Whew

I was a zombie yesterday.

Let me back track.

Thursday morning (which happened to be Kyle's 25th!)

(HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLE)

(I didn't do a post, since he doesn't read my blog...)

Anyhow.

I drove to Orlando to attend a two day

instructor training session.

We learned a TON.

And I didn't have to teach.

(awesome!)

But I received lots of flattering comments

from others who DID teach.

And it looks like they might tag me to do a series

of instructor webinars for new instructors.

That might be fun!

Anyhow.

We were in session from 10:30 until about 4, then 

headed upstairs to our rooms to rest

and meet in the lobby for an awesome dinner

up the street at Bonefish Grill.

I love these sessions - we all eat and chat,

about lots of things, but primarily we pick

each other's brains.  I came away with a 

bunch of really good ideas for new games

and ways to refresh my classroom!

Then back into the classroom again on Friday

for a rehash of all the admin stuff that

instructors are getting lax on.

(That's one of my other jobs - travel to

other instructor's sites and "mentor" them

on things they might have forgotten or never learned)

We left Orlando around 1:30 Friday afternoon

and when I got to the house, I sat on the couch

for a minute and 2 hours later I woke up.

LOL

Repacked my suitcase and headed south

to Ft. Lauderdale to teach the 2nd weekend

of my current class.

I am training a new instructor, so I had him teach

for the first hour, but it drives me nuts to see

someone reading from the book, so I took

over again after the first break.

He's going to be a good instructor - he is a retired

police officer, so his people skills are awesome.

But he hasn't spent the time necessary to 

get familiar with the material.

And I'm not going to let my students suffer.

Anyhow.

Again.

Red Lobster for dinner.

(where they lost my ticket so didn't seat me

for nearly an hour - I didn't notice cuz I was

texting Kyle and reading my Kindle...)

And back to school at 7:30 Sunday morning.

We give the final exam 12 hours later at 7 pm!!!

And there is always at least one student

who insists on taking the entire 2 hours.

So at 9:00 pm we were just grading the final paper.

And then there is still the wrap-up

(entering hours / grades etc into the computer,

tidying the room, packing up the books, etc that

we need to take to the next site... that sort of thing)

so I didn't get out of the room until nearly 9:45.

Hit a McDonald's drive thru for a salad

which I ate in my bed in my hotel room.

And OUT like the light by 10:15.

Alarm went off at 4:45

Left by 5

Drove to my office, arriving RIGHT at 7:30!

Whew!

Cleaned up the mess left in my office 

from not being here on Thursday and Friday

left at 4:30

home to gather eggs, feed the chickens and rabbits

(Rod did the horses and cows)

and then over to our little town hall for a

Trails and Greenways Committee meeting

from 6 - 8:30.

Fried up some yummy jalapeno / cheddar cheese

sausage and some steamed broccoli and in BED

by 10.

Today...  I'm actually doing much better than yesterday.

I'm not even threatening to curl up under my desk

for a nap!

Tomorrow I'll let you know how Kyle is doing.

(Spoiler alert - GREAT)