This is the last week before preplanning. Yikes! The kiddos will be here before I know it!
I am sooo glad I had last week to just kick back (and be crafty), because this week has not turned out quite as expected. I did get to mostly play on Monday. Well, at least I didn't have to go into school. We also had a guy from church over for dinner. Then yesterday I had a writing committee meeting, so I planned to just go into school for the day and work in my room before/after the meeting. I got about an hour's work in before the meeting, and then about 30 minutes after, even though I was there from 11-4! In the middle, we had our meeting and then I manned the copy machine so the committee members could copy materials for their teammates. Unfortunately, the copy machine broke--and on my watch! Eeek! Two papers jammed, and we cleared what we could find, but one of the papers we got out was torn. We figure the side of it must be stuck in the machine somewhere (although we opened it up and twisted every knob you can twist, etc.), because every copy comes out 95% streaked with black toner. The machine says it's all ready to copy and that the jam was cleared, but obviously something is still wrong. [Kinda makes me think of the times we try to act like everything is okay, but inside we're boiling over about something... whether it's hurt, anger, disappointment, etc. Just like the copy machine, we can display all the right messages, but the problem WILL find a way out.] The fix-it people are supposed to come sometime today (we hope). The time crunch is that the inservice we were preparing all these copies for is.... tomorrow!! Ahhhh! So, Lord willing, we'll get the rest of our copies made today or tomorrow morning before the inservice.
Anyway, all that to say, I *planned* to have another "play day" today and not go to school. It's not that I terribly mind being there, but I want to grasp each "down" moment I can before the big upswing of preplanning, meet the teacher, etc. I know once that begins, it's a marathon sprint to the finish line. In my head, I've tried to break it up. For example, August is just two weeks of school, September has Labor Day weekend, October has our anniversary (!!) and Matt's dad is coming to help us redo the family room walls (no more paneling!!), November is my birthday and a long weekend AND Thanksgiving, and December is a few weeks of school and then Christmas (and HOME). I know in that perspective time will fly. And so, knowing the RUSH is oh so quickly approaching, I'm trying to slow down my mind (and quickly beating heart) right now. I made Matt promise to keep from going in on Friday. It's my last chance to just stay home and play. And my room is MUCH farther along than it was this time last year, so I need to just stay home and chill. I'm already having "freak out" dreams about school and migraine auras--even when I'm not having caffeine or my other triggers. That tells me I'm already stressed. So, today and tomorrow, fine, I'll go in. But I am not going in on Friday.
In other news... I'm not really sure what to write about. :) Matt's working really hard on projects at work. One of his more recent endeavors is selling like hotcakes (so fun to say), which is a huge blessing and really exciting. Sammy is good. I think she's a little spoiled by me being home all day during the summer. She hadn't experienced that until this year, because we adopted her the day before school started last year. So, as crazy as that was (and as gracious as God was to have her sleep through the night right away!), next week marks a year of Samantha being in the fam! :) And what a sweet addition she is. Right now she's out playing in the back yard. She needs a bath sometime this week from all her outside play time. :)
I guess that's about it for now. I am anxious to receive my class roster, etc. I saw my placement card stack in the office which was very exciting. :) I think I should have between 18-20. I have my room set for 18 at the moment, but I can change to 20 if I find out that's needed on Monday. I already have a lot set up, and some of what I have left to do depends on knowing my class' names and such, so anyway. I had better close so I can get ready to head into work. I'm trying some new air fresheners in my room. It's never smelled bad, but it's never smelled good. We're not allowed to use any plug ins or have any candles (even if we never lit them), so I got one of those new airwick ones that uses batteries instead of plugging in. :) We'll see if it's made a difference when I walk in the door.
We hope you're having a good week. Halfway to the weekend!! :)
Blessings,
Becca
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