The strange thing is.....

.....today everyone was talking about the Brewers and nobody was talking about the Packers. Now that is something that never happens. I need to head to the mall to get me a playoff t-shirt. I will not be my brother and wear the same "I think it's lucky" shirt until their season is done!

Oh, and here is some information in case you are ever in the area and getting custard at Kopps. If you get a pint to go, make sure it is FRESHLY packed. Because if it is pre-packed, you get no "guts. Case in point.....I had NO Oreo pieces in my scoop from the pint that hubby brought home. NOT ONE. That should be illegal! I wat Oreos in my cookies and cream custard, darnit! Ok, that's enough now!

GO BREWERS!

We did it!

Yes, I'll include myself in the WE. The words are music to my ears:

THE BREWERS ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!

It's been 26 long years. Many of them very painful years. Sometimes we wondered if they were ever going to get back....and it has happened. WooHoo!

Made the kid cry we cheered so loud. Poor thing. Hopefully there will be much more to cheer about against the Phillies.

GO BREW CREW!!!

Is it summer vacation yet?

How many days left? I shouldn't even be thinking this 4 weeks into school but it has been a pretty rough 4 weeks already. Does not bode well for what my life will be like until June.......so if I disappear for a while, I'm busy doing IEPs, BIPs, FBAs........or drinking. Haha. Just kidding. I'm a lightweight. Really. But that's another story.

These are a few of my favorite things.....

What are some of your favorites?

Bye Ned!

Today the Brewers fired Ned Yost. There are 12 games left in the regular season. The Brewers are tied for the lead in the wild card race. Seems strange they would fire him, right? Well, consider the sweep that just happened in Philly - and the 4 game lead that is now gone.

I'm not surprised they fired him but I am kind of surprised at the timing.

Now let's just hope they can kick butt these last few games and actually make the playoffs. It's been too long.

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I'll have to think of some really exciting things to start posting on this blog. My DH tells me I write about "lame stuff". :-)

And who wants a lame blog?! Ok, it is kind of lame because it really doesn't really have a main focus - just my many thoughts, right?! Maybe I should start writing about him!

Where to start?!

I have been so busy this week I couldn't even think of posting anything on the blog. It's been one of the busiest back to school years ever for me. If this is a sign to come it is going to be quite a year.

Today the Packers got the blood pressure going again with the near-collapse in the
4th quarter and then 3 INTs, the latter two which were returned for TDs. WooHoo! Aaron Rodgers is playing great. Now McCarthy needs to do something about all of these penalties!!!

And, how could I not write about Ike. Wow. The destruction is amazing. We can only pray that the people who have been affected by Ike get the help and support they need to keep going and, in many cases, start over.

Finally, I dedicate a poem to all my fellow special education teachers out there ~ I'm on my way to go write draft before I can go to bed.

IEPs by Dr. Seuss

Do you like these IEPs?

I do not like these IEPs
I do not like them, Jeeze Louise
We test, we check
We plan, we meet
But nothing ever seems complete.

Would you, could you
Like the form?

I do not like the form I see
Not page 1, not 2, or 3
Another change
A brand new box
I think we all
Have lost our rocks.

Could you all meet here or there?

We could not all meet here or there.
We cannot all fit anywhere.
Not in a room
Not in the hall
There seems to be no space at all.

Would you, could you meet again?

I cannot meet again next week
No lunch, no prep
Please hear me speak.
No, not at dusk. No, not at dawn
at 5 pm I should be gone.

Could you hear while all speak out?
Would you write the words they spout?

I could not hear, I would not write
This does not need to be a fight.
Sign here, date there,
Mark this, check that
Beware the students ad-vo-cat(e).

You do not like them
So you say
Try again! Try again!
And you may.

If you will let me be,
I will try again
You will see.

Say!

I almost like these IEPs
I think I'll write 6003.
And I will practice day and night
Until they say
"You've got it right!"

It finally happened

When I student taught 15 years ago my cooperating teacher told me that teaching special education (EBD) is hard and I shouldn't be surprised if somewhere down the road my former students would appear on the news and/or in jail for doing something really bad.

Well.......it happened.

Last spring actually, but sentencing was yesterday for this 16 year old that (as a 15 year old) shot two people (gang related) and when an unmarked cruiser came and the officers identified themselves he shot two of three officers, one of whom will never be a cop again due to his injuries - most of which are psychological I believe.

60 years, 9 months.

A few years ago he was a punk kid in middle school. Cold and uncaring. But still a kid deep down inside. We wouldn't see that too often. Told us a lot that by the time he was 18 he would either be dead or in jail. Just like his father. Was sent a few hours north to live with relatives because he was starting to get into the gang thing. Didn't last.

Now he has a lot of time to think about it.