February

After getting a few suspicious emails from Amazon, Wed night I tried to login to my account to change my password-- I then discovered that they could not find my account... there was an email address ending in 163.com, and I figured out that my account had been hacked. I called Amazon Thursday morning, while also checking my credit card, and discovered that I had 2 transactions on my card that were not mine. :-( They took the card off the account, and are working on restoring my Amazon account. I took an Uber home from school Thursday morning to get my credit card, and as we were turning the corner, discovered that I had forgotten my apt keys! So, we went back to the school, and I came home and got my card. Returned to school, spent several minutes trying to find a number where I could get a hold of someone... finally they answered, and waited 15 minutes to talk to someone, and then another 30 minutes going through the process of getting a new card, and getting the charges off my account! When I got home from tutoring I downloaded 3 different programs, and finally got a malware remover- to check my computer.... and I thought everything was fine... S Though it was a pure coincidence where I got two emails from Paypal-- and thought that they were fake-- I tried to login to my Paypal account with what I thought was my login/password-- did the recovery password reset, and then couldn't login. I called Paypal and they said everything was fine with my account! Friday night I called Amazon, b/c I couldn't get on the account- the 1st phone call got me on the account, and they told me to reply to the seller account and tell them I didn't want them. When they sent me a reply email account, it said to click on the link for seller headquarter's and I got a Chinese symboled tab that opened! Called Amazon  back, and while I was on the phone I clicked on the seller's link and I got a Chinese symboled page again! Evidently they can't close the seller's account, b/c they are investigating it. Long story short, I won't be using Amazon for a very long time!! I did another malware scan and AVG scan and my computer came up clean, so I think my computer is okay.

On the school front, Paula and I have settled into our new schedules, and I've been helping with her in figuring out the SST protocols and routines. Fridays are still probably the most chaotic days with having Reading Tests for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade, but I do have her help with the 3rd grade tests, so that has been a big blessing! The SST department is always trying to improve itself, and we're talking about next year, and being able to provide the support to our students, with the staff that we have.
Thursday and Friday the student's do not have school, while we have inservices at school Thursday and Friday morning. Monday we don't have school for the DR Independence Day. Plans are still coming, but I think that I'm going north for the long weekend....

I've been continuing to tutor at Leonela's 4 days a week Monday through Thursday with 6 students preschool, Kinder, and a 5th grader. I've gotten pretty proficient with using Uber, with having to take it from school and home those days. Though I think I have found a parent at my school that picks up her students late enough for me to leave school on Mondays and Wednesdays, so that will at least help with having to take Uber so much. Besides being at SCS, working with Leonela has pushed me professionally as well, b/c they have been multiple occasions where she has asked me about a student, or I've helped her with something, that I have to do research in trying to figure it out. Or I've had to remember something I've learned/used to help her. After I finished my Master's, I said I would never do any more schooling, but this past year has actually made me want to pursue my Doctorate in Special Education. I started researching schools, and I would have to do an online degree, which limits my options. I found Liberty University in Virginia that I'm fairly certain that I would want to do my degree with.... It's just a matter of making the jump of doing it... and not cringing when thinking about the debt of graduate school... My previous degrees are all paid for, and I'm fortunate to not have any debt except my car loan. So, we'll see...