Feelin' okay. Need more sleep. Listening to Noah And The Whale.

It's been a while since I wrote a blog on this page. In the time since I last wrote anything, I graduated with my Master's degree, moved to a new city, started a new job, had my car broken into, stopped one of my meds, took a lot of photos and did a lot of hiking, and finally tried salmon.

I had a dream tonight that I had discovered some sort of very important thing... one of my students had an IEP meeting coming up, so I needed to see them ASAP and write up s/l goals. I had better get up and put a note about that in my planner... no, wait, I'll remember! No I won't. Yes I will. Somehow I didn't think through the notion that, "hey, didn't I find all of this out while I was *asleep*? Maybe it's not even true."

I sometimes think I've gotten too casual since over the summer. Summer speech/language therapy was very laid back. I didn't plan for the kids, just did the sessions. Didn't need to look at their previous reports, just "did stuff", it all worked out. But I have to have the documentation now... it's the nit-picky, red-tape aspects that are not instinctive yet. Poo on me. I'll catch up.

Some of the general ed. teachers are just pills. And I don't really understand why. I'm usually able to disarm the defensive by just remaining friendly and confident, so over time, I think I'll be okay. It's hard when you're new.

Speaking of being new... I still don't eat in the teachers' lounge. Scary! I usually just sit in my office and eat at the computer while doing work. I should be more sociable, and I know that.