About a year ago I read The Essential 55, by Ron Clark. He is a teacher who has been decorated with various awards, and has taught elementary students in the South and in New York. They even made a movie about him with Matthew Perry. Anyway, the reason I'm bringing him up is that his 55 rules have begun to make a lot of sense to me. I've been working in a preschool now for about two months, and the skills Clark teaches are good for any student to know. Take a look at them if you get a chance.

Moby's been back from the hospital, and he has to stay on cage rest for about another 4 weeks. We have him tied up in the house so he can't run around, but he doesn't seem to know he's injured or had surgery. He barks and jumps around, tries to catch the cats, and has lately been more destructive than usual. We give him attention in the house, but it's not the same as a long walk or run. I'll be glad when he's "normal" again . . . it's hard to keep him tied up.