Well it was inevitable ... Ryan has been surrounded by sick friends at school and we marveled how he escaped all the illnesses. Turns out he didn't. Bill went to pick him up from the bus yesterday and was greeted by a pale, feverish boy with a very "hurting tummy" (to quote Ryan). Apparently he has been bit by some bug.
Today he, Anna and I are home (and incidentally at 2:37 pm still in our jammies -- hee hee hee) while we nurse Ryan back to health. The chicken noodle soup from lunch seems to have been just what the doctor ordered as he seems more like himself and his fever at last temp check was gone. With luck he can head back to school tomorrow. I don't think he missed a single day last year so he was on quite a roll attendance-wise.
Lucky for me I just wrapped up some bigger projects at work so my absence today is a minor inconvenience that getting in early tomorrow and working efficiently will (hopefully) easily fix. I am sure I just jinxed myself!
Here's wishing everyone out there is managing to stay healthy.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Is It Finally Friday?
Oh my gosh this has been one long week -- so long in fact it feels like several weeks have been crammed into about five days. Clearly my candle has been burning at both ends and it begs the question, "what happens when the middle is reached?" Do I burn up or self-implode? :-) Me thinks some R&R this weekend is in order because frankly I don't want to find out.
I can tell you that work-wise things are coming together and I am slowly getting my arms around things a little bit more (I just jinxed myself I am sure). On the school front there are a variety of messages floating around and they run the whole spectrum. All the way from, "the school board will completely vote down the proposal to close/re-purpose schools," to "they like parts of the proposal" to "the public thinks overall this is a good proposal." (O.K. that last one has to be the most absurd and was stated by our Superintendent -- not sure if she sat through a different meeting than the 8-hour one I did this past Tuesday or what???) Many messages, MANY opinions, lots of facts and loads of emotions. It will all come down to the March 5th vote by the school board . . .
I learned this week that stress does not equal weight loss (at least for me). It seems the combination of:
Here's wishing you all a good weekend. Naps will be mandatory at the Lambert house.
I can tell you that work-wise things are coming together and I am slowly getting my arms around things a little bit more (I just jinxed myself I am sure). On the school front there are a variety of messages floating around and they run the whole spectrum. All the way from, "the school board will completely vote down the proposal to close/re-purpose schools," to "they like parts of the proposal" to "the public thinks overall this is a good proposal." (O.K. that last one has to be the most absurd and was stated by our Superintendent -- not sure if she sat through a different meeting than the 8-hour one I did this past Tuesday or what???) Many messages, MANY opinions, lots of facts and loads of emotions. It will all come down to the March 5th vote by the school board . . .
I learned this week that stress does not equal weight loss (at least for me). It seems the combination of:
STRESS + LACK OF SLEEP + NOT EATING MUCH = WEIGHT GAIN.
I don't like that equation at all.Here's wishing you all a good weekend. Naps will be mandatory at the Lambert house.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
There Is Tired and Then There Is TIRED
Count me in the latter of the two. Life for me has been one big juggling act the past couple of weeks. Work is really busy as my two largest clients each have a large trade show coming up in March so we are producing mailers, room drops, brochures, booth graphics, etc. etc. Normally this juggling act is not big deal to me. However just a few weeks ago I took on a, shall we say, "un paid part-time job."
What you ask, am I nuts? Well possibly but that is for another post and having nothing to do with this! :-) Our school district is facing possibly the largest budget reductions they have EVER faced. Because we as a district failed to pass three levies this past fall our school is faced with slicing $16.3 million from our budget JUST for the 2008-09 school year. Although not stated out loud this is surely the first of a trend if things don't change. One of the largest cuts is 166 teachers which will increase our class sizes 8-10 students. However what I have been mired in is the proposal to close two schools, re-purpose one school to house the Magnet school currently housed at one of the two schools recommended for closing and the proposal to convert our current elementary school to a 4-6 school and convert the other elementary by us to a preK-3 school. Along with this, our 4-6 school will be receiving ~250 kids from a Title 1 school where the school is already in the last phase of corrective action for the No Child Left Behind to the point if their scores don't go up the Feds will step in. Sadly there is no guarantee or evidence to support that moving children already struggling academically to a school where children are doing well, will help them to improve academically. Currently they receive over $1 million in Title 1 compensatory funds but ONLY $80,000 of those dollars would follow them to our school. How can you grow children academically by taking away resources?
Can you tell I am a passionate parent? That passion has equated to many many meetings, emails, phone calls and late nights. It has also equaled very little sleep and the steepest learning curve I have ever taken on. Oh the things I can recite. Last night I attended the school board meeting -- from 5:00 until 1:30 this morning (it ran until 2:30). More emails and meetings will follow until the Board makes a decision on March 5th. As I told a friend the good that has come for me is that it took this bad, eye-opening event to show me that I have to be involved in my children's school and I have to have a voice for my children. Like I told the PTO President, "this woke me up and I am here now, I am here for the duration and I have a kindergartner starting in the fall so you are stuck with me for many years."
So, Ryan and Anna, here's to you, don't worry Mommy (and daddy) are looking out for you and for your education and we are making sure you DO have a voice.
What you ask, am I nuts? Well possibly but that is for another post and having nothing to do with this! :-) Our school district is facing possibly the largest budget reductions they have EVER faced. Because we as a district failed to pass three levies this past fall our school is faced with slicing $16.3 million from our budget JUST for the 2008-09 school year. Although not stated out loud this is surely the first of a trend if things don't change. One of the largest cuts is 166 teachers which will increase our class sizes 8-10 students. However what I have been mired in is the proposal to close two schools, re-purpose one school to house the Magnet school currently housed at one of the two schools recommended for closing and the proposal to convert our current elementary school to a 4-6 school and convert the other elementary by us to a preK-3 school. Along with this, our 4-6 school will be receiving ~250 kids from a Title 1 school where the school is already in the last phase of corrective action for the No Child Left Behind to the point if their scores don't go up the Feds will step in. Sadly there is no guarantee or evidence to support that moving children already struggling academically to a school where children are doing well, will help them to improve academically. Currently they receive over $1 million in Title 1 compensatory funds but ONLY $80,000 of those dollars would follow them to our school. How can you grow children academically by taking away resources?
Can you tell I am a passionate parent? That passion has equated to many many meetings, emails, phone calls and late nights. It has also equaled very little sleep and the steepest learning curve I have ever taken on. Oh the things I can recite. Last night I attended the school board meeting -- from 5:00 until 1:30 this morning (it ran until 2:30). More emails and meetings will follow until the Board makes a decision on March 5th. As I told a friend the good that has come for me is that it took this bad, eye-opening event to show me that I have to be involved in my children's school and I have to have a voice for my children. Like I told the PTO President, "this woke me up and I am here now, I am here for the duration and I have a kindergartner starting in the fall so you are stuck with me for many years."
So, Ryan and Anna, here's to you, don't worry Mommy (and daddy) are looking out for you and for your education and we are making sure you DO have a voice.
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