Half-Day

Left school right after lunch. Felt terrible and there wasn't much to do that was pressing. Took a 2 hour nap, filled up a cart at CVS with tissues, drugs, and candy and still feel terrible. Nate's in the same boat. Korra seems oblivious to both her runny nose and her parents' desire to move as little as possible. 

HP Audiobook

This is how I end up listening to the entire Harry Potter audio book collection every 2 years.  I get sick and the only thing I want to do is lay in bed and listen to Jim Dale read me Harry Potter.  Then I just keep listening.  Just finished book 7 in June.  Starting Sorcerer's Stone tonight.

Back-to-School Crud

Korra and Nate have runny noses, too. Looks like we all have a nice little back-to-school cold. Yuck. 

Soup

Thankful I already had everything on hand to make chicken noodle soup and that I had the foresight to buy a rotisserie chicken, chop it up, and freeze it. Less than 15 minutes of work and that soup felt so good on my sore throat. 

Sore Throat

Sore throat on the second day of school.  Praying this passes quickly!

Playground

Visited some friends today and went to a really cool playground. Korra loved it. So did Nate.

A Little Encouragement

In the grocery store Korra says to me, "Good job, Mommy. You're a good girl."

Perfect End

Ice cream for my afternoon snack, pizza for dinner with a bunch if our neighbors. Still managed to be in my pjs by 8:30. 

Daddy Daycare

Nate started his new gig- watching 2 toddlers!  I came home to find the girls taking turns pushing each other in the wagon and Nate ready to take a nap!  

Squeak, Squeak

Korra discovered that one of her pairs of hand-me-down shoes have squeakers in the heels.  We may never have another quiet moment in our home.

97

I've printed out 97 schedules this morning.  And I have 22 kids without schedules anxiously waiting in the library.  Yep, typical first day of school.

Ben & Jerry's

Publix must have planned their weekly ad with teachers in mind- pints of Ben and Jerry's are BOGO.  Knowing this:

 is waiting at home will make the first day of school much easier.

Genius!

Figured out how to transform these old TV/desktop carts (of which I have a lot and no one wants) into digital projector/laptop carts (of which I needed to purchase 4)!  Just saved myself $200 per cart, meaning we can buy 2 more projectors!  Feeling pretty dang smart.

Meeeeeeeeelk

We might have to move out of the south immediately.  Korra just made "milk" into a 3 syllable word.

Registration Day

Working from 8am until after 6 tonight for registration.  Longest day ever.  At least I get a boring job at a computer so I can update the website and my email groups.  And look up bulletin board ideas on Pintrest.

New Teachers

I'm a mentor to 2 new teachers this year. Our school has 8 brand new teachers and 10 more new-to-our-school teachers. I spent a large part if my day showing new teachers around, answering questions, and in one case trying to keep a new teacher from crying (it can be so overwhelming!). I hope I can be as helpful and encouraging to these new teachers as others were to me 8 years ago. 

HP Watch

My watch is broken and will apparently cost more than it's worth to fix. 

I've decided if I have to buy a watch, I'd like one of the sweet Harry Potter watches I found. Guess I have to get over how much I dislike eBay. 

Yellow Jackets

Good news: no carpenter ants!

Bad news: yellow jacket nest in our wall

It Wasn't That Bad

As much as I dreaded going back to school today, it wasn't that bad. 

Noooooooo!

Back to school tomorrow morning. Trying hard to be positive but the beginning of the year is a frustrating time that often reminds me of all I hate in public education. And that's not even including how much I'm going to miss Korra. It'll be better in a few weeks once I'm seeing the kids but until then...  God give me strength and joy. 

My Sister Makes Me Funny

I love texting with my sister. We crack ourselves up. 

Best Way to Wake Up

I get woken up from my afternoon nap by noise through the baby monitor- Korra is standing in her crib singing Frozen songs to herself. 

They're in the Walls!

I heard a crinkling sound in the wall near our front door. After a little Google search, I am 90% sure we have carpenter ants in our walls. We have a termite bond that covers ants too, but when I called the exterminator, the lady tried to convince me it was probably a rat in our walls (she swears carpenter ants don't make noise even though several reputable sites say they do and I even found a YouTube video of the sound).  After I insisted, she said they'd check it out but there's nothing they can do about rats.  It is not a rat.  Ugh. Not a great day to be a homeowner.

Shaky Wrists

The sun returned so I took on a second round of hedge trimming. My wrists are now aching and shaky but at least my azaela bushes don't look janky.

Half Trimmed Bushes

Got about halfway through trimming the bushes this morning before it started raining. It wouldn't look so bad if I hadn't stopped halfway through trimming the large gardenia right out front. Guess it's going to stay like that for a while because I just checked the weather (maybe I should have done that before embarking on this particular task) and it's supposed to rain all weekend. And school starts Monday.