Nope. Had not planned to start running again, especially while my knee is still sore from the last tumble I took on the ice. Figured I might rest it up a bit first...but Mother Nature had other plans.
There I was, picking my way home carefully through the slush and ice while the gentle breezes rocked my body gently from side to side at about 90 km per hour. I was at a 15% tilt off level, leaning into the wind and trying to walk a semi-straight line. Turned the corner to head down the road to our house, and the wind came full at my back. My feet blew up and out, and I wound up doing a triple-time Nazi goose step jog all the way to our door, LOL! My arms were flung out trying to keep my balance, and all I could picture was the little fat angel my sister gave to me one year, all roly-poly with toes pointed and arms akimbo. Ha ha, wish I'd had a video camera! With my orange ski jacket I must have resembled a giant flying pumpkin...
A good day with my grade 7's today. They sat down, they got into groups for their levelled readers, I got a chance to work with the non-readers, they all did their work...I looked at them and said, "Did someone steal my grade 7's and sneak some new kids in here?" Giggle, giggle, "No!" I looked at them, "Reaaaally? I think someone switched kids on me!" "No!" giggle, giggle! I even walked out the door, and looked at the classroom, "Yep, this LOOKS like grade 7...but someone snuck in new kids on me!" By this time they're in hysterics, laughing. So win some, lose some, today I won one. Ahhhhhh...felt good.
If this weather holds, we may have a green Christmas here...rain has washed away most of the slush. The wind has frozen the top layer into ice again, thank heavens I finally found the ice trackers! All I can hope is that the fog stays away and the winds are settled intwo weeks from tomorrow when I fly home for the holidays!
TTFN!
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