The quick and rather boring update:

Two weeks of school down, and I still really like my kids.  Yes, they have gotten a bit more talkative, but nothing I can’t handle.  However, I had forgotten how completely exhausting it is to be a productive member of society.  I feel like all I do is work and sleep … and even then, I’m only sleeping five to six hours a night.  I guess that’s why I’m so sleepy, huh? 

We went to the fair last night.  Somehow it just wasn’t as fun as last year.  Don’t get me wrong … we still ate our way through the place, but mostly I was just looking forward to getting home and going to sleep.  We didn’t eat as much as last year.  My stomach wasn’t too happy about all that sugar and fat and made its feelings known with a big stomachache.  And just so you know, deep fried Snickers bars are as blech as they sound.

For today’s portion of the update, see protected post …

Then this evening we ate take-out and watched “The Waltons”, and I cried some more.  That show gets me every time.    Sappy though it may be, I love the wholesome morality of it, although it does bother me when they all go tramping into the house fresh from a walk in the wilderness with bare feet.

Wednesday is Back to School Night, oft mistaken for Open House.  So, I will be cracking the whip this week to get something up on the bulletin boards for the parents to ogle and of course buying cookies to distract them from the lack of student work and my inability to speak coherent Spanish.  Wish me luck!

And so ends another installment of “As the World Stands Still”.

Quote of the Day:


Consciousness:  that annoying time between naps.  ~Author Unknown