The day started as normal...no solid plans, so I got to sleep in. I paid bills, then goofed around online while I ate breakfast and drank coffee...We decided to go to Little Rock to see what we could see, so I had to get ready to go...hubby asked what are we gonna do in Little Rock...then decided let's go to Hot Springs. Cool...something different, but crap, I didn't bring a camera! We ended up in downtown walking through the shops...stopped at the Fudge shop, but had ice cream instead of buying fudge. Then we decided to eat dinner, but it had be someplace different, so we went to Fisherman's Wharf. We had never been there before, it was AWESOME! We ate outside on the dock...they had some really huge fans, so we were right on the water and it felt like a great lake breeze was blowing. Buck drooled over all of boats, Becca saw 2 mallard ducks and 5 turtles right off the dock...I really wish I would have brought my camera. We had a relaxing afternoon and it was something different!
On another note...I had two retention conferences last week...one student I did not feel needed to be retained, but I strongly suggested summer school and the suggestion was not met with any resistance. The other, I want to retain the student, after discussion with my principal, he agreed with my assessment...however, the child's mother did not agree at all. I was complimented by my principal in how I conducted myself in each conference (the latter was a full hour at the end of a friday) I was also asked by our literacy coach to be the model classroom teacher for first grade...Our district is moving towards a comprehensive literacy program (what I taught in Dumas) and my classroom will be set up as the standard for the other first grade classrooms. As the 'new teacher' on campus (I have only been there one year) this is truly an honor. God is already granting me favor where I am currently teaching, and showing me why He wants me where I am! God knew my heart was hurting, but showed me what I think is best and what He KNOWS is best are not always the same.