3 35 pm pdt   [ preschool ]

I think I am going to try to crash a course tonight about the development of elementary school children (know in Child Development circles as "School-Age children"). Crashing a course means trying to join a class for which you are not registered. I have always been successful at this.

I can't decide whether it is better to space my classes out, so that each quarter is very easy, or if I should just get them all over with at once (like ripping a bandage off very fast). I am already definitely taking a class on Wednesday evenings.

I got elected as vice-present of our Union chapter at work. Because I ran unapposed (as did the president), we didn't have to have an election. I like when things are easy.

In the sinshine today, my skin looked like a thousand rainbows. I wondered if the digital camera would capture it (but didn't have time to find out). I am so delighted to be able to photograph again.

3 48 pm pdt   [ preschool II ]

I just went outside and took a picture of my skin, but it didn't look as rainbowy to me, so I'm wondering if the rainbows were a product of my sunglasses. I hadn't taken my sunglasses outside with me, so I didn't try photographing my skin through my sunglasses, though I have already tested and discovered that I can take photos through my glasses.

All of this serves to remind me that I got sidetracked. The reason that I called this entry "preschool" is that I wanted to talk about preschool. I am going to be teaching preschool again next year, but I think that ultimately I should try teaching elementary school. So that would be the reason for taking a class on elementary school kids this quarter. Then the quastion becomes, should I try teaching elementary school and see if I like it or should I just dive in and enroll in a credentialling program? I might end up discovering that I'd be a better high school teacher (probably not, since I am too strict for my own good). Anyway, a lot of big decisions need to be made in the coming year. Perhaps I should just stay at my current job, get married and have babies.

I am really looking forward to this summer. I am not going to work at the preschool, but I will be nannying and I will be babysitting and I will probably sub at the preschool. But I think I will have a lot of free time and I want to try to write and to do a lot of family tree research. I want to go backpacking and to garden a lot. I have plans, and it feels so delicious to have something to look forward to.

I'll leave you with my favorite moment of the day. I was changing a kid's diaper (not my favorite part of the day). English is his second language, and while he speaks well, his vocab is a bit lacking. One I was reading a story about a mouse and he pointed to the picture and said, "What this?" I said, "A mouse." He said, "My mom no like." So today he pointed to my latex gloves, which we are required to wear when changing kids. "What this called?" I answered, "Gloves." He declared, "I like gloves!"