Hello hello!! How are you all doing today?
I am good, a little bit of a headache and my voice is still somewhat hoarse. I think I yelled and walked, walked and yelled for 4 hours straight at work yesterday. And had a blast the entire time.
The Girl Scout troop program was awe-some! I had 13 girls, all of whom were kind of first-timers to GS-ing as well as to being really out there in nature the entire day. The number of kids was what I expected, but they were younger. Probably 5-6th graders, which ended up being easier than 9th graders would have been. But louder and chattier than older girls. heh.
They came from Rutherford. That's where Giants Stadium is, just a few miles from NYC so a very different environment than up here. and wow, they were fascinated with everything. I was holding up a dead branch of paper birch and was trying to have them guess what kind of tree it was as I was peeling off the bark. An isopod came crawling out of a little hole in the branch and talk about a ton of girls losing their **** over a bug. In a great/positive way! They all wanted to hold it, so I flipped some more logs to give everyone a chance-- and not freak that one little isopod out too much hahah!
The best part of the day for me was at the stream, we found a red eft!!
We typically find a lot of newts in the water but I haven't seen them as efts before. Man, it was *cute*!!!!
(Newt's life cycle starts in the water. As juveniles, they change into a red eft, then they return to the water as adults. It is a little different from salamanders which start in the water and then go onto the land as adults. In case anyone was wondering LOL)
I didn't get any pictures-- I was making sure that all of the girls were observing carefully- but this is what they look like:
Adorable!
The kids and parents all seemed like they were having fun and were interested in coming back for maple sugaring in February.
I got home and practically collapsed. I hit 12,000 in 4 hours while carrying bags and buckets of supplies and binoculars. I had a coworker with me who is amazing and helpful and great with the kids but I am so used to teaching by myself, I often forget to ask for help. oops.
Today is going to be a rest-my-voice day. I am going to work on this week's meal plan and finish the shopping order. I need to make sure I have as many healthy options for Caitlyn as possible. She saw the hematologist last week and her iron levels are next to nothing. She is going to need infusions but more iron-rich foods can't hurt.
I hope that all of you have a fantastic day!
I am good, a little bit of a headache and my voice is still somewhat hoarse. I think I yelled and walked, walked and yelled for 4 hours straight at work yesterday. And had a blast the entire time.
The Girl Scout troop program was awe-some! I had 13 girls, all of whom were kind of first-timers to GS-ing as well as to being really out there in nature the entire day. The number of kids was what I expected, but they were younger. Probably 5-6th graders, which ended up being easier than 9th graders would have been. But louder and chattier than older girls. heh.
They came from Rutherford. That's where Giants Stadium is, just a few miles from NYC so a very different environment than up here. and wow, they were fascinated with everything. I was holding up a dead branch of paper birch and was trying to have them guess what kind of tree it was as I was peeling off the bark. An isopod came crawling out of a little hole in the branch and talk about a ton of girls losing their **** over a bug. In a great/positive way! They all wanted to hold it, so I flipped some more logs to give everyone a chance-- and not freak that one little isopod out too much hahah!
The best part of the day for me was at the stream, we found a red eft!!
We typically find a lot of newts in the water but I haven't seen them as efts before. Man, it was *cute*!!!!
(Newt's life cycle starts in the water. As juveniles, they change into a red eft, then they return to the water as adults. It is a little different from salamanders which start in the water and then go onto the land as adults. In case anyone was wondering LOL)
I didn't get any pictures-- I was making sure that all of the girls were observing carefully- but this is what they look like:
Adorable!
The kids and parents all seemed like they were having fun and were interested in coming back for maple sugaring in February.
I got home and practically collapsed. I hit 12,000 in 4 hours while carrying bags and buckets of supplies and binoculars. I had a coworker with me who is amazing and helpful and great with the kids but I am so used to teaching by myself, I often forget to ask for help. oops.
Today is going to be a rest-my-voice day. I am going to work on this week's meal plan and finish the shopping order. I need to make sure I have as many healthy options for Caitlyn as possible. She saw the hematologist last week and her iron levels are next to nothing. She is going to need infusions but more iron-rich foods can't hurt.
I hope that all of you have a fantastic day!
Maybe tomorrow will be better and they come over my neighborhood.
I'll be back later today to do personals.
