Ginger's House: November 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

The end of another Me-vember

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Me-Vember is ending and I seriously want a do-over! This year's month wasn't all about me like it should be!

Me-cember, anyone?

Monday, November 28, 2016

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So, I had my observation and while I have no official word from my principal yet, I'm pretty sure I rocked it!

At one point I called on a student to answer a question I had asked and his very honest response was,

"Oh, Ms. Brown, you're the prettiest."

Now, tell me, when is that answer not correct? LOL!

My principal started laughing and I told her to make sure she wrote that down.

Sadly, today wasn't all fun and games though. One of the mom's in my class suffered a great loss over the Thanksgiving break. She was scheduled for a C-section the day after Thanksgiving. The baby was stillborn.

I don't know all the details and she certainly isn't in the mood to tell them. I do know that at some point between Tuesday and Friday she took herself to the hospital because of a concern. She was told to go home because she wasn't in labor.

She has a daughter in my class who is having a very hard time understanding and still think her baby sister will be coming to live with them.

Please, keep this family in your prayers!

Also, you guys know how much I love Gatlinburg and there are wild fires all over that area tonight. I keep going to Facebook for updates on the friends we've made there and this is going to be one long horrible night for them. People are posting videos of the fires burning by the road as they are being evacuated. My heart is breaking!

Please keep all of them in your prayers too!

I'm not ready!

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I'm not ready to give up my pajamas and Netflix to go back to work!

Not only do I have an observation waiting for me at school, but I've got an after school meeting at the district. PreK teachers work hard!

I love my job, but I am also counting down the days until Christmas break. LOL!

Come on December 16th!!!!!

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Getting observed!

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So, tomorrow I have to go back to school and guess what I have waiting for me-----

an observation by my principal!

That's right, folks, on the day we return from Thanksgiving break my principal is coming in to observe in my prek class. Doesn't that sound like fun? NOT!

To make a long story short, my principal just couldn't remember that there was no school for prek students the week before Thanksgiving because of parent conferences. It didn't matter how many times I tried to remind her! (The other grades had classes on Monday and Tuesday.)

So, she told me to come to school tomorrow prepared for my observation.

I'll be prepared, I just don't know how prepared my class of 4 year olds will be after being out of school for a whole week. LOL!

It is what it is, people! She'll see what she sees!

I'll have stories to tell!!!

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Birthday Pictures

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We spent my birthday in Gatlinburg again because I love it there so much! Here are some photos I took...

Friday, November 25, 2016

Update on Ms. Lukow

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I want to thank all of you who sent cards to my young teacher friend, Ms. Lukow. She came back from fall break late and couldn't find the cards you sent. I even helped her go through things in her room looking for them. I told her that I know there was a nice stack of cards somewhere waiting for her because I saw them in her mailbox. I really wanted to beat myself up for not taking the cards and holding onto them myself!

Anyway, she hadn't been back at school long when my principal decided to call her into the office and question her about why she had been out and to tell her that she had eaten through a lot of the sub money and and when the sub money is gone no one will get an end of the year bonus. She also blamed Ms. Lukow and her absences for causing low morale.

Up until that moment, I had liked my principal!

Ms. Lukow had been sick and had doctor's notes for her extended fall break. Trust me, she would rather have been at work than dealing with what she was dealing with! Also, trust me when I tell you that there is no one at my school that will put a bonus of the unused sub money over the health of our co-workers!

Ms. Lukow also had nothing to do with low morale! We all love her!

After having that horrible experience in the principal's office, Ms. Lukow decided to take a leave of absence for the rest of the year and worked her last day on November 10th. She says she'll be back next year, but honestly, I'm having a hard time understanding why she would want to come back.

On her last day at school, the teacher in the room next to hers suddenly remembered that he was holding the cards you guys have sent to her. She wanted me to let you know that they are all so sweet and mean the world to her.

It means the world to me too!

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Thank you guys for your messages and emails. I promise I'm fine! Life has just been crazy and I've been behind on everything.

I may not have been posting, but that doesn't mean I wasn't thinking about all of you!