Some Updates on My Life
finally

School: Not much left now. It’s crunch time. I am not so much worried about any of my classes. I will be glad ne the semester is over. I was off school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Perfect time for sleep and R&R.

Work: A great deal has changed since my last update. Amy is no longer with the company, which is a great relief to me. However, for the time being, we are without a call canter manager, which means more stress put on PJ (our PG program manager and on Kim (Remember Kim? We like Kim.) I volunteered to come in last Saturday to help out and had a spat with our “day shift administrator” who doesn’t know what he is doing. He complainted that I was taking too much of a leadership position. We’ll see what happens with that. Also the supervisor who was selling drugs is no longer employed with Precision. I have had Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and will have Sunday and Monday off work. I am enjoying the much needed vacation from work.

Family: I didn’t get to go out to Okie for Thanksgiving.  
Our little family did get together. Mom and I cooked. It was the first time we had all set down and eaten at the table together in quite while. It was enjoyable but not the same as usual. Dad and Ben put new doors on the laundry room and the tool closet. Mom and I watched lots of movies. Rachie and I went shopping. Good times.

Social life: I babysat for Dar-c on Friday. I taught the girls Spades and War. We played the dot and line game. Natalie cheated. It was a good time.

Medical & Baby Related: Growing big. I will post some pictures eventually. Medical bills are a pain in the ass. I am going down to a DES office on Monday as I have it off work.

Luann:

Zits:

Random: (Drabble)

I’M HAVING A BABY BOY!

More to post later on. Now is time for pictures!
now because I know not every can see these I have put a “translation pic” with it.
Any questions, leave a comment.

I have a happy baby. The translation page looks like a clown!

He is 9 oz. about the size of a grapefruit.

Major motor control. He rolled over (from stomache to back) during my ultrasound.

He is completely health thus far. They checked everything: heart, kidneys, spine, all finger and toes accounted for.

To quote The 40 Year Old Virgin, “This is my baby and this is my baby’s dick!”
She didn’t actually print out any penis pictures but when you first look at this one, it looks like my son is packing!
That is actually just the ambilical cord, but it looks like a giant phallic member to the naked eye.

During the ultrasound he was kicking like mad and put his hands in front of his face. He is camera shy!

PS. I am at 19 weeks (almost 5 months). I am due in April.

A popular English teacher has been placed on paid leave—and faces possible criminal charges—after a student’s parents complained to police that a ninth-grade class reading list contained a book about a murderer who has sex with his victims’ bodies. Kaleb Tierce, 25, is being investigated for allegedly distributing harmful material to a minor after the student selected Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy’s “Child of God” off the list and read it.

Tierce, a third-year teacher and assistant football coach at Jim Ned High School, has not been arrested, but his case has caused an uproar in this West Texas town of 700 people. Last week, more than 120 parents and students crowded into a meeting where the school board voted to keep Tierce on paid leave.

Most parents say Tierce should be reinstated, regardless of whether the book is too graphic for teens.  “He’s a great teacher and coach and motivates the kids like no one else can,” said Chris Garcia, whose daughter was in one of Tierce’s classes. “If you’re trying to protect your kids from things in books, you may as well turn off the TV and video games. You try to protect them as much as you can, but these days kids are just exposed to so much.”

In Tuscola, south of Abilene, “Child of God” was on a list of titles compiled by all of the high school English teachers for a pre-Advanced Placement class. Although administrators’ approval was not required for the list, school officials have since removed the book because they deemed it inappropriate for ninth-graders.

The book tells the story of a town’s outsider who is falsely accused of rape, then begins killing people. The character ends up living in a cave with his victims’ decomposing bodies. The 1974 novel “plumbs the depths of human degradation,” according to its back cover.

The parents of one ninth-grade student filed a police report on Oct. 1 with the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office earlier this month. Before contacting law enforcement officials, they complained to the teacher and principal, said district Superintendent Kent LeFevre, who declined to reveal their discussions. The superintendent placed Tierce on administrative leave on Oct. 9.

Sheriff’s Sgt. John Cummins said the case will be turned over to the district attorney once the investigation is complete. Distributing harmful material to a minor is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.

Book controversies in schools and libraries are nothing new, but it’s rare for teachers to be disciplined over them. In 2005, a seventh-grade teacher in Grand Rapids, Mich., was suspended and later transferred to another school after a parent complained about a classroom reading of “Telephone Man,” a story about prejudice containing racial slurs.

Parents have sought to ban various books, including John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” and J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series, as well as books on Cuba or gay penguins, according to the American Library Association. Last year, schools or public libraries received nearly 550 requests to remove books, the Chicago-based association said.

“When you get to book cases where someone has a difference of opinion, you have to honor these things,” said former teacher Linda Bridges, who is president of the Texas American Federation of Teachers. “But if a book has been vetted and approved by the district, then the teacher has done nothing wrong.”

I think he would want a paperclip, a mustard packet and a seashell. he would make it work somehow.
Post your ideas.

Out Back Where the toes are.

Work: It’s beter for me because I think Amy and I called truce. The Big Boss Man (our CEO) has been making waves. The place is definitely going down hill. I worry. I  got to work 7 days this week, because we did temp training on Saturday and Sunday. It’s a riot, but at least I don’t hate my job. I think on of my coworker is finial going to call the labor department because she is scheduled for 70 hours a week and they decided to take away her raise.

School: Nothing new to report.
Family: Mom and Dad are in Oklahoma for a week. It’s very quiet around the house. Ben and I hung out.
Social life: I actually got to see and spend some time with Ricky, Lindsey and even Brett. I miss my friends.

Luann Update!