrrr. I can't believe it passed!
Also, I am sick. My voice is getting squeakier and squeakier. Matt finds it quite amusing and has asked me to say any number of things to hear my voice crack and fizzle to nothing. His particular favorite is to ask me to "howl"... like a dog. I organized my "emergency" sub plans in case I need to call in tomorrow for a sub. I've felt a little feverish, and I do NOT want to get my kids sick the week before FCAT!!
Lastly, all my clothes went CRASH BANG BOOM in the night! Matt and I awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of something obviously falling in the closet. At first it scared me--I woke up from being sound asleep, and it easily could have been the sound of someone in the house. Well, the alarm was not triggered and nothing else happened. Sensibility set in, and it was pretty clear it was just the closet. Matt offered to get up and see what happened, but if it was a big mess, I didn't want to worry about it as I tried to fall back asleep. I asked him just to wait until the morning.
Well, let me tell you. ALL of my clothes were laying on the floor! The closet bar RIPPED out of the wall and collapsed onto the floor! All the clean clothes I washed, all the neatly pressed clothes my mom helped get out of the ironing basket by ironing them for me this weekend, crumpled on the floor. We could barely get the closet door open at first, because it swings into my side of the closet. I know the shelves/bars are pre-fab, but you can add extra supports. That would have been smart since they installed it with NONE of the pre-fab supports screwing into a stud. They hung a closet shelf and clothes bar on dry wall alone! How crazy is that? There are pretty big holes in the wall now. I made it to the rental office after school today, and maintenance should be by tomorrow. 
It is amazing to live in a brand new place right now, but it stinks sometimes when we pay for the lessons they are still learning... like, don't hang closet bars on dry wall alone!
Take home lessons:
-you never know who's influencing your child's future
-make sure you install closet hardware with stud support
-if you are losing your voice, anything you say and do is instantly hilarious and "cute"
-when you get sick and are a teacher, at any given time there will be multiple children sick as well, so you cannot deduce who gave it to you
-God is good
We love you!
Becca
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
No Way!
at 10:08 PM
Labels: Becca, daily life, Florida life, house, work
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Hey Squeakers. I'm glad you had a great visit with some of my favorite people!! FCAT teacher bonuses . . . Dale and I just heard that report and were pretty happy about it. Of course, we are on the outside looking in and you are on the inside looking out. My first thought was, "good! Explain more thoroughly this 8th grade algebra you are teaching to 4th grade little kids."
Sorry about the closet! Welcome to "property maintence in Condo land" If it gets fixed in the next few days, I want the name of the property manager . . we need them here further South!!
Vitamin C!!! Lots of it!!
You poor thing! Sleep up, get unsick, feel better, and remember Matt when he get's sick so you can poke fun at him! ;) Although just a warning, he doesn't work with kids so he won't be getting sick as often. Which is definitely a good thing. Cause then he'll be healthy and fit to take care of you when you're sick! :) Which hopefully won't be too often.
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