The Hannah Family

A sea of red, go Pack!

We’re up 17 to 3 in the 3rd quarter.

Lunch must have been crazy today

Embracing the student experience while I can

We're going to the NC State vs ECU college football game on Saturday (I won a free ticket in the lottery). I'm really excited. The last game I attended was at Duke 21 years ago when Matt and Katie were in preschool, wow!

Go Dave

I took Dave to open house at the middle school to meet his 8th grade teachers. I could do it in my sleep, but it helps each kiddo know where to go and what to expect the first day so I would attend even if we had a hundred kiddos. 

I was surprised to learn he is assigned to math 1 for high school credit instead of math 8. I did something similar by taking algebra 1 at the high school for credit in lieu of 8th grade math and it helped me in the long run tremendously. None of his smart siblings were recommended for this opportunity so I’m really proud of how far Dave has progressed! Now I just have to spend 180 days of this school year convincing him homework is worth it.

 

Back to school for the kids tomorrow

C&D have new shoes and clothes, but each has old pants with knee holes I have to remember to toss while doing the laundry. Saturday evening we were scavenging for things on the lists we already have. Claire was my assistant and had fun rediscovering our old stuff. Today I shopped for required missing items, and I’m going to sleep wondering what happened to the 12+ protractors I purchased over the years?

I gave Big D his back-to-school haircut and he barely complained, yay! I packed backpacks and lunch boxes which are ready to go. Claire and Dave: Not so much...

Mom is alert today and said hi after I did

Reached remote parking tonight with no time to spare!

First day of classes

I have 5 courses for fall semester so it’s going to be super busy (full time is 3 classes/9 hours but one of my courses counts as 1 hour so I am carrying 13 hours). Currently turning down even direct-request sub jobs because there’s no choice. I’m not permitted to sub during my spring student teaching experience, but fall semester there simply isn’t time to do everything. Meanwhile, I am constantly  tasked with required school jobs that take 5 to 15+ hours each, but are in addition to the scheduled workload that “I volunteered to suffer through.” It’s true. Clear the decks. Mama has research to do, exams to register for and a dozen textbooks to read (while post menopausal with difficulty sleeping). Pop some corn and pull up a chair, there’s likely going to be a show this year despite my good intentions...

Moving right along

After 3 months of grad school, I finally got to attend orientation (they only do it in the fall). It was 2 days long and ridiculously repetitive, but it is nice to get some answers.

Volunteers were singing and playing the piano this morning

As usual, Mom was completely still but her feet were moving with the music.