Can't sleep

woke up in a coughing fit - and can't get back to sleep. I hate summer colds.

Wading pools

We're hitting the wading pool again - this time it's the one close to Nathanael's school. The one in Vimy Ridge park is being redone - may be sometime I'll take some pics and put them up here as well. It's pretty depressing, though - it's taking the whole summer for them to be done - August will be done before they are finished working on it.
It's getting us into the heart of Wolesley, though, which we do like.

Orff Level One - done tomrrow!

Been away from the blog these past two weeks because I've been working on my Orff Level one. It's a 10 day intensive course at U of Manitoba, and I have one day left - Day nine, today, was the last of the testing days - I had 5 tests - recorder improv, dance presentation of the anulelul, movement test, Orff lesson, and my Basic Orff instrument skills test. I'm very tired now.

I've definitely learned a lot - and really am looking forward to taking the things I have learned here and applying them to the Music program at the school I teach at. Perhaps I'll have some pictures to post after tomorrow - we are doing an Open House as our final presentation.

TTYL
Chris.

I'm an uncle!

Check out this photo - my sister's baby at mid June - already sucking his/her thumb! Cool!

summer is here

July 1 has become a milestone for me since I began teaching. It signals the beginning of the summer and two months of recuperation and recharge time for me. I will be spending some of the summer relaxing, but I do have some things that I will be doing that people wouldn't call relaxing.

In preparation for the next school year, I am taking a two week course for music. It's Orff Level One, and the course runs from 8:30am to 5:00pm for ten days (July 5-18), with homework on each day. Needless to say, I expect to be very busy with this. The advantage is that it is a 6 credit hour course, and I am taking it for credit.

I have been confirmed with Winnipeg One again for next year - 1/2 time music, and 1/2 time Reading Recovery. I knew nothing about this program until this year, and it seems that everyone I meet knows a bit about it, or knows a student that goes through it. I hear nothing but good things. The training for that begins in September, but I have 4 books to read over the summer (total thickness 4 inches), so I'll start that after the Orff course.

Other than that, we are both involved in a drama for church in August - that means a number of rehearsals throughout the month of August.

So, my summer is not being spent lazing around - although I am sure to fit that in somewhere. Maybe I'll do that at my parent's place in July (we're going after the course is done).