News Flash -- A few additions since yesterday!

As most people know I have been working at the school and also at the emergency shelter. My principal and I talked last week about cutting my Gillette time down. While I enjoy going to Gillette and I think it helps some of the girls that transfer over sometimes it makes my day feel very rushed. And I feel bad when I don't go because we are short staffed in the office or it is just a crazy day. So as of today I only make and take work over to Gillette and just check up on them once a week. Because I am going to be in the office more time now, again as of today I have been given the advisory position of the leadership girls. These are girls who apply to be on Leadership. Please don't ask what Leadership means because none of the teachers can come up with a good definition or another good title because all of the girls are so different. This group is big point of contention during our weekly meetings, especially since we can't come up with a different name and don't have a good definition. Essentially, these girls do well in their classes, get good citizenship grades, do well in the cottage life and the special part is they get to plan activities for the other girls. So we will see how the girls take it when they find out I am the advisor and not one of the office staff that they all (well most all) love. I will keep everyone posted about this assigned endeavor.

I heard someone today use the word irk, and I thought my mom was the only one that used that word. But I realized that something has been irking me for a very long time, even though I just put on a smile and laugh with everyone else. I am assuming that most people know I am from Texas, which essentially is part of the South. I am also assuming that everyone knows that I say y'all, probably because I am from the South because rarely do my parents say it. I say y'all in most of my conversations because that is the word I use because it makes sense to use it when talking to many people. Several times in the last week I have been made fun of because I say y'all. I know this is just a playful joke, but oh my it is just a word. Two people asked how to spell it and then if we learned the word in school. I think they all want to say it, but now are scared because they have made fun of me. Even the kids catch it sometimes and they bring it to my attention. So I finally said it was in the dictionary...Variant(s): or y'all /'yol/Function: pronoun. chiefly Southern : YOU -- usually used in addressing two or more persons (taken from Merriam-Webster).

Well that is all for now
Grace and Peace