Slog, slog, slog

Whine, whine, whine, lol.   It's just not fun to try to keep up at work when I could stand another day or two at home to get over this respiratory bug.  Whine, whine.

sigh

Not reading a novel?

I ran across this book when it was free for a day for the Kindle.  I'd seen it and put it on my wishlist and a couple months later, there it was.   It's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain.   It's a wonderfully informative book that talks about introverts and extroverts, how we came to value extroversion as a society, and the strengths that introverts offer.   I'm enjoying it so far. 

My new knitting project should be a quicker knit than the baby blanket.  I'm entering stash into Ravelry's database so I have a record of what I have and came across a lovely yarn that I must have picked up on clearance or it was given to me.  It's Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran for those who love yarns to go look up over at Rav.   This lovely cream colored yarn is knitting up nicely.

The pattern is Poppy Neckerchief by Renee Van Hoy.  Another loom knitter made one in white that I loved so it was an easy choice to use the cream colored yarn for this project.

Almost finished baby blanket

Last night I made a swatch with the yarn to see how it would wash and dry.   Beautifully.    So, I tossed the blanket into the machine on the "hand wash" setting and then into the dryer on low.   Everything evened out and it looks very nice.  I found a stitch problem on one corner to fix.  

I'll take the swatch to buy a ribbon and then weave it around the border and it will be finished and ready to gift.

The Fall Cold

I have succumbed.   Two sneezing and coughing preschoolers is all it took.  I'm taking the day off and have been using Zicam since bedtime last night, hoping to lessen the severity and/or duration of this bug.

Not plans for the day but might get around to making soup.  I need to go to the pharmacy so may as well stop at the grocery store, too.

These make me smile with their jingle bell eyes

Progress!

I'm finally at the stage of calling parents about the screening results and getting consents for Speech Improvement groups.   I've talked to almost all of the parents of the kids who start Monday and Tuesday of next week.  I forgot to call two parents and will probably need an interpreter for one of those parents but will attempt Monday.

My assistant and I were busy bees with copying reports, setting up the file, putting reports and consents in envelopes, and getting them delivered to teachers.  I met two parents as they were picking up their Kinders and have invited other parents to pop in anytime they are on campus.   I do give parents the option to come in and talk to me but by starting with the parents of kids that will be in the groups I have less to explain and all of them have sounded relieved.

I'm in the decreases phase of the baby blanket I'm working on.   I have about 60 rows to go.  It seems like a lot but if I focus in the evenings I can knock out 10 rows while watching Netflix.

 To compare with the last photo:

 All stretched out on the grass.  The loom is 18

inches across so the diagonal measurement is 

somewhere near 36 inches corner to corner.

The Saga of the Screenings Continues

I finally got brave enough to count how many screenings I've done.   45.   That was yesterday and didn't include 6 students with consents pending or the 4 referrals I received today.  

The real progress is that I've made decisions about every student screening.  I have two groups that I will start in intervention groups next week.   They are the kids with speech sound patterns that make them difficult to understand and kids whose language difficulties (not as English Language Learners) make it hard for them to learn and progress academically.   I also have a third group of students that I just don't have enough information about them to make a good decision.  They'll join a classmate in coming to speech so I can get to know them better.

My next step is to finally call the parents and either hold a phone conference or ask them to come in to review the screening.  Concurrently, the students who will in interventions will have permission slips sent home. 

I need to ask my principal about how to keep the documents.  Do I create a file/student or file them all together.   All together would be a hot mess.   My other question is if this paperwork is considered confidential.  If it is we need to get one of the locking file cabinets that doesn't lock repaired.  I'm running out of drawer space!