Thanksgiving

I should be working on some of my papers for grad school, but I've already put in over an hour this morning. Time for a break! Henry's in his crate in the basement and Troy's still asleep, so I have the house all to myself.

We drove up Wednesday evening to Debby's house. It took over five hours instead of the usual three and a half, but we got in around seven or so. We then drove over the Grandpa's house and had dinner with Jack, Debby, Mom, Dad, and Grandpa. (Kelly, Lauren, and I had several conversations about how we still call it Nana and Grandpa's house, although Nana doesn't live there anymore.) Mom had cooked some recipes that she learned from her cooking lessons, and they were so good! We talked and visited a lot, then headed back to Debby's.

Troy wasn't feeling all that great, and he slept until nearly noon on Thursday. I started the carrot souffle and oyster casserole while Debby and Jack went to the gym. I've never cooked with oysters before, and the dish was especially for Grandpa. I then just hung out for the day, helping Debby when I could. People starting arriving at the house around 4 pm, and we ate at around 5:30. Kelly and Lauren seemed okay about being at Debby's house, and Johnny was very much at ease. Debby's kids were around, too.

Nana was absolutely ready to eat. She kept picking at the dishes, although we were trying to get everything ready to have a little buffet. We got her to the table, and she was trying to pick the little pumpkins off the decorations to eat. I also had to get sharp with her to keep her from drinking my coke. I finally got her plate ready, and she dug in. When we went around and said what we were thankful for, Nana said, in a rather amusing tone, "This food!" It was rather tasty food. Good turkey, potatoes, veggies, rolls... Mmmmmm. Nana also had three desserts.

After dinner, we all kind of pitched in with dishes or Nana-sitting. I got really bored (I've found that since I'm over my three weeks of feeling like &#%$ I can't sit still much) so Kelly, Mom and I went to Grandpa's house and started sorting Nana's clothes. We did that for about three hours, then I took Kelly back to her dad's. We had a good long talk, and it was interesting to see Kelly's perspectives on her warped family life.

I'll post about Friday later. My fingers are tired!

End of the Week

Tomorrow is a half day workday, so today was our last day of the week with students. I really like school better when there aren't any children here.

When I was younger, I had a lot of obsessive-compulsive tendencies. Most of that has gone away, except for one small thing. I still have a really hard time with strange body noises. Let me tell you- this cold season at work just might do me in. All the sniffling and snuffling and hacking and wheezing- these kids are really gross sometimes! Not to mention Troy. I was really glad that he decided to work from home today. He probably didn't rest as much as he should- I told him to take a nap.

Today I learned, that when running reports on educational testing, you should use the correct birthdate. If you say that a child was born a year later than they really were, it skews your results. A lot.

Wonderful Monday

It was so nice to be back at work and not feel like a zombie. I feel like I got so much accomplished- I finished testing a student, wrote up his evaluation, was incredibly useful during math class... The kids seemed really excited to have me back in spirit and body, not just in body.

Troy's fever is at 100.3 and he is hacking and coughing and making the most obnoxious noises. Its starting to get on my nerves.

Today I learned that my SPED 644 paper isn't due in three weeks. Its due next week.

Also...

I forgot to mention in my earlier post from today that we went to the Harry Potter movie.  I really, really, really didn't like it.  I thought it stunk.

Dare I Say It?

Am I... gasp... better? I actually used the word "good" to describe how I felt today. I can't believe that its only been three weeks since the start of the Bell's palsy. It seems like forever, what with the face and the cough and all the icky medicine I've been on. I haven't taken any medicine since about 2:30 am on Saturday. I took some hydrocodone- BAD IDEA. I will never take anything else with codine or " cet" at the end. I felt so gross yesterday, just because of the medicine. However, I feel good today and got some homework done!

Unfortunately, Troy is now sick.

This week should be pretty low key. The students only come tomorrow and Tuesday, and the teachers only have to work half a day on Wednesday. I need to finish some educational testing tomorrow, write a couple of reports, and do my progress notes. Fun stuff.

I learned that Nana is now living in a nursing home. I'm so relieved- I was very worried about her. I was also glad to hear that Grandpa is feeling okay about the decision. Sixty years of living with Nana being aggravating must've been a long time. I'd've gotten tired of it myself. However, now that she's lost her mind, I find her to be quite pleasant.

Today I learned that clementines are out in the grocery stores. I bought a big box. Mmmmm.