Man...it's been a while

I knew I was going to struggle at this, but geez...10 months? A lifetime happens in 10 min. and it's taken me 10 months to get back here. Now it's the end of the year...and I am back. Lots has happened. I got a new assignment at school, got a new job (with Bandai), and got a new cat. Daughter is in Santa Barbara, Son #1 is in Portland OR, Son #3 is who knows where (as in on tour) and sons #4 and 5 are still in Grand Ledge..at least for the time being. I still hang out at the store, but not as much, but it is very busy. I will work on this tomorrow.... Maybe a time line or something.

maybe....maybe not.

Sick of being Sick

So...my doctor finally calls over the weekend...I've been tired and run down for weeks now. It's Mono...right...I have mono....I wanted to laugh. All I do is work and drive...no kisses for me...so how the heck do I get mono? Turns out..i probably had it all along. Anyway, now I am off work for a week. I never want to do this again. I found out at 4pm that I was going to have to take the next 4 days off work. So..I am at school til well after dark trying to plan for the next 4 days..all papers copied...all things that could possibly go wrong...all special instructions...all letters that will need to go home...tests to give...it's just wild...... And I am so tired all the time...that it takes me forever just to think of the next thing.

My kid is in Japan...the view is amazing. He calls and IM's pretty regularly. He is seeing so many wonderful things. I am so proud of all he has done. He is leaving for Germany for 7 months to teach dance soon...A year is a long time to not see a child.

My daughter left for CA yesterday...so I am starting to also deal with the empty nest thing... Not sure that i was really ready for all this at once. She was my rock and I will miss her very much. Hold your kids...they grow up fast.

Poetry Day

Tues was Valentines Day. Fortunately for me, it is the very LAST party I will have to deal with this school year....and now it may be that I am going back into the lab if I am still working in Michigan. This is a short week for us, as we are having Mid Winter Break here. No school Fri or Monday!!! So... I had scheduled a poetry reading for this week. The kids in class have been working on poetry books for 3.5 weeks. I decided I really only wanted to lose one day of the short week. So, I decided to have the reading in the morning of the party...I thought that was pretty good thinking, but really...it was not. I was so exhausted by the end of the day, I just wanted to sleep right in the room. The kids did great. They all read at least 2 poems and didn't get nervous or scared reading. We had something like 30 adults in the room. It was pretty awesome. I hope that the kids remember what we did as positive. :-)

It's a New Year

I stayed home from school today...the flu is a really nasty thing to have. You are not really sick enough to be sick, but nothing sounds good. Even moving makes me queasy. I thought maybe I was better, since I slept in all day. So I went to the store. Tried to bring Elvis..my cat....and he got out of the car and ran. I'm so sad. He's the one who is always there when I come home. How do we get so attacted to an animal anyway?

Anyway, life has been very up and down lately. I am very busy with all the things I do...and sometimes it seems just too busy...

busy is cleary not a way to savor the moment.