Just Two More Mondays

The last Monday of my teaching career is a holiday...so just two more to go!

Last night was a lot of fun--NOT.
Robin was too scared to sleep in her bed. (Spiders, you know.) So we put her on the couch...but then she said she was too scared to sleep there, as well. This, I think, was a bid to sleep in my bed...but honestly, I needed some uninterrupted sleep, myself...so Meg and I both refused. In the ensuing nonsense, Robin got a spanking and was ordered to her own bed where she cried herself to sleep. (She had to be dead tired.) Meg snarled at me; I took offense. We all retired to our own corners of the house for the night. And so it went.

This morning, Meg took the children to school...not sure why. That cut down a little on my morning stress. I got their lunches made and laid out clothes but was instructed not to wake them yet. That meant I just had to get myself ready for school and go. Which I did. After school, Robin (who had early release today) went to her Scout leader's house to play (and do homework). Thanks, Sandy! I picked up Ryan from Grandma Judy's, got home in time for Robin to be delivered home, made supper, and got Ryan ready for soccer. Robin was being a pill, so she was "grounded" from Jack's. (You will recall that Jack is the new neighbor boy.) Meg got home in time to go to soccer. I stayed home.

In the time that they were gone, I emptied the dryer, did a load of dishes, washed and dried another couple of loads of laundry, and baked some fat-free brownies. I don't like to miss his games, but since I was gone most of the weekend, I really needed to get a better handle on things at home. (Do I have a handle on things at home? I don't think so!)

Slowly--VERY slowly--I am cleaning out things at school. I have a taker for my refrigerator and my desktop organizer. (Wish I had room for that at home...but noooo...) I am shipping some of my materials to the Department Chair so she will have it for the next person. A lot of stuff is just going in the trash. Years and years of "stuff" that no one is going to want. I still have to talk with the technology people to determine if my computer files can be/should be saved for my replacement. A LOT of work represented there!

We have been given permission to dress "casual" this week since it is Teacher Appreciation Week. Whoop-de-doo! Actually, I never dress any other way. I don't do jeans very well, and shorts are out of the question due to the fairly new emergence of varicose veins that are embarrassingly ugly. So there you are!

Time for me to unload the dishwasher and do something with the clothes in the washer and dryer. And, of course, Robin is still awake. Sheesh!