October 21, 2009

1. I spent more than one moment today wandering around in tired confusion.  I need some down time to recharge, because all is haze and nuttiness.  My headaches still linger and the water problem has not really been addressed.  Must drink more. (water.  Other drinking might not be as helpful.)
2. Just a little salute to my pal Liz, who makes staff meetings fun.  Also lunch.  If we could install some sort of dumb-waiter, or pneumatic tube system that would enable us to send jokes and odd objects back and forth between our classrooms, that would be great.
3. We probably won’t get to do that, since there will likely be pretty strong budgets cuts this year, I found out at  a county teacher meeting yesterday.  Could get a little ugly, and of course, pneumatic tube system innovations will be the first to go, I don’t have to tell you.
4. The chorus concert last night was great.  My favorite part was when the high school men’s chorus sang with the middle school men’s chorus.  The contrast between those little sixth graders, that are just pocket sized and the senior boys, was so amazing.  How can they grow so different in just 6 years?  The instrumental concert is tomorrow.  I am going for perfect attendance this year, so I feel committed to doing it, but it is not helping my overall frazzle level this week.  On the plus side, I have a little found time since our early release activity was postponed.  I hope a little lunch and coffee shop run will help me have some good productive hours before the concert.  My classroom is in serious need of cleaning.
5. Still waiting for my TV to come back from repair.  The store hints it may be soon.  That would be helpful.  I am actually going to bed extra early tonight, not only because I need the rest, but so I can get up early and watch Glee online before I go to work.  Yes, I am the saddest no tv havingest person ever.

September 21, 2009

1. It feels like we have been back in school for about 6 months, but Back to school night is just tomorrow.  I’m really wiped out tired, but I am having fun teaching.  Sociology is still a sticking point, but Ancient Civ and Geography are great, well, Geography is great, AC, pretty good – fun to teach but needs lots of prep to keep it lively.
2. Somehow next weekend I have ended up saturday on altar guild crew, then painting the food pantry, on Sunday,  layreader at the 7:30, , doing the Tanzania presentation at 10:15, vestry greeter after the 11:15.  Holy Moly!  It’s a good thing I love Jesus.
3. Made some inroads on decluttering the upstairs room, my parlor, I think I shall call it.  Finished my bulletin board.  Took me a while to figure out how to hang it, but I bought a stud finder. (Insert joke here.)
4. I’ve been lax on photographing the garden.  It is a weird surreal place now, with sunflowers that are heavy and bent, squash with a dusty blight and tomato plants that are extending their reach out of the box and everywhere!  Tonight I made a tomato mozzarella salad(I do have a picture of that) with tomatoes, basil, oregano, and parsley that I picked from the garden as I left school today.  Very, very delicious.
5. Big exciting news!  Elder Bro and family will be stationed here as of December.  The last time he and I lived in the same town we were in high school!

June 16, 2009

1. AG Schedule – Done
2. 8th grade vid – Done
3. Grades – Not Done
4. I am…done. 
5. Good night (or good morning as the case may be.)

May 14, 2009

1. Wow, I am tired and sick, but I had a good time tonight at the opening night of the show.  During one bit, my wig almost got lifted right off my head.  We might work with that for other nights…
2. Longest. Week. Ever.
3. The power went out at school today, so instead of Planet Earth, I got out my box of Geography riddles.  They are awful!  What city would you go to if you had a bad back?  Cairo!  Ba da bing!  They took turns reading the worst ones.  Where can you find an uncomfortable matress?  Hot Springs!  Zing!
4. falling asleep in from of the computer.  Signing off.
5. zzzzzzzzzz…………….

May 12, 2009

1. I’m having a good time with the rehearsals this week.  It is nice to do the whole show, and even though I wish we could do it about 50 more times for qualities sake, I think that the whole backstage panic will kill me in about 5 more runs, so since that is about what we have, that works out perfect.  It is just standard teen nuttiness, but when I was that age I was more into the execution of a play rather than the backstage part, and to boot I am now old and have a hard time not seeing trash on the floor instead of youthful exuberance.  But I am trying to make a concerted effort to save my hectoring for final cleanup of the night and for politeness to the parents in the pizza line, and the  rest of the time, I am trying to have fun.  Just like when I was young though, I like standing in the back watching the play, so that is alot of what I do.
2. I also spend additional time, since my wig arrived yesterday, putting on my wig cap and giant Marie Antionnetette giant cotton swab wig.  It is fairly awesome, and requires its own trailer.
3. OH, and whose idea was it that I should get a COLD!  This week!  Argh!  I just took some nighttime cold medicine. And I stayed dosed during the day.  All I can do is try to repress the symptoms, but right now my nose is sniffly and my eyes are watering and I am pitiful.
4. I miss reading the paper.  I feel very out of touch with the news lately.  I had a teacher tell me about some geography article, and all I could think was “When did you find time to read the paper?
5. But summer is coming, after all the play and scheduling, and tests and projects and prom and  graduation, and make the 8th grade video and plan the teacher skit and clean the classroom….summer is coming!

May 8, 2009

1. My legs are tired.
2. Tomorrow I have to stand  on them alot.  First to bake the scones for the Altar Guild Tea, the for play rehearsal from 1-6.  The play opens Thursday.  Hoping miraculous things happen at the rehearsal.
3. Some friends and a few girls(students) from school came over for a little scone testing, and helped me prep the ingredients, by measuring the dry ingredients into small paper bags.  I cut up the butter afterwards, and it is chilling in the fridge.  It should be a matter of dump it in and go.
4. I am not completely pleased with my new food processor, but perhaps some quality time spent together making 200 scones will help us come to an understanding.
5. I need to keep it together thought this weekend and week by any means necessary, then dedicate my self to getting my life in order, and writing or otherwise contacting those family and friends I have been shamefully neglecting.  Going to write one of them right now….ok, done.
6. Love my friends. Love my roommate.  Lucky to have them.

December 18, 2008

1. Baking gingersnaps tonight for the staff party tomorrow.  Also testing a cheese straw (or rather disc) recipe, for some savory deliciousness.  (Later note, the cookies were a big hit.  I sent out the recipe to the staff with witty commentary, which perhaps I will post here.)
2. Very good field trip to the national Building Museum yesterday.  The kids built a house and a geodesic dome.  That is such a beautiful building!
3. I’ve been trying to post for days, but I keep falling asleep in my chair.
4. So I had an electrician come to fix a little home improvement project that I should not have attempted on my own.  He did a great job, but unfortunately, since he left after Paul had gone to work, he locked the bottom lock on the door, which we never use, and for which, I for some reason, no longer have a key on my ring.  So I had to have a locksmith come, adding to the total electric repair in a notable fashion, since it was overtime. 
5. All these deferred maintenance projects, though needed, are definitely banging up my bank account.  If only I could dip into maintenance reserve!  If only I HAD a maintenance reserve!

April 7, 2008

1. I am a tired girl. Out late last night, up early today, need to be in early tomorrow as well.
2. But feeling much better about my life, thank you very much
3. Melissa and Michael are in town and I had dinner with them.  Michael gets taller everyday it seems like.  Melissa brought me home and came in and visited and she helped me fold my laundry!  How awesome is that?
4. So. Very.
5. Sleepy.