At last

Things are back to normal. That last of our big event weekends has passed for a while. Last nite was the commencement ceremony at work. Although it is a momentous occasion for our students and the end result we strive for with them, it is always the longest, most stressful day of the year for me. I left my house at 7:45 a.m. and got home at midnite. All of it was work except the last hour and a half. Yes, that is a freakin' long day. I was so tired and let's not even begin to talk about my feet. I stood for most of the day. There are no shoes comfortable enough in this world to withstand commencement day. But it is over...and with the exception of a few hiccups, it went well. I am in charge of moving the platform party, students and faculty/staff in the arena to their seats, across the stage and back to their seats, and then out of the auditorium. So if something noticeable goes wrong there...all eyes and blame are on me. But the video died during the commencement address and didn't come back on until the middle of the students, so Tim the media guy had a worse nite than I. He said he hoped he had a job on Monday, but I told him all would be well. It was the company we hired and not him. And they worked their butts off to fix the problem. They are really wonderful to work with. So that was my Friday. I am always so happy each year when this nite concludes. I don't have to think about it again until next May. Woo hoo for that.

Today, George brought over our new air conditioner. It is a 3 ton something or another, and we are very excited to have it. The problem is that the unit is bigger than the area we have to put it in. So he and Chance spent their day tearing out the old air conditioner and remodeling the box it sits on so that we can fit the whole thing in there. I am so happy today was cool. I hope I can sleep tonite without the air. The house is very pleasant...I have all the ceiling fans on and the windows have all been open. But we can't go to bed with them open so now there is no breeze but for the fans. Chance is pretty tired. George is coming back tomorrow morning at 9 and they will begin the installation. I hope to report that I am in blankets because it works so well. That means that we will not be hot when we have another family get together!!! I will keep you updated.

The only bummer to the day was that we didn't get to see Shrek. I had big plans to see it since we are going to see Pirates next weekend. Johnny Depp will definitely beat out Shrek but maybe I can talk Chance into seeing both. It is a long weekend next weekend!

Chance's cousin graduates from high school next weekend so I suspect we will be at the ceremony and at her party on Sunday. What a big day for Brianna!

I found the shoes I bought 2 weeks ago for commencement. They got put in the bottom of a hamper and I have been stressing about not finding them for quite some time. So I went out and bought 2 more pairs of shoes (one I will probably return) and now I found them. What an odd place to find them. No wonder no one knew where they were. There is no telling what will happen around this place.

Tomorrow I plan to spend some of Tristan's birthday and Easter money. He wants the Scooby Doo Zombie Island movie and I'm gonna get him some new games for his PSP. He has really enjoyed all of his new toys. I still don't have the hang of transformers but I'm working on it. And I am so happy he is not wanting to spend so much time on his play stations. Yeah!

I have my adjunct teacher training on Wednesday. I am excited about that. The President is coming to speak to us. I just love to hear him speak. He is a dynamic man. Hope I can hack teaching. Still a bit nervous about it. But I can do it!

Well, I don't really have much to say. I hope everyone is well. We are enjoying quiet time. Guess I better go to bed. Everyone else is passed out. I don't feel tired. Maybe I'll read myself to sleep. Adios tacos!