Today was Halloween, but I didn’t care – tonight I had class (Yeah! No trick-or-treaters at my door!). Since I had completed all my homework for both classes, I turned my attention to filling out the Milpitas District paperwork so I could sub. It took longer than I thought it would. After lunch, I played Minecraft until it was time to go to class.
Class was very short tonight, and was followed by pizza and beer (sort of funny, since this is a Health class). One sad note: My teacher told us tonight that the reason she was not here the first week was because her husband had been put into hospice care. She started teaching half way through week number two of this six week class. What she didn’t tell us was that her husband died two weeks later over the weekend. She had been secretly mourning the loss of her husband the last two weeks of class. We all gave her a big hug. She said that this class helped her greatly in dealing with her loss – it gave her something useful to do. Starting this week, she also returned to her daytime kindergarten class. They were less helpful in helping her with her stress. She said that she would miss this particular class especially. I believe her.
When I got home, the trick-or-treaters were still out. One group recognized Courtney from school and started shouting for “Mrs. Knitter.” My wife was not happy that several 8th graders now knew where she lived. I guess this is one of the downsides of living right by where you work if you are a teacher.