I may have mentioned this before, but our school is going through reaccreditation this year, and I'm currently serving as committee chairperson of the middle school committee. It's a fun job, but a lot of work, not to mention intimidating. I sort of snatched the opportunity to get involved with accredition because the whole process (and administration) is something I'm pretty interested in. But there's a lot that I don't know, a lot that my coworkers are much more informed about. It was also fairly uncomfortable for a little while, having to tell these teachers with MUCH more experience, MUCH more wisdom, what to do, and how I wanted it done. I want their advice and help, definitely. But it's been a growing experience in understanding leadership and servanthood, not to mention respect and the maintaining of dignity.

Accreditation is coming up next month, and tonight I finally finished the initial documentation phase of our committee work. I'm responsible for typing up and gathering information for a large document that demonstrates the middle school's adherence to Christian Schools of Florida's accreditation standards. It's been a lot of fun, learning about this whole new side of education. I'm actually going on an accreditation visit (where I'm on the visiting team who analyzes a school's adherence to the standards) in April, and I'm really looking forward to it.

Well, it's late, and Monday's about thirty minutes away. Crap. How does that happen? I still have grading to do and a handout to make about the elements of Gothic novels. Grr. At least Valentine's Day is something to look forward to this week. I'm actually going on my first V-Day date ever. I think this will be the first time in many years that I haven't secretly thought of Valentine's Day as Black Monday (or Tuesday, or whatever day it happens to fall on that year). I am in the dark, though, about Tom's (aka man of mystery) plans. I did get a new shirt though in honor of the big date. Okay, I really need to stop procrastinating and just get to bed.