HELLLLOOOOOOO.....

I can't believe it's been a month and a half since I have blogged. Needless to say I've been a tad bit busy.

School is in full swing. I LOVE my new job. Bushland is a great place to work. I am only teaching 3 periods a day, which I love. I have a TAKS Math class with 4 seniors & 3 juniors. The Srs take their TAKS test in October so we are covering as much as possible in a small amount of time. They are all VERY close to passing so my goal is to get them over that hump in October. The juniors don't take their test til April, so I have plenty of time to work with them. I also teach 2 sports medicine classes. I've got 14 in one class and 15 in the other. I enjoy teaching this class so much. There's no TEKS (state standards) so I can basically teach what I want. The kids seem to be very interested in the class and ask tons of questions. My students are mainly juniors & seniors with a few sophomores. Upperclassmen are my favorite to teach. Most are athletes or involved in athletics in some way so they are full of questions.

Football is currently 1-2. Not exactly the start we expected but have played some great teams. We opened the season with a win over Stratford, then fell to Perryton & Borger. We are open this week and start district next week. The off week is nice to get some minor bumps and bruises healed. I currently feel like a hand expert. The first night of pads ("Midnight Madness") I had a senior tear a tendon in his pinkie and a freshman break his finger. Thankfully the senior is just in a splint, unfortunately the 9th grader had to have surgery and still can't play. Then I had a freshman break his wrist in the first scrimmage. Then a junior boy broke a bone in his hand in practice and had to have a plate and 6 screws put in. He's back playing now. Then I had a senior tear a ligament in his thumb. He missed the game last Friday and goes to the hand specialist this week to find out more. Thankfully nothing too major. I have already spine boarded a kid this year, which I never wish on anyone. He was knocked out on kickoff, but ended up just having a concussion. He's back practicing and doing well. A few other concussions, but nothing serious. I also had a senior that they discovered had an enlarged spleen. He wanted to play so bad, but I explained to him how dangerous it could be. (After nearly losing an athlete to a ruptured spleen last year, I have personal experience to basically scare the crap out of my athletes.) He was cleared last week as his spleen is back to normal size. So I've been a little busy, but not terribly busy which is nice.

Volleyball is huge at Bushland, and I hate to admit I have no idea what their record is. The girls haven't played at home much at all, so I rarely get to see them play. They've overcome some adversity, but seem to be pushing on. District starts this weekend, so we are hoping for our first district championship. The cross country teams are doing great as well. They are looking to be district champs on the boys side and hope to contend with Spearman girls (they were the state champs last year) for the title. I love how district championships are expected at Bushland.

There's my life in a nutshell right now!