What I've Been Up To

Sorry for the long delay with posting. Tommy's death hit us very hard here and I took some time off.

School has been exhausting lately. This is a period of time with no breaks or holidays and the students are getting cranky. We're dissecting cats in Anatomy now, just finishing a test on muscles last Thursday. In Biology we are working on fossils and we had an interesting fossil lab. Next Thursday we begin midterm exams so we are almost at the halfway point in our studies.

Saturday night we went to the local amphitheatre to watch Little Richard. He was in great form and didn't sound like he was 74. He is on crutches now because of arthritic knees and is in a lot of pain but still somehow manages to keep a good outlook on life.
His 10 piece group sounded great as well. We really enjoyed the show.

Geesh!

Well folks, it's preplanning time again. I've really had a great, calm start to the year and have been looking forward to seeing the kids tomorrow. So what happens? I twist my lower back the wrong way and have a pinched nerve that takes my breath away every time I move. Damn it! I'm going to have a good first day with the kids if it kills me. The Anatomy class will be trying out a software program that plays "20 questions". It's a good lead-in to the Scientific Method. The Biology I Honors classes will be given a murder mystery to solve that involves using their wits, reading an autopsy report, a video of the crime scene, and looking at samples under a microscope.

I am NOT going to let this pinched nerve stop me!