The Green Valley Book Fair

I absolutely love the GVBF. We went today (its two hours away, so its not an every weekend event), and I bought $400 worth of books for $130. Very spectacular. They have a lot of the popular books that are slightly damaged or aren't selling so great. They have tons of children's books and books for teachers. They have fiction, non-fiction, reference, EVERYTHING! It was heaven. I can't wait to finish the hilarious book on Australia by Bill Bryson so that I can start on some of my new books.

That's the highlight of my weekend. Yesterday I finished my billionth load of laundry for the week and got the prescription filled for the little patch I wore behind my ear today to prevent motion sickness. It worked well. I think it still made me pretty drowsy (or it could be that I didn't sleep so well last night), but I didn't get sick with Troy driving like a mad man through the mountains.

Henry is doing well. I haven't talked about him much. He's gone several days with no accidents in the house, but we keep him in his crate if he goes out and won't do anything. It was cold and raining this morning and Henry decided to be a diva. He didn't pee, so I put him back in his crate and promptly left town for eight hours. He really had to go when we got home.

High note of this past week? Painting the guest room (I think it looks super!) and finishing that huge research paper. Highlight of the coming week? Only working two days before heading to Baltimore for the Council for Exceptional Children Conference. I feel so professional!

Never Mind

Okay, so the bliss lasted for... um... five minutes. I'm exhausted. However, our new and improved guest room looks great! I think Troy will even like the mostly finished effect once he gets home. If I didn't have class tonight, I'd lay down and take a nap. I haven't been this tired in ages. Enough whining.

I'm also working my way through a huge amount of laundry. I guess vacation doesn't really agree with me, as I can't just sit on the couch and watch TV. If it wasn't painting and moving furniture, I would've found something else to do, I'm sure.

I've gotten a lot of grad school work taken care of. I'm not finished, but close to it, with several big projects. Its a good feeling! Tomorrow I'll rest more. I'll work on laundry, grad school stuff, and being a bum. Too bad I have work again in about four days! I miss the kids, though. That's the trouble with me. I really do love my job.

Bliss

There is a time when, while standing on a ladder with a paintbrush in my hand, I feel completely happy. Bruce Springsteen, Mary Chapin Carpenter, or the Nassoons may be blaring from the other room, and the primer isn't really covering the orange as I'd like, but I'm full of... peace. If only I could find that peace every single day! And if only the process of getting that peace didn't make me so tired. The room will just have to make do with one coat of primer. My arms hurt too much.

Its sad that its Tuesday already. That's the problem with vacations- they're always too short.

Easter

Happy Easter to all. My Easter has been very good. I went with my mother-in-law to pick out her new puppy, Daisy, and then we picked up all the things that new puppies need. In Daisy's case, they are all pink and have "Princess" written on them. When you weigh all of two pounds and prance around in your white fur like you own the place, princess is very appropriate.

Brunch today was delicious. My major feat was not eating too much. I think I did a very good job of eating in moderation. I snacked some at home this evening, but that was in moderation also. I'm fully intent on exercising everyday this week since I'm on break. There's no excuse when you can sleep in. Hurrah for sleeping in!

Later!