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Eleven Days Until Christmas

Weather: Rain, more rain. And thunder.

My Mood: Determined

Listening to: Glee Christmas music

Yeah, I'm in the mood for Christmas. Maybe it's all the practice sessions in the gym. Maybe it's the weather. Bring on the Big Guy. I'm not completely ready, but I'm certainly in Holiday mode. 

Yesterday the kids were in fine form. It's as if they can sense that the teachers are getting to the end of their patience and they want to see what happens if they push them farther. Judging from yesterday, I'm sure more than a few of them should be worried that their visit from Santa may be in jeopardy. But of course the threat of Santa just doesn't hold the same weight that it did in the past. So sad, really. 

After work I wanted to hit the pharmacy and the gas station before heading home, but I ended up talking in the office too long and only got the pharmacy run done. Then hubby came home and wondered what I'd filled at the pharmacy since he'd taken the prescriptions from the fridge to fill in the city. No, he'd taken two different prescriptions that were replaced by the two that I filled. All this illustrates is that our son is on too many different medications... sigh. 

So today I need to get to the gas station after work. If I ever make it home from work. I have to get some data put together for a new project that our principal is working on. It seems like this year is the year of the data project. How many different ways can we present and interpret the data? Today I'll find another way, I think. 

Tomorrow night is the Christmas Program. Kiddo will be dressing up as an elf and I plan to make sure I get pictures. :) Today we get to practice in the gym for an hour and tomorrow we'll be at the performing arts center to practice on the stage. 

Hope everyone is enjoying a good week. I'm trying to. :D

Christmas Time, Again

Hello blog readers! Twelve days until Christmas and not much has changed around here. I'm still teaching. Still behind on my Christmas preparations. Still hanging out with my cool husband and little kid. 

The Weather: It's raining out there. The good news is that it's 40 degrees, so no ice or snow to worry about. But it's raining and I don't enjoy rain when I have to be out and about in it. 

I'm Listening To: Silence- it's still the early part of the day, after the husband has gone off to work, but the little kid hasn't gotten up yet. My golden hour. 

My Mood: Weary. I'm trying to keep up with all the things I need to be doing. I'm getting better at prioritizing things but I still have a hard time getting everything done. As a result, I wake up tired and fall asleep on the couch most nights. 

School is going well. This year's group is really nice. They are also a smaller group- 16 instead of last year's 25. It makes a huge difference. The Kiddo is in the other fifth grade but I see him a couple of times a day. This year is going by so quickly. I'm going to want to keep them another year, I'm sure.

The Kiddo is doing great. He just had a well child checkup. At 10.5 years old, he's already five feet tall, 100 pounds,  and in the 92nd percentile for height and weight. He's getting to be a big kid. He loves to play video games and hang out with his friends. He also loves to read and does it pretty well. 

We started him on allergy shots and an attention deficit medicine this year. I'm not sure the allergy shots are helping because he's often too sick to take them. And the drive into the city gets dicey as the weather worsens. I think I may cancel the shots, since he keeps having to start over. The medicine seems to be helping. He gets his work done more often and I can see him paying attention in class for myself. 

Last night was the Band Concert. I bought him dress clothes for the event. He called it his Monkey Suit. But he wore it. He looked so nice up there, playing his bells. The final song of the night was a Winter Cha Cha with the entire district band, including grades 5-12 (over 200 kids on stage). The bigger, more experienced kids carried the little guys, I'm sure. Kiddo said that at one point he lost his place in the music and just carried the beat with his bells. LOL 

I was so proud of my little man up there. Unfortunately, my camera didn't have a card in it, so I have no pictures of the event to post. I have gotten rusty... 

Christmas: This year's big gift is going to be a video game system, an xbox 360. Maybe that will get him off my computer. :) I still need to shop for some stocking stuffers and hubby's gift. I always have such a difficult time figuring out what he wants. Because he doesn't really want that much and when he wants something, he'll go out and get it. Grr. But a gift card just seems so small for someone you are married to. 

He says I'm hard to shop for. Right. I would be happy with a number of things- a Christmas charm for my pandora charm bracelet, a 16 or 32 gb micro sd card for my phone, an itunes or amazon gift card, a pair of brown ankle boots, a new computer keyboard, I could go on... :D 

Plans for the Future: Right now it's all about getting ready for the holiday and end of the semester. Grade cards need to be recorded. Reading groups need to be set in place for January. End of the semester assessments need to be given. Then I need to find hubby's gifts and get ready for Christmas, which comes three days after I get off work. After that I need to get serious about getting those 4 college hours so I can renew my teaching license in June. 

Okay, that was pretty painless to write. I don't know why I stopped writing a daily blog. I like writing. Now let's see how many of you still have this blog in your feed reader. Comment me if you get this, or I'll assume I'm just talking to myself. heh heh