Ok so I have been running around like a lunatic trying to get things done. My classroom is a mess and I have to get things cleaned up and put away. I plan on doing a lot of that on Thursday and Friday. I want to be done by Monday.

We won last night. I have a nice scrape on the back of my leg. I got kicked but for some reason it isn't a bruise. More like a rug burn. It is not that big of a deal but my cuff of my pants keeps rubbing it. 

I am off to bookclub. Thins are going well. I just wish school were done already. 

Monday

The economy is sure crazy. I have been watching the news and hearing about the prices of things. Starting out with an increase in gas of course, then food and now school services. So they will be charging more for school lunches and cutting back on the bus routes. The school stuff doesn't effect us, but it is sure interesting to see the squeeze happening everywhere. So far we have started shopping at winco instead of safeway and are eating out a lot less. It helps that we have a new winco nearby. I also think eating at home helps with the diet. I am hoping I can lose another 3-4 lbs before the party. The thing is though, my pants have gotten pretty baggy, but the weight on the scale doesn't reflect it too much. I think I am firming up.

I got a new wireless earpiece for my cell phone- yes this means I can look like a crazy person talking to myself. I can't stand to be in a store with someone near me yammering on their phone. Needless to say it is for the car only. A new law takes place July 1 and it will be over $200 ticket. 

My game is at 8:20 tonight and tomorrow night I have bookclub. I made those mini chicken pot pies in a muffin pan for dinner and tomorrow night we are having shrimp salad.  I like having weeks where I feel organized.

I have two days and 1.5 hours left of school. (with kids- i have meeting and stuff Friday and next week.) 

Joelle surprised me this morning. I was laying in bed and heard the noise of a catbox getting cleaned. I had to lay there and listen for awhile before I believed it. So I get up walk by her room- which is clean and to the kitchen. Joelle told me to go back to bed, but I couldn't. She had done the catboxes and cleaned her room and was busy making us both breakfast- yogurt with fresh fruit and toast. What a kid! I needed to wake up with something like that today.

I wonder what she wants from me?? LOL

Spent

I am fried. It has been a long week punctuated by a long day. Work hasn't been exactly the best lately- grades to get done and cleaning to do. I know everyone knows how the kids behave when the days of school left can be counted on one hand.  Plus the usual business with class placement and all that. 

Mitch's cell phone died yesterday so he went to the cell phone store to get a new one. They wouldn't let him do it because his name wasn't on the account so I had to go with him today. We added his name to the account. It is really no surprise that his name wasn't on it. I take care of all of that- for awhile his name wasn't even on the house. We got him added to it awhile ago. All the utilities and our savings account is still in my name. The whole this is we have to add him- mainly to the saving account but that means we have to go to the bank TOGETHER.  Yeah like we are both available during bank hours. I guess we can do that this summer.  Oh well it is coming up on summer so we can get that done too. I have been trying to get him interested in our finances. I pay all the bills and it is all on the computer so I don't even know if he could do it. I tried to show him how to do it when I had surgery but he didn't want to. I guess if I had someone else doing all that for me I wouldn't want to learn how to do it either. It just came to a head with the cell phone. Once we had it home he broke it by putting the memory card in wrong.  He was able to fix it- it is me that has to do all the electronic stuff- wiring the stereo and maintaining the computer. Most guys do that type of thing- not Mitch. Which reminds me I have to get my car in to get some minor things fixed on it and get a tune up before we go to Boise. I also still need to get Joelle to a dentist- let's not go there though cause I am still mad about the dentist thing. I need to call them next week though. We do have hair appointments for the Tuesday before we leave.  Mitch is great and he does do a lot around here- we just don't have defined jobs- he does just about everything I do and vice versa (except electronics and finances). So I am tired- I am not going to the gym and I think I will go to bed early. I was up late last night. Suzie and I went and saw Sex and the City. It was pretty good- really funny and I need the comedy. 

I know I told most of you about the 8th grade graduation- I cried. Andrew graduated. He was in my first class ever. He wrote about his school memories and it was second grade with me. I guess that is why I teach.  

Anyway i am going to bed- yeah it is seven pm on Saturday. I just am not much good at the moment. Maybe I will finish my book club book- I have to do that before Tuesday- on top of everything else. I should be used to this end of year crunch by now. I just think missing so many weeks of work messed me up. 

Turn off the blog music and hit play. Preview of what I have done so far. Mom I still need to add you and grandma and a couple pics of you and dad with baby Joelle.

UG! I just watched this one and it is not quite right. First there is a pic of Mom and Jeleen on it twice- I already fixed that and then a couple near the end are out of order- that is fixed too. It ends with Mom and Dad in Boise- current one and it followed by the original wedding shot.  I have made those changes- but believe it or not uploading it to the web is a major pain in the ass as I have to convert the file. I originally did it on idvd and had to switch to imovie to convert to quick time and then upload. Since it is almost 2 am and my laptop battery is at 15% I am quitting for tonight, BTW it also flows a wee bit faster as the songs and the slideshow end at the same time. Obviously I have some spots to work out on this.

Oh my team won 3-2 and I scored the winning goal!! :)

So according to the scale at the gym I have lost nine pounds. This is good. I assume the scale at the gym is more accurate than the one I have at home. :) 

I just finished up report cards and am going to move on to editing the slide show for the party. Since I am removing a number of pictures I may also remove a song so it doesn't seem too long. i am not sure exactly what I am going to do with it. Hopefully I will figure out how to post it here so you al can look at it before the party.