Weekend Relaxation

We've had my nephew since last weekend. It's been very interesting. First of all, last weekend I went to a visitation/viewing for my Great Aunt Mary who passed away. She was 94, and I had been expecting it because she was getting up there in years... but it didn't make it any easier. They showed a slide show of pictures, and I got pretty emotional. I will miss her.

This week with Conner here has kept us all going at a fast pace. How do 2 year old boys get that type of energy??? I mean, seriously... if I could bottle it and sell it I'd be a millionaire! Anyhow... I wasn't really around him ALL that much... usually when I got home from work during the week he was still napping... and then I would only see him for about 3 hours in the evening before he brushed his teeth and went to bed.

Work has been keeping me busy. Weds was an early dismissal day for the students, so I got to meet up with my Mom and Conner for lunch near the school that day because we had an extended lunch time. Then I came back and did some clerical work. Then Thursday and Friday went by pretty quickly. Especially Friday because I took a half a day off... so I was only there in the morning.

Now I'm ready to relax... except I have at least 2 loads of laundry to tackle, and really need to run to the store to grab a few things for snacks/lunches and some hair care stuff. I wanna go to Walmart, but I also know that Walmart will be especially crowded on a Saturday, so I think I've resolved to go tomorrow during the day. :) That's all for now... hopefully I'll remember to post something this week.

Hello, Friday!

Can I just say how happy I am that it's Friday? I've been dealing with allergies all week long, and now I just want a few days to unwind... well, 2 to be exact!

UGH! I love the rain and all, but the allergies that come with that SUCK... and what's worse, I can't stop sneezing! I've been using my sinus rinse, but it doesn't seem to be helping too much this time around... too much mold!

Anyhow, HAPPY FRIDAY everyone!

When do I get time to think...?

Things have been pretty hectic and crazy the past 3 weeks! 3 weeks ago, we started back up working on campus... no, I didn't get a full time position... yet again... but I blame that on district cutbacks and intradistrict transfers! Anyhow, we have stayed BUSY... we had lots of new enrollment that week before school started, lots of work to be done around the campus getting things ready... and get this, I discovered the student I was originally hired to work with re-enrolled at our school. So, the past couple weeks I've been working with him again. This week is catching up to me I think... I've been dividing myself between 2 students... and it's getting a little taxing on me! Also, there are some things going on that I am having to take up the slack for. Additionally, I've been making beaded lanyards for people at work... and that's made me pretty exhausted, too. Okay... so I haven't really been able to just THINK about anything. I feel like all I do is work, come home, eat a snack, doze off on the couch, wake up for dinner, and then shower and go back to sleep just to do it again another day...!

And, unfortunately even being a 3 day weekend isn't going to guarantee me any relaxation... Rob and them are headed back over to SA so they can make their way to Schlitterbahn this weekend, and Conner's staying with us... and we are supposed to go to my Grandma's... and I bet anything that the entire "troupe" will be attending this time since they didn't come last weekend... and not to be rude, but I'm around kids... lots of them... all week... and the last thing I want on a 3 day weekend is to be surrounded by bratty kids that don't listen and run all around trashing things. The best part is, they're ROUGH with my nephew... and I don't appreciate that... not to mention, I think he picks up on their bad behavior just in the short amount of time he's around them... and he's an encouragable 2 year old...!

*sigh* I wonder how long I'd be hearing about it if I opted to stay home on Sunday afternoon...?