Wednesday, January 6, 2021

6:36 a.m. - Today features a return to the classroom!  Admittedly, any break is not long enough, but usually returning is not too bad.  I can't honestly say that this time around just because of the dark cloud hanging over our heads with this whole pandemic thing and remote learning or in-person learning and no sports or maybe sports.  Honestly, the only thing to do is to try to survive each day, and then try to survive the next day.  Eventually surviving days turns into weeks and months and the end of the school year.  Will vaccines arrive by the end of second semester?  What other stuff will happen that we can't even predict yet?  Yes it's 2021, and light at the end of the pandemic seems a little closer, but it's still a long, long way off.

Things to do for school

• plan for return on January 6 - Khan SAT prep; blogger; Indigenous American Unit
• determine weakness areas in Khan Grammar Tests (after Jan. 13 when tests cannot be completed)
• score and enter E.B. White Grades
• make sub plans for January 8
• look at make-up work for Elijah

• Daily
• edit today's agenda on the Stream with recorded class session
• create the next day's agenda and schedule post to stream - for Jan. 7
• add assignments/activities/resources to Google Classroom as needed - for Jan. 6
• score assignments and record into Lumen as needed
• respond to student/parent emails and update grades - done Jan. 4
• TUES - schedule FRW assignment for Wed.

Things I Could Do or Need to Do In the Future

• pick up HHR & confirm next appointment at Slayden's
• Jan. 8 - 8:30 a.m. Dr. Wang biopsy
• Find out if insurance will cover procedure - I think it does
• Find out if insurance will cover shingles vaccine - I think it does
• Jan. 9-10 - youth officiating - maybe in DeWitt?
• Get 2020 officiating report for taxes
• Listen to Google Tribe podcast
• Listen to IF podcasts
• order a IGHSAU basketball officiating shirt
• fix the green door.
• Check gmail messages.
• Have shin guards fixed somewhere?

Things that I NOW think about with the coronavirus. (1/6)

• ILLINOIS PREVIOUS DAY
• hospitalizations - 816

• ILLINOIS YESTERDAY
• hospitalizations - 800
• ILLINOIS TODAY
• hospitalizations - 812

• ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
• YESTERDAY
• RI County - 11,208 positive cases; 227 deaths
• 61284 - 177 reported positive cases
• TODAY
• RI County - 11,260 positive cases;  233 deaths
• 61284 - 177 reported positive cases

Holy Spirit...

Help me have... 

    a pure heart, that I may see;
    a humble heart, that I may hear;
    a heart of love, that I may serve;
    a heart of faith, that I may abide in the spirit.