Weekend Fun

Did I say fun? Yeah, I did... Silly me!

My sister tells me I haven't updated my blog this week, so here 'tis, Sister Dear!

Got through the school week without too much difficulty, except that my principal asked me to call a parent to describe something that supposedly happened in my classroom...but didn't. I'm not worried about this one because I have the whole class as witness to that! The MHS class of 2013 has many "enabling" parents!

After school yesterday (Friday), I took the children to McD's for supper prior to Meg's driving them to Muncie for the weekend. (Our fast food dinner choices are always Burger King, McDonald's, or Chick-fil-A. Care to guess why??) The winter weather advisory for our area predicted freezing rain, then 1-3 inches of snow but not until after midnight, so she was safe. The weather didn't happen at all, but I always wait up for her anyway. (I'm a mom!)

It felt good to sleep in a bit this morning. I will have the week's laundry done today, and the house isn't so totally messy that I have to spend much time working on that. So what's a red-blooded American woman to do in that case? Make more messes, of course! Back in March, during spring break, I started scraping wallpaper off the walls in the main bathroom, but I got side-tracked and the project never got done. (I mean, I even have the paint that will go on after the scraping deal is over!) We have lived all these months with the bathroom looking raggedy while the four-bedroom remodeling project went on. (And on and on and on...) So, along with laundry, I have been scraping wallpaper and working--a little at a time--on my bedroom/radio shack. (I still have piles of things to sort through there.) With wallpaper scraping comes little shreds of moist paper backing on the floor, down the heat vent, etc. Weekend fun!

When Meg dropped out of college (IUPUI) a couple of years post-high school, she was on academic probation--largely because she was in a course of study that didn't match with her dreams and talents. Now she works for IUPUI and can get a degree partially discounted with something called Fee Courtesy. This past year, she has been enrolled in four classes, two per semester, and is on the Dean's List! One mere "A" and three "A+'s"! She is no longer on academic probation and has received scholarship and grant moneys to keep doing what she is doing. I am so proud of her! There is a price, of course. While the children are visiting their father in Muncie on the weekends, Meg is doing homework. I do the housework, as best I can. It's a trade that has paid off for her, so far, and I'm happy to help. We both always feel under the gun, but that's what family is for!

Ha! Have to laugh! Meg has been recording video tapes onto DVDs for family and friends. The ones she is doing this weekend are for a colleague at IUPUI. We have seen the gal's family videos on the TV while the recording was going on. I walked into the living room a bit ago and saw a man "nekkid" putting on his pants and wondered if that was from the videos. No...it was from the TV show "Man Versus Wild". Whew! (Just FYI, my grandson LOVES that show. He calls it "Manderson Wild".)

Back to the chores here. The weekend ain't over yet!
And Shari, hope your President's bash was a total success!