I miss my mommy

Well my mom has been on vacation all week and I've sure missed her. So much has gone on this week and I really could have used her "words of wisdom" a time or two. With family night, sitting in on interviews, CPS, kids in ICU, TAKS training, Writing BLITZ, Saturday school, and teaching 25 kids a day I think I've been on overdrive. Staying so busy all the time certainly keeps me on my toes, but when I finally have time to relax I get so bored. I forget what it's like to have "me" time and not have to take care of something or someone else all the time. I must admit that I'm really looking forward to spring break and hope to get in some much needed relaxation; a hot stone massage and a pedicure. I think after all this, I've earned it :-)

What a Week

This week has certainly been one for the record books. I feel like I haven't stopped going since last weekend and I probably really haven't. Tuesday during our weekly meeting with administration, everyone realized what we've been trying to tell them for weeks; that our Writing TAKS is in 7 days. So then we went into freak out mode. What that means for me is that I've spent all week getting ready and planning 7 days of intensive writing lessons and 2 weeks of Saturday School. I've done this on top of teaching and giving benchmark tests. Needless to say it's Friday night and I'm sitting on the couch watching a Lifetime movie. Tomorrow morning I get to teach Saturday school from 8-12 and then I get to spend some quality time with Robin. Tomorrow night I'm going to a wine bar in Grapevine with her, Becky and Becky's mom Susan. Beck and I went a few weeks ago and it's a really cool place. They have a whole wall of wines that you can sample either by the ounce, half glass or glass, a live band and pretty good food. Maybe one day I'll get better about keeping up this whole blog thing, but for right now it's kinda hit or miss.