Procrastinator Queen

So, I'm sitting here with the best of intentions to write about: my day; my kids; my job; my lack of living a healthy lifestyle; the return to another school year, yadda, yadda, yadda!! What I really want to do is read about five billion blogs and comment on at least half of them! For a great chuckle, check out "My Husband is Annoying." I'm sure you've seen it advertised on your local news. It will either either make you laugh 'til your gut hurts, or, make you think the author is annoying!

My Kids: Hero doesn't want to come home and have free room and board. He likes his little college town. That's okay; his room was invaded five years ago by Ed within minutes of his leaving for college.

Rock is leaving for school tomorrow. He will be a college senior who dreams of the "college after-life." Should he throw himself into the band? Should he try to get an internship where he can use his art talent (and not just sit around answering phones)? Decisions, decisions! I'm so lucky that his college is only 30 minutes away...close enough to do laundry on the weekends, but far enough that I don't think about what he does during the week!

Ed, has carried on the tradition of having the most obscene and disgusting bedroom! It's as bad as any teenage boy's room! Her brother would be so proud! Let the bugfest begin! She has come of age by turning 18 and it changes almost everything! I no longer have control of everything in her life. The free spirit inside her that has wanted to break free, has done just that! She thinks she's ready to fly away! (please stay...just a little bit longer!)

My sweet little Katya is learning what it is to burn the candle at both ends. She is attending two different schools and has just been made a manager at her job. Sheesh! I'm exhausted just thinking about it. Ah, but she still makes the best Blizzards in town!

My job: I'm back at school, and sort of loving it... I was spoiled with sleeping in this summer. I'm paying for it now! But, it is great to be back with my co-workers, and, of course, the kids! I love getting a daily dose of the corny, silly, dramatic and "no clue" of 13 year olds!

Well, since I don't want to address my "lack of healthy lifestyle" right now, I will save it for another time. Suffice it to say that I am still on vacation, and I'm loving it!

Monkey Business

So, it's getting close to the end of the school year, and the kids are behaving in a shark frenzy sort of way. They are so ready for summer! Little do they know, that the teachers and staff are just as ready for summer to begin! I just want the nightmare to be over!!!

It is quite entertaining to just stand back and watch these pre-pubescent monkeys go at it. First, it's a battle of wits, then, the happy slap on the back, and finally, a knock-down, drag-out, mano a mano display of affection. Do ya think we could try to have a "happy to be me" attitude for just a few more weeks? I speak for myself, of course.

Just when you think you can see the light... life throws a new hitch into things. Good kids make stupid choices, bad kids make even more stupid choices, and the adults just shake their heads while they dream of happy hour at Chevy's. Also, this "raining every day" thing is adding tremendously to all of the smiles. Where is Glinda? I just want to go home and see my Auntie Em!

Thank goodness everyone is using up their field trip miles now. It makes for a really quiet atmosphere during the day for those of us left behind. I'm sure the monkeys enjoy getting out of their cages for a few hours, as well. I find it amusing that the staff has put up a counter for days left in the school year. It will be fun to sing along with the traditional "School's Out" song during the last few minutes of the last day. Our teachers like to line up as the buses are leaving and "do the wave" for the monkeys!

The whiteboard calendar for May has been completed. There are four concerts, one three-day camp, a mixer with a rockin' DJ, Bosses Day, May Birthday celebration, three visits by incoming 6th graders, Variety show rehearsals, the Choir's New York trip rehearsals, Yearbook signing party, the Band's Kansas City trip, the Variety Show, breakfast for outgoing 8th graders, dance for outgoing 8th graders, the Choir's New York Trip, Nurses Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, End of Year Evaluations (I sure hope I still have a job next year) and the annual "Sideways" Trip for the Weary, to a local vineyard or two.

I love my job!