Happy Weekend to All!

Its Friday. I survived another week. Grant spent about twenty minutes this afternoon trying to come out my belly button. My students were all nuts. The teachers are tired and cranky. But we've made it again.

Not much planned. I went to bed at 8:30 last night since we're going to a party tonight at a friend's house. I might stay awake until ten or so! I need to get to the library tomorrow, since I have some books that are due Monday. I've been reading up a storm. I liked "A Good Year" by Peter Mayle. It was a quick, fun read. "Ella in Bloom" was also good- I can't remember the author. I'm almost done with "The Ballroom on Magnolia Street" by Sharon Owens. Its been cute so far.

I've also been doing some Hardanger work again. I don't know why the mood hits when it does, but I just go with it. I'm hoping that this project is one I'll finish. I think I have too many started.

Today I learned that most dogs don't like the sound of rocks or coins shaking in a metal can. This can be used to discipline them. I'd never heard it before.

Gas

I've been driving my Civic for nearly a year. Gas prices here are at $2.89 a gallon for 87 octane. I'm turning in to a miles-per-gallon snob. I set my little trip meter each time I fill up, and after I've put more in the tank I get all excited about my 34 mpg or disappointed with my 27 mpg. Is that sad? I'm beginning to wonder.

Its raining here, which we need greatly. However, it has caused Field Day, the day I dread most of all, to be postponed from tomorrow to next Friday. Yippee! I'm off next Friday to attend a wedding. I GOT OUT OF FIELD DAY!!!

Today I learned that my dad's new chemo pills are sized for horses. Yuck.

Relay for Life

We had a lunch at school today to raise money for the relay team. We made a lot of money, but it was a lot of work. I helped with cookies, salad, and distribution. I think I'll discourage any coming lunches. I'm too tired, or too pregnant, to deal with this! However, the money is helping us get really close to our goal.

The kids have lost their minds. I want no more writing about bodily functions! It may be terrible that they're done with their portfolios- there's not all that much that we're needing to get done in my room. We are reviewing for their math SOL test.

Henry has done well staying out of his crate while we're at work. This is his second week of being all grown up, and he seems to be handling it quite well. No accidents or mass destruction.

Here's Henry, wearing an old sweater of Nana's with my assistant Gwyn. He's so much cuter than my sister's cats.

Today I learned that my principal doesn't trust the other staff at the school not to eat each others' lunches. We had to write everyone's names on their bag. Just in case.

Its been awhile...

I've decided to try this blog again. I started the baby focused one, but there's not all that much to write about. However, I do enjoy being a member of the blogging community. So here I go. If this fails this time, I'll give up. I promise.

Its hot and my ankles are huge. Guess what my OB told me? Its hot and you're pregnant. Its normal. Lucky me. My blood pressure is fine, though. So I'm in good shape.

Work is going well. I'm getting things all wrapped up, which helps me sleep at night. Boy do I sleep well at night! I wake up a lot to use the bathroom, but I'm dreaming and all. I had a dream last night that was reminiscent of Titanic. Boats sinking really quickly into the ocean. There were several other extremely surreal moments, but the boat sinking thing was really freaky. I felt like I was free falling in my dream.

Today I learned that sometimes kids with really big learning problems don't qualify for special education. Even if they really need it.