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I went and saw a New Jersey Nets game last night. What a fun and LATE night.

Things I've done...

I picked up Andrea and Dan on Friday evening after work. We went out for dinner at a nice restaurant because it was Restaurant Week here in the city. We then came home and I picked up my laundry. Saturday, Andrea and Dan went and saw Wicked on Broadway. They had a great time. I met them afterwards, and we again went out for Pub food. Then we went and saw Mall Cop because it was SO cold outside. We took a cab down to 34th and 3rd ave to meet friends.

We had a few drinks with Nicole and Sophia. We have all been involved with community theater together. It was really great to be in the city with old friends.

Andrea and Dan left to go back to Boston this morning. They came in on the North East train. They drove to Sanford Connecticut and then took the train into the city. They said it was so much easier than taking the bus like they did last time.

Work was weird last week, because we had state English exams. Every day was different than the day before. I can handle change, but the students tend to struggle when we change things a lot.

I had a successful lesson on Friday. My 6th grade class got to use the laptop carts in Math class. It was a website that is a partner with the textbook we use. The exercises we used were just like the homework they had been doing during the week. No one asked to use the bathroom. They were that involved in the lesson. It was great. I want to do it more often. While they work, I can work with a few students individually.

This week, I am teaching Proportions to the 6th grade and surface area to my 7th grade class. All of them will be taking midterm exams during the week. I plan to go to Berkshire on Friday, which means that I'll miss the Superbowl on Sunday night. Oh Well!

I do have fun in NY City!

I don't want you to think that all I do is work 15 hour days. Sometimes, on Fridays... I go out with friends. Here are a group of us who are all Math teachers and we worked together all summer and try to still get together. The lady on my left is my last class' instructor. She taught me a lot of ways to teach math. On my right is Steve. He teaches high school math in a school that teaches with the idea of Social Change as their guiding force.

After dinner this particular night, I met Scott at Port Authority bus station. He came down for the weekend. It was great to have him here. We did a little shopping where he bought new shoes and I bought another pant suit and a new skirt.

Teaching is going along. I've moved onto teaching standard unit conversions. feet to yards, cups to gallons, ounces to pounds and such things. I'm watching the Cardinals beat up on the Eagles at this point. We'll see how it all ends.

Oh... I have tomorrow off from teaching.