I thought this day would never come. I am so happy. I have a week off and I can relax. Well other than a few plans about every other day, I can. How blessed I am to get an entire week off with pay without having to use my leave.
We saw Jumper tonight. Interesting movie. I think I would like to have that ability. Feeling a bit blue? Just concentrate real hard and I will find myself on the beach in Hawaii or on a photo safari in Africa. Yeah, I could deal with that.
Just been working and schooling and being a mom since last time I wrote. During one of the last big wind storms, the back part of our fence blew down. The dog thought that was really neat but we sure didn't. So, Chance had to go to Lowe's and replace it all. He decided to replace the front parts too. He spent two full days putting it all up by himself. He never calls friends or family to help for some reason. He was very sore and tired, let me tell you. Our fence was a bit crooked before it fell, so Chance decided to straighten it when he put it back in. He dug the post hole a bit deeper and then bam! Busted our gas pipe. No wonder our fence was not straight. Why in the world they put it on the gas pipe is beyond me. Anyway, they came to fix it but seemed to be bothered he hadn't called Okie before digging. He didn't think he had to to dig in an already existing hole. Next time we will know. So far, no bills from it....keeping my fingers crossed.
Then he tried to fix my squealing locks on my car, my CD player (which was broken from the small wire fire we had when he worked on something else in there a long time ago), and replace the small blown out speakers. Everything was accomplished but my locks, which appear to have to be done at the dealership. So, now I can't use my clicker. It's back to the stone ages with manual locking with my very own fingers. This is very hard for someone with mad cow to remember. I will probably get my car stolen sometime soon. Oh and while he was trying to fix all the little issues, he noticed that my back tire was bald. So now I have 4 new tires...another nice expense to go along with the fence. Can you say broke????? I can.
I made it through the second unit of my class. I took off 3 days of work to do it as I hadn't finished reading that stupid book, my grades were due for the class I'm teaching, and I had to set up my mid-spring class. Everything was due on Sunday the 9th. I was pretty sick of the computer by the time it was all over. But, my students got grades, my new students started their class, and I made an A on my unit 2. Wrote my book review with only reading about half the book. Now, I am spending the next 8 weeks doing a research paper. Already have about 20 resources (we had to turn those in the other day) and I'm still looking for more.
I've also made a decision to change my major to Adult and Higher Education. It fits what I do at work. My boss whined and griped about me choosing the leadership degree. She doesn't like it. Well I didn't care because that plan fit my life. What I have found, is I don't like it. My hesitation had to do with class times and spending even more time away from my family. But I spoke with my boss today, and she said she is willing to work with me. About 4 of my co-workers are in grad school right now, so she is concerned about scheduling. I think I am excited somewhere in all this nervousness. I read all the course descriptions and it is stuff I deal with every day. I think it will feel so much more relevant and not a waste of my hard earned money. So, that is one of my spring break projects....fill out the application and get my major switched. Chance is a bit distressed about money and the strain on the family, but he tells me as long as I get us cheap football tickets, he will live with it.
Had a good week at Weight Watchers. Lost 2.2 pounds for a total of 11.2. I am pretty sure I will go up again this week. Have not eaten as good as I should. Taking a friend with me this Sunday. Hope she joins.
So that's about it. Plans for spring break are as follows:
- We have a family birthday party on Sunday and lunch with mom and dad on Monday while Chance works.
- Wednesday, Taylor is having surgery on her wisdom teeth. That is the day she goes to visit with her mom for the second half of the break, so her mom will be taking care of post-op.
- Tristan will be going to spend the night with grandma and grandpa that day and I hear they are taking him to see Horton. (Taylor saw it tonight and said it was really good. So I guess if a 15 year old likes it, he will too.)
- We plan to have an adult evening while the kids are gone. We have several friends coming over for a party and we are going to enjoy some drinks, food and play some games. We are going to get silly and I will probably regret it the next morning but I haven't had play time in a long time. I plan to enjoy every second of it.
- Friday, Tristan goes for ADHD testing. We will NOT be putting him on drugs. We need an attention diagnosis to get him an IEP at school. He is responding well to small group activities and he's finally doing the work he should have been doing all year. So his teacher can get him more help if we get the diagnosis. It's lots of hoops when they can already clearly see what he responds too, but I will follow the rules.
- In between all that, I will be grading, working on a scrapbook for a friend, and working on my research paper. Not to mention laundry and cleaning and all that jive.
After reading this, I am not sure I planned any relaxing times. Hmmmm....I think I may have gotten the idea of spring break wrong! Oh well, I won't be at work. That is the beauty of it all.
Toodles.
