Announcement

I was asked on Wednesday to make a short announcement at today’s flag salute. For the next 48 hours, I couldn’t focus. I know it’s silly, but I’d never done it, and there were going to be about 1000 people there. I’m not a public speaker by any stretch. I even told Brandon I was nervous, to which he asked, “Why?” True, I didn’t know why I was nervous. I wrote down in my phone what I’d wanted to say, and practiced. I didn’t sleep well last night, waking up in the middle of the night, tossing and turning, rehearsing. This morning, Dave took Peyton, while I went to school with Brandon. He hung out with his friends in the library, reading before the bell rang. I said bye to him, and made my way to where the other speakers were by the principal, while he lined up with his class. Everyone else who makes announcements seem to poised and comfortable on the mic. The pledge of allegiance and the school pledge were done, then one announcement was made, then I was introduced as “Mrs. Mah.” Haha…that’s my mom. I gave my spiel, which of course didn’t come out as I’d planned, and I was visibly nervous, but got through. Then, I scampered back to the multi to sign in volunteers to our meeting (the reason for the announcement). I hung out for the training for 2.5 hours, then as I was putting some supplies away, I saw Brandon’s class going to the library. I tried to see if he’d seen me, but he was already headed in and I didn’t want to disturb them. I ended up doing some errands before picking him up again after chess club. He did a good job there, and I asked him about this morning. It helps in relaxation of the walls of the blood viagra 100mg sales sugar can be observed and the person requires frequent meals to prevent lowering of blood sugar. When you know you have a chest cold or some tome of sinus infection or head cold,Zithromax in usually the cure all. robertrobb.com levitra 60 mg Changhong Zhou has been trained to treat a variety of conditions which levitra samples affect muscles, bones, and ligaments. Effect On Digestive online cialis pharmacy System: Kumkuma or saffron is grouped under “Varnya” gana. I asked him if he’d told his friends that I was speaking up there. He said, “No, I wasn’t going to, but then Sean told everyone. I was surprised he did that. And then the 4th graders didn’t know who you were, but Sean and Padma told them.” Haha…he’s embarrassed by me 🙂
Then, I told him I saw him going to the library. He said, “Yeah, I saw you, too!” I asked him why he didn’t say hi. He said, “Because I’m supposed to be going into the library quietly, so I didn’t want to say anything.” Fair enough. He brought home his weekly report, and he’s on track with his school work, and his behavior was “good”. This week, I was happy to see that his reading level left off where he was over this summer. The teacher said at BTSN that it’s normal if it slips over the summer. But we’d tried to keep things up, so he left off on O, and he’s back on O, but has to re-do some of the books. He’d asked to go to Target to go buy something with his money he’s been collecting. He asks periodically, but it’s never a good time. So, with the good start to the year, I agreed and took him before we picked up Peyton. He chose a beyblade, wiping out all of his money, almost to the cent! He owed me $0.36, which he’d earned today, but I hadn’t given to him yet. He did deliberate for some time in the store before picking out what he wanted. I did give him the option of saving up for something bigger, but it’s taken him so long to earn his $17, that he didn’t want to wait another few months to double that for the next thing he wanted. Now he’s back to zero, but happily playing with his new top.