Summer is Over

Summer is over !   We've been back in school for a whole week, although the children didn't start until the Wednesday, August 31 st. So what did we do? We went to a division wide meeting, rah, rah, get us pumped !! { Never works, we just sit and listen ! This year they put more chairs on the floor of the gum so we at least had some back support. } That over we made our way to our school and had a pot luck lunch.  Most of the support staff worked in the office or library for the rest of the week. It was only just before dismissal that we were sent an e-mail telling us our initial placements. It looks like mine is the same as last year.


The most interesting thing was that no one could find Carole, our delinquent EA.She wasn't t the High School, she didn't turn up at the school. Office staff who have protected and enabled her for years said they didn't know ! Tuesday we were told she had broken her ankle and would be back on Wednesday. Wednesday passed, and no Caarole. Eventually we find that she was just going for an X-Ray on that day. Overheard by a support staff was that she had to have a doctor's note. She wrote a note herself and somehow dropped that in or had it delivered. A note was written on that note -- she MUST have a doctor's note, not a letter in her own writing telling supposedly what the doctor said ! 

Immediately when told of her broken ankle was that she was probably lying that it isn't broken. I figure she was drunk and might have broken it. Time will tell. However several of us have said, that her name for abscences is not put up on the board; everyone else's are. That it is the appearance that she is getting away with taking days off, getting paid but not having them recorded. Now we have been told no, every abscences is recorded........ But we d on't believe it. You can't take a day a week off work and have any sick days left. We do know that some Monday's it is because she is incapable of coming to work. We do know she blacks out. We are all interested to see what happens next. 


Last night I just finished reading The Girl on the Train. I'll pass it along to ED to read and then return it to my friend.This morning I have the ham bone on simmering . I'll make soup later today with lentils and vegetables. I've already repaired the sleeping bag I bought for YGS. A three inch seam by the zipper had to be sewn; now it is as good as new. One Christmas present done !  Sure love Value Village !!

Today I have a list of things I want to get done
* Repair sleeping bag
* Organize my sock and scarf drawers
*Go through the swim suits
*Wash the downstairs shower curtain
* Make soup
* Wash out fruit and vegetable crispers
* Sew a minimum of 12 hexes.
* Start the 4th book of the Girl With The..... Series so I can return it.


I also want to try and catch The Tour of Alberta 

We'll see what we can get accomplished !