One thing good happened today! Last week, the diagnostician at the elementary school and I were discussing prayer, things we've prayed about and our church lives. We mentioned something about possibly getting a prayer group together. The diagnosticians at the middle school and high school were also both interested. So, we decided to meet once a week around lunch time for a devotional and prayer. We have to keep it low profile, thanx to being in a public school setting, but we'll meet in a room that is relatively unused. We met today for the first time, and I really enjoyed the time together. I felt at peace after leaving the meeting, which I needed soon after, because I went back to dealing with the runaway girl.

Colors Are All the Same, by Bill Pekar and Skip Brown.

After the ARD, I went back to the special education office to start paperwork for another ARD on Friday. I have some consults that I am doing over at the high school, so after lunch, I ventured over there. Once I arrived at the high school, the receptionist said that the special ed office had called me, and needed to call them back. It turns out that a student at my elementary school was having another meltdown. The special education director went over there to help out, then I went. It was the same girl that we had issues with two weeks ago. However, it did end on a good note, as both parents finally signed the consent form for special education testing! Now we can hopefully get this girl some help.

Yesterday afternoon was so much fun! I was helping out with the youngest children's choir at church. The kids are three and four years old. Next week, we'll split them up into two groups based on age. I had so much fun working with them! I spent most of the time laughing at their behavior. They were so cute! We taught them to sing "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." Then we gave them instruments and they played along. We then marched around the room in a parade! They LOVED that! I am so excited about working with them!

Afterwards, we met up with David's mom and Samantha for a nice dinner at Old San Francisco steakhouse. They put a huge block of aged swiss cheese and a cheese sliceron the table. David had great fun slicing up the cheese for everyone. I had some fantabulous french onion soup, which was served in an onion. Very unique presentation. It was a fun evening.

Well, tonight is the season premiere of 7th Heaven. Since Friends is no longer on, it is now my favorite show, along with Everwood which comes on right afterward. In fact, I'm watching 7th Heaven right now! Go make it a great one!

One of my fellow graduate students wound up taking the exam at the same location as me, so we went out for breakfast afterwards and caught up on everything. Once I got home, I had a few errands to run, then spent the afternoon with the other two Chicks (of Three Chicks fame) at the St. Ann carnival. We went in the fun house, and I seriously wanted to sing the song from Grease that they sing while they're running around in the fun house. We also went on a few rides that spun, round and round, and also went on a slide that we sat on a potato sack to slide down. It was kind of hot, but we had a fantabulous time! Afterwards we cooled off at Marble Slab Creamery. (Mmmm, ice cream!)

The past couple of weeks have been pretty eventful. I have been so busy going back and forth between schools! We haven't had anyone try to run away from class again (thank goodness). I have my first ARD to be in charge of tomorrow. I worked hard getting the paperwork filled out for the meeting. One of the other LSSPs is also going to be present, in case I need any help during the meeting. I've interviewed kids, I've done consultations, conducted observations and filled out paperwork. (I've always been amazed by the amount of paperwork utilized by the public education system. If anyone uses more paperwork than the public education system, I'd like to know who.) Anywho, we will see how the ARD goes tomorrow.

This week will start my typical fall schedule. We'll have church on Sunday mornings, then in the afternoons I'll return up there to assist with the children's choirs. Then it'll be time for youth praise team rehearsal, where I am the back-up drummer. (Yay!) After that, we'll be helping with the youth.

Tomorrow night is our last dance lesson, then I'll have Monday nights free. Tuesday nights will be band rehearsal. I'm really looking foward to being at band again. We had our first rehearsal last week, and went so well, I'm really excited about the new season! Wednesday nights, I'll be at church again, leading a small group and singing in the choir. That will be my evening schedule for now. I can hardly wait to get started! I love being involved in a bunch of different things.

Well, I need to get going, must get up to church! Go make it a great one!