Well, the Vikings blew it last night and the class let me know about it. Well, the Vikings didn't really blow it, Favre blew it. Well, Favre didn't really blow it, Childress blew it. Well, Childress didn't really blow it, the Refs blew it. They should send an apology to the Vikings for their poor performance on Sunday. The Vikings played a great game, and I am proud of them.

Yesterday I went into a petstore to find out some more information about Snake ownership. The person at PetCentral was very helpful. When I add it all up I think it will cost around $150 to get started and about $10/month for food. I think that we will probably add the snake to our classroom after the first quarter of the school year. That will give me some time to get everything ready.

Went to Little Farmer over the weekend with my Brother from Milwaukee's family. We had a good time and then stopped by Festival for some Carmel Apples (the line at Little Farmer was way too long).

I can't wait to see what the Vikings will do now that they have Randy Moss. I don't think that he is the answer, but I think he will help.

I got the cage for the snake last week. The students keep asking when I will be getting the snake. After doing some research on the cost of food, I've been having second thoughts. However, there are a number of people looking forward to the new addition to our classroom, so I feel I am obligated to oblige. I should probably have one in the next 3 weeks or so.

I felt a cold coming on yesterday. I guess being surrounded by all the new germs for a month has finally caught up to me. I quickly picked up some Zicam. It looks and smells good, like a little piece of taffy, but you need to keep it away from your tongue because it tastes nasty. I think it's helping because I haven't felt as crummy today. We'll see if it works in the long run.

Picture day today. The students all look very spiffy. I'm now going to write a bunch of letters very quickly to see how the students react (they think I'm Amped up on energy drinks right now);lkasjd;flkjsad; lkvjpoie;lkrm gf;am v;ijapoireg m ;lkadfnmg;vlajdvoijkrmg;elmr ngv;lk jchjv [l;lkas jdpoijqrewknmf ;lkxncpovij lkergt;kasdgpoiv jad flkgmfa ;sdkjnvo iuh jn;lqtmg;kjpoic n ;vlknaerfoijpodk;lkadns fgpouij


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The students are all staring up in awe at me now. Pretty funny. Well that's all for now. Time to distribute the Social Studies tests.

We had our first service project last week. The students went to the Forest Athletic Club to recoat the chain-link fence with some metallic paint. Overall it went pretty well. After they were done painting they decided it was necessary to have arm-wrestling contests. I didn't test my skills against everyone, but I'm pretty sure I could have beat them all.

With testing week done, I now need to start focusing on the next big event...planning my costume for the fall festival.