I also always take a bag now. I carry my wallet, sunglasses or eyeglasses depending, lip goop, cell phone and a pen at a minimum. When I'm carrying everything, I also usually have an iPad and papers to grade as well as a book.

I know I'm OTT in carrying an iPod and an ereader as well as a phone and a tablet, but I only recently stopped carrying a camera. I'm pretty slow with convergence. I don't want a need for music to stop me from being able to surf the web or read a book or make a call. Either my phone or my tablet or both need to double their battery lives before I lighten up.

Sophia, with the search and rescue work CJ has been doing, I've become aware of too many tragic stories. They are always excited when the have a live find.

At the team's meeting tonight CJ received his shield. It means he has completed a rigorous list of training and is recognized as someone who can lead a situation. In other words, it is a big deal. I'm very proud of him. He is also scheduled to test for his black belt in 3 weeks.

I'm very proud of him.

Well done, Cory!

Suzi, that's awesome! In our neck of the woods, we have lots of S&R groups because of the foothills and all that entails. I know the number of hours they have to go through to train is staggering, so his completing all of that is quite an achievement.

Okay, I have now finished hemming my pants so now I have stuff to wear tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. YAY stuff.

I'm cold. This morning, right above our house, the mountains were dusted in snow. The thermometer read 36 degrees. Brrrrr... our little house is ill-equipped for such weather.

It looks like the storm that got us is heading your way, Liese. Stay warm!

It was 42 in West LA when I woke up. Appalling. Bait and switch, man.

Suzi, that's amazing!

Does your place even have heat, ita?

I should go to bed, but it seems so far to walk and so cold across the wood floors.

I'm so sorry Sophia, and I hope that she turns up OK.

Congrats Dana to you and your DH!

I am so very tired, and now that I've read Kat's post, it turns out I don't even have a good reason. I'm just tired. Isaac had a cute project for school. He had to make a guitar as part of an African American history month project and DH helped him make one out of cardboard that really works. He was bouncing around with it before bed.

Burrell, I also credited (not really graded, but more like checked and processed) 2 assignments for 2 classes, 1 assignment for 3 classes, 1 assignment for 5 classes and 1 assignment for 4 classes.

Tomorrow, I will grade 3 assignments for 4 classes and 2 assignments for 1 class and then 2 paper sets for AP.

Saturday, I will write my f-in portfolio or else.

Still? I thought we were through most of it! The SO is not going to be happy. But I don't care; I have lots of inside work to do.