Well...I've always liked a good saga

Here it is, school year 2008-2009 and I am once again substituting! Not that I'm terribly thrilled to still not have a job, but it's okay I guess. I have a love/hate relationship with subbing. But I guess it's that way with a lot of jobs - most times you like it but there are times when you just hate it!

My first year subbing I just kinda survived. Did what I had to do, but at the end of the year I could hardly remember WHAT I'd done! Last year, I decided to keep a journal of where I went, what grade I taught, and some things I liked or didn't like, or things I saw that I wanted to do someday with my own class (if that day ever comes!) And I'm proud to say that I actually DID keep that journal, and I DID write in it everyday! I'm glad to have it. I can look back now and remember all those things I learned throughout the year that I might otherwise have forgotten!

I'm gonna do the journal thing again this year, but I thought I might also try to keep up a blog - and here it is! I've missed blogging since I stopped doing it a couple years ago, and I thought this might give me some motivation. Subbing, if nothing else, can provide one with some entertaining stories! So here's where you'll find them.

What's up with the name of this blog you might ask? Pintastio - what does that mean? Well, in short, pintastio means nothing, and it means everything! It's actually a word that popped out of my 4-year-old cousin's mouth one day. (Well, to be precise - she's not my cousin, but my first cousin, once removed -- in other words, my cousin's daughter) But anyways, she just made it up and my aunt and I thought it was so funny that I wrote it down so I'd remember. But I think it fits - whatever it means - subbing is pintastio! :)

Tomorrow is my first day subbing for this school year - an afternoon in 5th grade is in store for me - let's see if we can keep this blogging up shall we?