So many things going through my mind….wish I could grasp onto one thing and write a whole post about it…but instead I'm feeling very random…
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It is very disheartening to turn on the news day after day and hear the same thing…another child has drowned…usually in a backyard pool…and usually the parents say…I only took my eyes off of her/him for a minute…guess what? That's all it takes. I often think that it's good that the news reports all these drownings, because perhaps, it will save one child somewhere…and yet, day after day, still we hear the reports of children dying. I don't get it. Don't they listen? Do they just go through their merry lives thinking…oh that will never happen to my child…but it does. It happens on an almost daily basis here in the summertime. And I don't know why people can't get through their heads that they have to watch their kids around water…they can never think that it could never happen to them…because it does…and the people I feel the most sorry for? The poor rescue workers who go on call after call after call to try and save these children and quite often have their efforts be in vain. It has to get to them. They are parents, too, or uncles or aunts. How do they live with it? Somehow, this madness has to be stopped. I wish I knew the answer. We have to have a license to be married, a license to drive, maybe people need a license to be parents, too. *sigh*

I've spent this entire day sitting in front of the computer and watching soap operas…which some might say is a waste of time…but then…considering this is the first day I've had in a long time that I could waste and not feel guilty about…do I not deserve to waste the darn day if I want to? It was nice to vegetate. Mike was gone all day and is gone tonight as well…I had the house to myself except for the doggies…and so I vegetated. And it was nice. Tomorrow is another day, and I'll try and accomplish something, but today…my brain deserved a rest.

As I said before the trip was awe-inspiring, so if you'd like to join me on a journey to Utah and back, then all you have to do is…
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Just wanted to check in and let everyone know that we made it back in one piece…the wedding was beautiful…the reception was a blast…the trip home was awe-inspiring…but I will save the recap for tomorrow when I'm more awake as it is sure to be LONG…we pulled into our driveway and hugged our doggies a little after 11 p.m…now I'm tired and I'm going to bed…but all the work Saturday was worth it…how nice to come home to a clean house!

Well faithful readers, this should be my last entry until Tuesday or Wednesday (unless I manage to get my hands on a computer while I'm gone, which I highly doubt). So everyone have a safe rest of the weekend and I'll write about my adventures when I get back.

Vacations always stress me out a bit, because I worry about anything and everything…the house, the dogs, the plane ride, the car trip back, etc. etc. But hopefully we'll see cool things and have a great time.

If anyone needs to get in contact with me, use my cell phone. If you don't have the number, call the house and get it from whoever might be here at the moment.

Take care all!

How many hours have I been at this? Over 10 I know. I am pooped, but the house looks way way better and it will be so nice to come home to a clean house. So, now I'm gonna take a shower because I need one, pout because no one is around to rub my back or my feet, watch the end of the baseball game and vegetate the rest of the night. I doubt I'll have any problem sleeping tonight, Mike or no Mike.

Ahhhh….just sitting here for a few minutes. The living room is coming together. The kitchen is started. Still have our bedroom and bathroom to tackle. TOO MUCH WORK! But I got up early (thank you doggies :P) and did my two errands before 9:30, so I would have the rest of the day to clean, do laundry, do dishes, etc.

I have a call in to Mike because I loaded the dishwasher, but I don't know how to work it….hahahahahahaha. Nope, never have I run the dishwasher. Mike always does it. That is too funny. And I complain about him not knowing how to work the VCR. hahahahaha

Anyway, back to work, but thought I'd say hello world before I dove back in.

Well, I did indeed survive the last day with no tears…it's almost surreal sometimes when the last day actually comes and you walk out of your classroom for two months. It doesn't really seem like you're leaving. To me, it feels like come Tuesday morning, I'll be in my car driving 20 miles to work just like I always do. I suppose maybe it will hit me more when I get on the way to Utah in the morning.

Anyway, the last day was great. I was able to finish pretty much everything up while the kids were watching the movie…I checked out with everyone except the principal before the staff luncheon and then was able to get him right after lunch and hightail it out of there. I'll miss some of my coworkers over the summer. I don't even know if my next door neighbor will be back next year…I hope so. She's a great person. I'll miss her if she doesn't come back…besides, you never know what or who might take her place…ack!

The staff luncheon was very cool. PEP (parent organization) had the cafeteria set up with round tables and tablecloths just like a restaurant. It was very very cool. They had lunch catered from Chili’s and it was delicious, although I ate a whole bunch of stuff that I hadn't eaten in awhile, and I was afraid I was going to get sick…hehehe, but I survived. I even won a door prize. woohoo! I got some cute teacher gifts…I'll tell about those later.

Hopefully, I'll check in again before I leave. I'm sure I will, but if not, I'll be away from this here journal until Tuesday or Wednesday, so take care all of you!

One more day and only 3 hours of kids and they're watching a 2 hour movie, so I think I can manage to get through…I got most of my room finished yesterday with Mike's help, so there are only a few things left to do which I can do while they're occupied. I'm so tired, though…very restless night without Mike. I'm such a dork. I can't sleep with the lights off when he's gone, and I can't sleep with the lights on either, so pretty much I have a fitful rest. Oh well…it's three hours and then tomorrow I can get up whenever the heck I want to. Yay!!!!

Last year I cried on the last day because I had taught some of my kids for three years (from kindergarten to 1st grade to 2nd grade) and I adored them, but I don't think I'll cry this year…you never though…I'm pretty hormonal at the moment…hehe…but that's another post for another time.

Moonie, if you see this, once again, have a SAFE trip!!!!

Yes I'm lucky, because I have awesome friends who offered to come take care of the doggies for me this weekend. The only problem with that is that Miss Majerle Dog does not like strangers too much, so we would have had to go through this elaborate meet and greet before they would have been able to get into the house by themselves. But, luckily, my friend Cathy, whom the doggies know, is able to come and take care of them til the in-laws get back. And the cool thing is that though she lives on the other side of town from us, she'll actually be spending the weekend with another friend who lives about a mile or two away. How is that for life working out nicely? So, I'm relieved, and I feel very lucky to have friends that are willing to go the extra mile for me. That is a great thing to have. LOVE YOU!!!!!

So I go into Mervyn's to buy some black undie type things for the black dress I have to wear to the stupid wedding of the century this weekend…and as I'm walking through the lingerie section, I see this pretty yellow bra…so pretty in fact that I frantically starting looking for my size and grabbed it…and bought it along with some other stuff I actually did need. Didn't need the yellow bra, don't know what I'll wear it with, but it was pretty and so there you go…impulse buy. And really, I'm not even a real fan of yellow, so I don't get it. Must have something to do with the bright yellow Escape (rented unfortunately) sitting in the driveway that Mike is taking up to SLC. I dunno why else I would have impulse bought a yellow bra. Oh well…it's really pretty!

For the guys reading this…sorry if bras disturb you….hahahaha.

Right now I feel my brain is on overload. I have a shitload of things to do, and though they're somewhat intertwined…I can't make a good plan as to what to do next…
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I'd love to go on and on about my day, but basically it was another shitty day (because of one of the same parents who caused the last shitty day)…I'll talk about that another time because I don't want to get all riled up again right now…and at this moment, I'm not sure if I'll even be able to go to my sil's wedding in SLC this weekend because we are having issues finding people to help take care of the dogs. Well, we do have someone, but his schedule is not cooperative this weekend, so I don't know if it's going to be enough (but Kevin do not think you are not appreciated for anything that you ARE able to do because you most definitely are). If no doggie sitter is found, Karin stays home. *sigh* I'm actually less upset about the prospect of missing the wedding, than I am at missing my trip home which may very well be my only vacation this summer. Anyway, yes, right now, it sux to be me. But there is a bright side….

THREE MORE DAYS

I never have to look out the window to know that it is windy outside…all I have to feel is a black and white dog crawling under my desk. Lady does not like the wind, poor baby, so she tends to be very clingy at such times. Anyway, it was windy and gusty today, especially this afternoon, and the weather is cooling back down for a bit. We expect to be in the 80s tomorrow…yay! All in all, this has been a pretty mild May in my humble opinion.

And now…just four more days and I'm free….hooray!