Rain Again

And lots of it. I do so much better when the sun is shining...

Once again, my last two classes of the day got me wound up. I'm just slapping work on them to keep them quiet. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn't. I gave away some things today. Much more of that to do...

When I picked the children up this afternoon, it was raining. (No playing outside with Jack.) Since Meg had an online final exam to take (and is still working on that as I type), I decided we could make it "movie night" if Robin got her homework done. She started working on that...but then she remembered a joint venture between Van Buren Elementary and St. Susanna's School--Young Writer's Workshop--and begged for us to go. Ugh! It started at 6:00, and dinner doesn't usually occur until then. Okay...so we shifted gears. I took both kids...and they were both good. They had a little fun and saw some friends. (Ryan almost saw more soccer and preschool friends than Robin did as a school-age kid. I also am meeting a lot of Plainfield people via Robin's Girl Scouts and Ryan's soccer...but they are all Meg's age!) We stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few things...then home and bed for the kids. Ryan goes so much easier than Robin does, these days. Spiders, you know...

It is time for me to gear up for Dayton. The Dayton Hamvention is a yearly convention that is the granddaddy of all hamfests. I need to prepare two days' worth of lesson plans so I can attend. I haven't even started to LOOK for the things that I will need to take. Will start on that this weekend, I guess. Amid laundry and retirement paperwork...and a house full of trash. It is like I'm holding my breath until this is all over and I can breathe again. I'll be fine once I get there. Just have to get there!!

Tomorrow, I have Grandma duty again in the evening because Meg has an appointment. I love my grandchildren. Really! I just don't do real well with dealing with 8th graders all day and my primary children all night. Meg tells me that I cursed her and that it's MY fault. What was my curse when she was younger? "I hope you have ten kids, and I hopeat they are all just like you!" Heh heh. Little did I know that I would have deja vu "all over again"!

Hitting the sack.