School starting soon!

I've been busy these past couple of weeks! Between cheerleading practices, inservices and getting my classroom set up I haven't had much free time. These past two days I had the all staff inservice, on the first day it was district-wide, so there were about 500 people there! Today, however, was just the high school staff. We got to test out the climbing wall, ropes course, and the kayaks. They just received a grant to get a lot of new PE material, so today was a lot of fun!
I'm sure that I'll be spending tomorrow, and probably part of the day Saturday finishing getting ready for my classes, but I'm getting excited to begin! (I'm also excited for my first real pay check tomorrow)
I'll post some pictures up of my room and of my cheerleading squad once I get some - they're actually really good which makes it much easier to coach.

Layla after Haircut

I took Layla to the dog beauty salon and had her trimmed nails cut and bathed, what a difference in shedding it has practically stopped. She is still full of energy and does get walked twice a day. We have cut down on her food. I think she looks good.

Hotter than hell takes on new meaning...

The weather in Louisiana is incredible, and I mean incredible in a terrible way. The humidity is around 85--95% everyday and the sun is relentless. I've never sweat so much in my life. I can't believe that anybody lives down here - especially if you didn't have A/C. The first night here our A/C was broken and the temperature reading was off the charts on the thermostat - so greater than 85 F. When I woke up in the morning, I was covered in sweat and thought that a nice cold shower would at least give me a few moments of comfort. To my surprise, the water doesn't get cold in the shower - I would say it is about 80 degrees F which is utterly ridiculous. But our A/C got fixed now so I think I'll make it. It is just incredible though how fast you start to sweat outside and how humid the air is - almost feels like you can't breathe sometimes.

Jon