Restoring the Past

Ok, that title is a little melodramatic, I confess. But, after many sessions of fooling around with the blogger template, I was finally able to figure out how to restore all of my archives without completely revamping my entire template to one of the stupid stock templates provided by blogger.

So, feel free to browse back through the days of yore and relive my days working under OMG at The ALC or my trials of student teaching and credential coursework at Cal State Northridge. Chuckle with glee as you experience once again my adventures at Oktoberfest, and marvel once more at my travels through Central America.

As you are no doubt aware, it is currently the middle of summer. We in Southern California have been enjoying a remarkably mild July, with temperatures hovering in the mid-80s most of the time. There was one week where it crested in the high 90s but, to the best of my knowledge, Pasadena has not yet hit the triple digits this summer.

My summer has been mostly uneventful thus far. Aside from a trip to the San Francisco area for my cousin's wedding, little has occurred. I have been teaching summer school, once again struggling with the frustrations of teaching remedial math. Day after day of exchanges such as this:

Me: Ok, so now we need to find a common denominator for 5 and 3. Anybody know what is is?
Class: *awkward silence*
Me: Guys, we just did this yesterday.
Class: *awkward silence*
Me: Remember, we want the smallest number divisible by 5 and 3.
Class: *awkward silence*
Me: That means the smallest number that they both go into...
*Brave 6th grade girl raises her hand*
Me: Yes?
Brave Girl: 12?
Me: Ummm...no...3 goes into 12, but not 5...
Class: *awkward silence*
Me: 3 goes into 12 4 times...so keep counting by 3's...
Some Boy: 15?
Me: Excellent! So, how do we change four-fifths and two-thirds into fifteenths.
Class: *awkward silence*

(Repeat day after day for 5 weeks.)

Thankfully, summer school will be finished this Tuesday and I will not have to deal with this again until Sepetember...by which time, I hope that my love of teaching will have been restored.

Once summer school is out, I will be hanging around Pasadena and Fullerton until August 11 when Kristy and I will be driving to Grand Junction, Colorado, so that I can meet her dad and stepmom. She's already had the pleasure of meeting my dad in June of this year and will get to meet my mom in September.

In other family news (and to serves as an update to demonstrate how fast time passes) my niece Alyson will be starting high school this fall. I believe she'll be going to Temecula Valley High School, but I am not sure. I can't really fathom the idea that she is in high school now...and I am sure many of you reading this are astounded by that fact.

Well, I need to start getting ready for a wedding that we are going to this evening. Just wanted to give an update, now that my archives have been restored.