Friday!

I had a pretty good day, today.  Students were relatively well-behaved, and we were on a shortened schedule due to a pep rally at the end of the day because it is Homecoming at Monrovia.  The rally was a "powder puff" football game down at our field, which is away from the building, down a hill on a rock road.  I told the principal that I would either need permission to stay in the building, or a golf cart ride to the football field because of my foot.  As it happened, she already had a cart waiting outside for her that she was going to use to transport her and a student on crutches...so I got a ride.  Yippee!

I caught N9CQ on the radio this evening to excuse myself from parade duty tomorrow.  It seemed that he had enough help to line up the parade, and I need to save my feet.  I did wear my "walkers" today, and it helped.  The arch supports are all-important!

After school, I came home and took a snooze, then awoke to wonder when the kids would be arriving.  As usual, they were running late.  They were due at a concert at Deer Creek Music Center (now Verizon Wireless) at 7:30.  It was already about 6:00, and they were still at home!  The original plan (I thought) was for the kids to deliver the grandchildren to Grandma Judy in Plainfield, then both grandmothers and the g-kids would go to the Snack and Craft evening at the church (babysitting provided on request) while Meg and Nate went back to the Music Center for their concert.  I had requested a babysitter at church but worried that the children were going to be so late that the babysitter would be idle.  I made up my mind to pay for her time until the children got there.

When I got to the church, the organizer gal told me that she hadn't been able to find a sitter...  Plan B was that I would take the children home and watch them there, but a phone call from Meg (thank you, cell phone!) said that they decided on the spur of the moment to keep the children at the concert with them, and that they were already there.  Whew!  I have no clue how the children will behave at a Sheryl Crowe concert, but I guess I'll find out soon enough.  They will all be here for the night when the concert is over!

Guess I should scurry around and get some things done before the thundering herd arrives!