I was in a meeting at the Super's office all day today, listening to a presentation for the Purdue Literacy program. I've been through a lot of these goal-setting, future-planning sessions this past year. Most of the time, I do okay. Today, however, I had gone to bed at 12:30 AM and gotten up at 4:30 AM, so I fought sleep much of the meeting. It didn't help that my feet don't touch the floor in those plush conference chairs and the blood pools in my tootsies, making it imperative that I get up and move every once in awhile just to keep everything circulating. Ugh!
Meg was in Muncie today for a court hearing. She went back to work when she returned, but because I was away from my keyboard all day, I didn't know how that went. Apparently all was well. She asked if I'd pick up the children from day care because she needed to stay a little late at the workplace. "Miss Shelly" runs a licensed day care center out of her home. Her garage is a well-supplied play room, and she has a veritable playground in her back yard, complete with toys, jungle gym, slide, and a trampoline with a net cage! There is pea gravel underneath it all. The children love it, but boy! do they come home dirty! After I picked them up, we went to the video store to rent a "moozie" that Robin has been wanting to see. She was limping in her new sandals. :( She said it was the socks that were making her shoes hurt...and I just didn't get it...UNTIL she took her socks off at home by the back door, and several tablespoons of pea gravel came out. No wonder her feet hurt! She was walking on rocks! I told her she had rocks in her socks and asked if she also had ants in her pants. She thought that was funny.
The days aren't long enough. I am usually home by 3:30 in the afternoon. Meg isn't done, if she's lucky, until 5:00, plus minor commute time. It works out best for me to have supper ready when she and the children get home because there isn't much time between 6:00 and bath/bed time. The children do nap at Miss Shelly's, so they are still energetic when Meg and I are running down. Fortunately, Ryan is fairly easy to settle down at night. Robin, however, is like the Energizer Bunny!
Yesterday, I went back to school in the early evening to have three of my school radio club boys tested for amateur radio licensing. Two passed! The third, God bless him, took the test twice and failed to pass it both times, by two questions. That means that we have introduced five 14-year-old amateur radio operators into the world this year. I'll work with the sixth until he gets that test passed. I'm so proud of him for not giving up!!! In the meantime, many thanks to the VE team that gave up their dinner hour yesterday to be there for my students! You guys are the best!
Looks like we may have finally settled on a contract. There is a ratification meeting after school tomorrow. It is never a significant deal, but since this is LAST year's contract, there will be a retro check that is much needed. Maybe I can get my brakes fixed...ya think??
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