As for the afternoon, I lugged out the Amish lawnmower, and started to clip the lawn. It doesn't work that well, but I went in with a good spirit. After 30 minutes of nothing looking different, I kept going, and going, and going, and going. I stopped for a second to wipe my sweat that naturally happens when you exit your house, and sometimes happens when you are inside. When I looked down, the grass moved a bit, but I didn't really care. All I wanted was for it to die, or just be shorter. I took a step to start mowing again when a WHISH!!! went below me and the grass was running. Actually, the grass wasn't running, but the 3-foot iguana was running that had been trapped under my foot. These guys are wild down here and we see one every once in a great while. I ran to show my room mates, but when we got back outside, he was running down the street. If you have never seen this sight, you should go buy one, put a long leash on it, and let it go down the street. They run so funny!
As the morning came today, I did the usual and went to school. This was the first week that I had lesson plans written out to go by. Let me tell you what, the day goes by so much faster and smoother when you have a plan and don't "wing" the whole thing. Now I know why teachers do that!
The boys definitely didn't do all their homework. However, some was done so I was at least half-way happy. This is a good start to the week. Another thing I quickly learned is that they enjoy school and pay attention much more when there is a definite "plan" to the day. They can look at it and see what to expect throughout the day.
Today was the first day of science class for us, and it sure was fun to see what I remembered from the science teacher I had while I was their age. Sure wish I would have payed more attention to that ole guy. He just didn't keep things as interesting in class as I tend to :) love you dad! But it really was fun to get to teach this. I really felt the teaching style of my father coming through, as I obviously taught it in the same style. It is so weird how fast the responsibility changes as I go from the student to the teacher. I would like to publicly apologize to all my teachers for any fuss I may have caused in their classrooms. I truly am sorry right now. Every person should have to teach at least once in their life to understand what it really is about. A person grows up so fast when put into that position.
Today, we finally had another practice for the team, however, half-way through we were told we had to get off of the grass at school. We still don't have a field to practice on and we have our first game in three days. Oh wow am I excited for that one. I think we are the underdogs by about 57 points or so. And that is giving us the benefit of the doubt! Just for a small example: today at practice, we ran a drill that worked with centers, QB's and wide receivers. Basically, the center just practiced snapping, while the QU practiced their drops steps and passes and wide receivers practiced catching and routes. If the receiver dropped the pass, the QB had a horrible throw, or the center had a terrible snap, they had to run a lap around the property. Basically, we had a track team, because no one can do anything right and just had to run. Next, we tried to do jumping jacks. As a team. Together. But we couldn't even do that! We would make it to 8 or 9 before someone was totally off. I went and got a kindergarten girl out of the school, dressed fully in her school outfit and asked her to do a set of jumping jacks. As this girl made it to thirty perfectly as I counted her, I sat wondering why these 12 boys couldn't make it to ten, like she had just done perfectly on her first time. This just gives you a brief introduction to the team. We will make it though. I am determined to win at least one game. Even if I have to tan my skin and play center....we...will...win!!
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