February 3, 2008

• A new “beginning”

  I’m putting this at the beginning of the post I wrote today, because I think it might help someone.  Teachers (and probably other occupations, too) are required to be certified in CPR.  The health class I have to take for my credential also requires that I have CPR training before the class ends (6 weeks).  So I did it this evening ONLINE!  The California Teacher Credentialing board accepts this from only one site: www.cprtoday.com.  Maybe some of you would prefer to do it the hands-on way, but I’ve interpreted this at least 3 times before, and so I felt comfortable doing this online.  The site includes little video illustrations of things like where to put your hands for the compressions, etc., and is very clear.  For thirty dollars you can do adult/child cpr training, including the exam and printing out your certificate, in less than an hour.  They give discounts for 5 people or more, so if you and your teens need it, there you go:)  Just thought someone might be interested in this.  God bless you all Sunday.

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  Well, final exams are done, and at my school we just started a new Semester and a new 6-week grading period.  I was able to get a couple of ornery kids OUT of my classes, and started out laying down the law for a few more.  Hopefully things will go better this semester.  I’m starting to figure things out, and my mentor teacher is an amazing help!  Her name is Lia, and she is an absolute blessing to me.  OH, and I got a couple of student T.A.’s and they help me take care of entering the daily work into the record book…THAT is an amazing help, too!  Now I just need to get coordinated… I’m still in 4 different classrooms for 5 periods, which is a challenge because I have to take everything with me.  Organization is NOT a talent I was born with, so I struggle with it…  so there are pros and cons to moving around…  it is much harder especially when I leave things behind in the room I just left; on the other hand it forces me to be at least somewhat organized and forces me to purge alot because there are limits to what my short self can carry in a backpack!

  On the other front, I just finished the 2nd college class out of 4 I am taking at A.P.U. and the next (3rd) starts Tuesday.  In addition to those 4 I also need 3 “basic” courses toward the permanent credential, so I signed up for the 1st one (online) through University of San Diego, which starts next Thursday.  The APU one is 3 credits in 9 weeks; the USD one is 2 credits in 6 weeks.  OH yes, and I need to take CPR training.  I want to finish all this by June or July.  Then at the end of July I plan to visit my brother in Germany again.  I know it’s going to be hard to juggle two courses, but I just don’t want to drag it out.  I do remember having taken 2 courses at a time before… it was stressful but I got through it.  I can do all things through Christ…I can do all things through Christ…I  can do all things through Christ….

  Yesterday was the birthday of my youngest son, and he turned 30!  I was 27 when I had him…. how funny that all my children are now older than I was when I gave birth to them.  His is the little family expecting the baby in June.  Yesterday at the prenatal appointment, the doctor showed them on the sonogram how he can tell it’s a girl :):)

  That’s about all that’s going on right now. OH yes, today I actually got to have a long conversation with the pastor of the church I’ve started attending.  I emailed him and he invited me to sit and talk and have coffee at a coffee-place (not Starbuck’s but a better one called Peet’s).   It was very good and helpful to get to know him and for him to know me.  He gave me things to read and things I can pray about. 

  Hope everybody else is doing well…spring is soon:)  Hooray!

  Love to all,
  Gerrie
  

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