Thursday, May 29, 2008

scales, rocks, and paper

Dear Blog,

I am so excited to start writing to you. There are many things I want to tell you and I'm pretty sure you will always be there! Until google goes kaput, which I don't think will be anytime soon.

Anyway, let me tell you about myself. I am a speech-pathologist, actor, singer, writer, cleaning lady, singer, judge, choir director, babysitter, student, and juggler. I'm never sure what the day will bring. But that's what keeps life interesting.

I live in New York, as you can tell by the title of this blog. The only misgiving I had about naming the blog nylisah was that if I ever move I don't know that nylisah will be the best name for it anymore. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Today involved lots of singing!!! I started singing scales with kids at the school where I work. They seemed to like it. I think it's good for their auditory processing abilities. I'm also hoping it will help them sing REALLY well when they sing at 6th grade graduation in a few weeks.

Another think I did today was play 'rock paper scissors.' I like to do that with the kids on days when I have lunch duty. It seemed to work well one day when I tried to get some kids to do it as an alternative to wrestling. Not that wrestling is bad, but it's usually not a good idea in the cafeteria. The kids seemed to like it too, and now sometimes they challenge me in the halls. "Rock, paper!" it took me off-guard the first couple of times it happened, but now I am ready for any challenge. In fact, I relish it! Get ready, suckaz!!!

Well that it is about it for today. I'll write again soon, I promise.