bluebear

Happy September! We are going out of town on Thursday for a weekend wedding. Not necessarily looking forward to that. Packing and flying and everything is such a hassle. But it should be a nice wedding. And then missing 3 days of work... and spending the next week catching up!

It's been a rough last month or so at work, with the start of the school year. My husband also works with me, and our son works in an adjacent industry (with one of our vendors actually), so have all been wiped out. Things are finally getting slightly calmer, so we are looking forward to that. I did a big thing today though. I went to my supervisor and told him a wanted a title change, and presented documents outlining what the title should be and why. It went really well and he promised he would have discussions about it. But, I know it's a long shot because it has to go up a few levels for approval, and there are others with my current title who would then want the same. But we'll see. The important thing is that I took up for myself, and was taken seriously.

94 degrees here today. Hot day for the first day of school! Sunday it's expected to be high of 73.

Happy July! New teachers start 2 weeks from tomorrow, which means that once I return next week, there will only be 7 work days before all the crazy starts! Students return 4 weeks from tomorrow. I need to be super motivated and focused next week!

Happy Father's Day to all the dads! We have also had SO much rain here! And on the weekends. I'm not sure I remember when our last un-rainy weekend was. We desperately need ro paint our deck, but it won't get dry enough!

Yay for May! It's in the middle of our mid-April through mid-June busy time. Easter, 5 birthdays, Mother's Day, our (30th!) anniversary, Memorial Day, and Father's Day. The kids (not my kids, they are old) have 14 days of school left. Teachers have 16, and my 6 trailer-mates have 18. Then i have 5 weeks alone in my trailer with quiet. June is when I get big projects done, and then July turns crazy!

Oh my!! But I could see myself doing that too. If I hadn't researched and picked out and stalked and made a trip for that particular car!

Thank you!

I'm back to work this week after spring break last week, with 5 more weeks of school left after this week. I always like to have productive breaks, and we did a lot of stuff, but no really big projects. But that's okay. We got 65 bags of mulch, and maybe about half are spread. But, I did get a new car! That really wasn't needed or planned, but sometimes things happen. I had picked out what I wanted, and planned to purchase in the fall. But then I saw that the factory started shipping a new color, and that's all it took. So I found one in my state with the features I wanted, and checked the site every day until it arrived. Then showed up first thing the next day! I didn't need a car, and I feel horribly guilty, but I love it.

Oh gracious how scary! Glad you are okay. We had another tornado hit our county this morning... 2 Mondays in a row now.

We're having a rainy day today and tomorrow, with the potential for severe weather. Again. We had a tornado in our county a few miles from here on Monday, and scary weather a couple weeks before that. I'm about over it! Glad for the actual rain though. This week is our spring break. We have a list of things we want to do. We bought 30 bags of mulch today, and will likely get at least 30 more. Ugh.

Oh my goodness how precious! Congratulations!!

Yay March. I was very sick last March, with a hospital stay early April, so I missed spring. Very much looking forward to that this year!

Happy groundhog day! Our local groundhog also saw his shadow, so 6 more weeks of winter. This has already been a winter-y winter for us, so I'm not surprised. And 10th Happy Birthday to my grandson! Woohoo!

January was an eventful month. I'm hoping for a calmer February. My husband got sick on the 2nd, and ended up being sick for 3 weeks. My son was in an accident (he's okay!) on the the 6th, so we've been dealing with insurance and towing and car repair places. Next weekend I guess we're going car shopping. He's been able to use my car for the last 4 weeks. About 5 days later part of his phone stopped working, so that was more insurance. We've had TWO snow events this month. We haven't had measurable snow in about 10 years. Snow was on the ground for a total of 6 days. We've missed 4 days of work due to snow/ice, and 1 holiday. And during that, I developed a bad rash, but was unable to leave the house to go to the doctor. That's a lot for one month!