Peaceful Monday

I am having a fairly peaceful Monday. My intern is out today and so I am able to have my class back the way it is supposed to be. Allow me this vent...I have an intern in my room for 8 weeks, I believe she has 4 weeks left. She is a competent enough teacher, but her attitude is what I am having the worst trouble with. I remember my student teaching days, so I try to fashion the experience in my room so that the interns get the most out of their time with me. This one came in already thinking that she knows everything. Her one voice volume is loud and hateful. The kids are in upheaval when she is in the room and the worst of it is; kids do not get a fresh start with her. She constantly reminds them of their bad behavior. So, I am pretty pleased that she is out today because aside from teaching my students long a, soft c and g, it is a fairly pleasant day.

I have started phase one of south beach today. My friend Angela wants to try it with me, so we are both doing phase one. Ugh!! South Beach is the devil!!

On a lighter note. I had an electrician at my house yesterday and he changed all my light fixtures, put in the new one in the dining room that I found at the flea market for $8 and put in new outlets, and he installed the motion detector light on my garage! Now I have light when I pull into my driveway!! When he comes back, he is going to install my dishwasher and my microwave. And I am going to see how much to have pendant lights hung over my fireplace!