Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccination

இ’ம திங்கிங் அபௌட் அட்டிங் எ நியூ செச்டின்/டப் டு மி ப்ளாக் திட்லேத், “நாட் மி சோப்” வ்தேரே இ கமெண்ட் ஒன திங்க்ஸ் தட் நோர்மல்லி வௌல்து நாட் பால் அண்டர் எ டீச்சர்’ச சோப் தேச்ச்ரிப்தியன், எட் இ சொமேஹோவ் கெட் சதுக் தோஇங். தேசே டுதீஸ் வௌல்து இன்ச்ளுடே, கூகிங் லஞ்ச் போர் தி கிட்ஸ், மகிங் மி ச்டுதேன்த்ஸ் ஷோவேர், லீடிங் பட மீடிங்க்ஸ், ட்ரிவிங் அச்ரோச்ஸ் தி இச்லாந்து போர் பிரச்டிசே, கோச்சிங் அற்செரி…ஜஸ்ட் டு நேம் எ பெவ். அன்ய்வேஸ், திஸ் வௌல்து பே திஸ் வீக்'ச போஸ்ட், நாட் மி சோப்: Immunization Records

This week the state of Alaska wanted to know if our school was in compliance with all of our vaccinations. I think that this task would have been pretty easy for a secretary or perhaps a parent that knows anything about vaccinations, pretty much everybody is more qualified to do this than me, whatever, இ’ம லேஅது டீச்சர் சோ இட்’ச மி சோப். Anyways, it took forever but I had this thought as I was walking home late Sunday night after finishing it: Chickenpox, what a bitch that must have been. I am outraged when one of my students is absent for even one day. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to have students absent for weeks. THANKFULLY all of my students have their chickenpox vaccination. Thank you modern medicine.

Quote of the Week:

Interaction between a mother and daughter in the bathroom

“Are there any paper towels?”

“Of course not, Miss Moody is tree-hugger.”

For the record: There were paper towels in the bathroom AND I’m not the person in charge of filling them.

PIC: Can you guess who in this picture is in middle school? Clue: it's the two that are NOT smiling or flashing their peace signs.

Never a dull moment at The Enterprise

Yoga Poster Board

Never a dull moment at The Enterprise...This phrase goes way back to California a couple of years ago with two of my home girls, I’m not going to tell you the story, but just trust that it’s a funny one and that it sums up exactly what I’m experiencing right now.

Wow, I haven’t blogged in a long time, it’s certainly NOT because I haven’t had the time OR a lack of things to write about. If you’re looking for an excuse, I guess it would be that I spend so much time at school and on the computer that the absolute last thing I want to do most days is sit down to a computer (at school no less). All of this is completely irrelevant. I’m blogging now, get over it.

What has been going on?? Well for the last week and half the entire ஹோவர்ட் வலேண்டினே ஸ்கூல் has been preparing for the Naukaiti 2011 Health Fair. We did a project on….(drum roll please)……..YOGA. Yeah, you just read that. I am glowing with pride ரைட்now. My kids rocked the house with a “Yoga Station” including information on the Yogi diet, breathing exercises, sun salutations, and Savasana (final relaxation). We took second place at the fair. My kids were so awesome, if there is anything cuter than a first grader leading a breathing exercise or a sixth grader leading an asana practice, I have yet to see it.

This Southeast Alaskan Life

Oh my god, my life gets more ridiculous with every waking minute. The only reason that I didn’t blog last week was because I couldn’t decide which outrageous event I wanted to write about. At one point I wrote about all of them and then I had like three pages….nobody wants to read about that.

This week I’m not evening going to mention ஸ்கூல், ரெஸ்ட் அச்சுறேத் தட் ஹோவர்ட் வலேண்டினே ஸ்கூல் ரெமைன்ஸ் ரிடிகிலூஸ். No, today I’m going to tell you about a couple of things that happened to me yesterday. First, after I got home from work I decided to take a shower because I was freezing. I locked my front door because மி நெயக்ஹ்போர்ஸ் ஆர் க்னௌன் டு லேட் தேம்செல்வேஸ் இன் அண்ட் இ வாஸ் பீலிங் தி நீட போர் எ லிட்டில் ப்ரிவசி. Whatever. Fast-forward to me being in the shower, I hear somebody calling my name, and I swear this person is in my house. Mind you, my apartment is tiny so this person is right outside the bathroom door, “Emily, Emily, Emily?” My thoughts, “Oh my god, what the f can be so GD important that this person needs to talk to me while I’m f-ing showering, AGHHHHHHHHHH!?!” I pretend like I don’t hear them, get out of the shower and then go into the living room to turn on music, only to find my front door WIDE OPEN. Side note: it’s snowing here. I’m like, hmmmmm, maybe that’s why Chrissy was calling my name. Sure as shit, she came over later on in the evening, and was like, “Why did you have your front door wide open while you were showering?” Okay, so the door blew open, I had no words for her except, “Umm, why didn’t you shut the door when you left?” Apparently she thought that I left my front door wide open on purpose. The temperature in my house literally dropped by 5 degrees. No words, I have no words.

Second ridiculous thing, same night, talking with Chrissy (my neighbor extraordinaire) and she's like, “Oh yeah, I’ve been meaning to tell you, we are going to have to run antifreeze through our washing machine and quit using it for the winter.” Me, “Okay, and where exactly are we suppose to wash our clothes!?!” This is a long discussion, apparently she washes her clothes at her Mom’s but she reminded me that the school has a nice washer and dryer that I can use. Our washing machine and dryer are outside in a shed like thing so I guess it’s reasonable that the pipes could freeze. In the same conversation she informed me that pretty soon we are going to need to leave our water running (at least one faucet) for the rest of the winter so that our pipes don’t freeze. She also tells me that we need to constantly remind our landlord to leave his water on because the water for our house actually comes from a garden house on his property and if his pipes freeze we won’t have any water. At this point in the conversation, nothing can surprise me, so I’m like, “…and how often does that happen?” To which she replied, “I don’t know, just a couple of times last winter for 2-3 day at a time.” Awesome. What the hell would I need water for anyways??

In less ridiculous news, Chrissy built this awesome contraption to compost her food so I got her old one. Yeah that’s right, I’ve got my own compost going.

Okay, it’s Thursday, wish me luck.

Quote of the week:

Setting: Thorne Bay headed toward Coffman Cove after basketball practice

Hunter: Miss Moody, if you slow down next time we see a doe, I’ll hit it with the door.

Me: Umm, No you wont, I’m not slowing door for you to door a dear.

Hunter: Come on, why not??

Me: I don’t have to explain to you why we are not going to hit a deer in this vehicle.

Hunter: Whatever.

I take it back

Wrangell or Petersburg from the ferry (I can't remember which)

Okay, I take it back. Upon further reflection I realized that two (2) unbelievable things did happen to me last week. The first is a classic Alaskan story. இ வாஸ் தல்கிங் வித் மி பிரிஎந்து மார்க் அண்ட் இன் பச்சிங் ஹி மெந்திஒநெட் தி “ஷிப்வ்றேச்கேத் பாமிலி.” இ ஹாத் ஹெஅர்து சம்திங் அபௌட் தேசே பெஒப்லே பட் திடன்’த பெலிவே இட் சோ இ அச்கேது ஹிம் போர் ச்லரிபிகாதியன். தேரே’ச தி ஸ்டோரி:

எ பாமிலி வாஸ் மோவிங் பிரோம் அநோதேர் இச்லாந்து ச்லோசே பி. தே வேறே திர்யிங் டு மோவே டு கெட்சிகன் பட் தே வ்றேச்கேத் தெயர் போட், லோச்ட் ஆல் ஒப் தெயர் ஈர்த்லி பெலோங்கிங்க்ஸ் அண்ட் வௌந்த் உப இன் வ்ஹலே பாஸ் வ்தேரே தே தேசிதேத் டு லைவ் அண்ட் ஹவே என்றோல்லேத் தெயர் சிலது இன் ஸ்கூல் தேரே. மின்ட் யு, வ்ஹலே பாஸ் இஸ் பார் அவே பிரோம் கெட்சிகன். Unbelievable.

Some of you are already aware of the most unthinkable thing that could happen to me. I ran out of coffee on Wednesday…as in, didn’t have a single bean. There is certainly no excuse for this but I feel like given my circumstances it’s understandable. First of all, I live on an island in Alaska; this alone makes getting anything difficult. Second, I don’t have a car so leaving Coffman Cove can be difficult unless I’m traveling with the school. Long-story-short, I thought I was going to have an opportunity to get to a store for about a week now, but for whatever reasons it didn’t happen and then suddenly you find yourself without any coffee. At the store I have access to Raven’s Brew. It’s alright, it’s roasted in Ketchikan, so it’s local, I can buy it whole bean, it has caffeine in it, no problem. Any who I didn’t make it to town to buy coffee at the store so I was forced to go into our local bodega and purchase, sit down for this……..Folgers. I know right? I literally cried walking home. The shit show ended on Thursday when I went to Thorne Bay for the Middle School basket ball game and of course went to the grocery store.

Okay, here’s to another eventful week in beautiful Southeast Alaska.

Lesson planning and stuff.....

Abandoned vehicle

Man, just last week I was thinking about renaming this blog, "The unbelievable event that happened to me this week," and this week....I don't know if I'm just getting used to the ridiculousness that is கோப்ப்மன் கோவே, Alaska or if I really had a boring week, but I can truly say that nothing ridiculous happened to me this week.

தேரே இஸ் நியூஸ் தௌக்ஹ, வி லோச்ட் ௫ (கவுன்ட் எம், ௫) கிட்ஸ் லாஸ்ட் வீக். தி இல்லிடேரடே கிட்ஸ் ஆர் மோவிங் டு தொர்னே பே அண்ட் தி வோமன் வதோ எல்லேத் அட் மீ (அண்ட் கள்ளேந்து தி சுபெரிண்டேண்டேன்ட்) இஸ் மோவிங் டு சுனியு. That brings us to a grand total of 9 students. Watch out! Thank goodness count is over or we would be in some serious hot water. The revolving door of students makes lesson planning difficult but the hardest part is the emotional attachment. I'm hoping for some consistency, at least until Christmas.

Other happs: Day Light Savings ending = Bull Shit! Now I get to walk TO and FROM school in the dark. Yeah, that's right, I'm outraged by the time change.

Oh yeah, I'M COMING HOME next month. Start drinking water now.

This Friday is Veteran's Day, being the social studies teacher I know I should probably teach a lesson about it. The thing is, I really don't like idolizing soldiers or wars for that matter. I think that I'm going to take this opportunity teach the concept and value of PEACE. What do you think? வதோ வில் பே தி பிரஸ்ட் பெர்சன் டு கால் தி சுபெரிண்டேண்டேன்ட் ஓவர் திஸ் ஓனே??

It seems that everybody is writing gratuity lists these days, I guess because Thanksgiving is approaching or whatever, so here is one thing that I'm really grateful for:

My job. It's really hard, I mean like, I can't find words for it, but I am learning so much and am so GRATEFUL to be living in Southeast Alaska where it's still raining and the temperatures are hanging out above freezing.

PIC: I can't remember if I already posted this, but this is an abandoned vehicle on the road in வ்ஹலே பாஸ்.

Don't forget to KEEP THE PROMISES you make to yourself. You're all you got!

PEACE