It is what it is

I needed a break from all the cleaning and packing and schoolwork and can hardly believe I have been going at full speed since Wednesday noon.  Covered a lot of ground, put all the fall away, packing all the chotchki stuff to make way for Christmas.  Cleaning cabinets, corners and nooks.  Getting ready for my table for Festival of Tables in a week.  Face timed the kids, shopped until I dropped, generally caught up.  Found my picnic basket that wasn't really lost, just visiting someone far away.  Glad it is back home.  Took Lucy for a walk, took someone elses boots home last night (now exchanged), caught up on schoolwork for about 5 minutes and ready to cook a turkey pot pie.  I have no Blue Arpron tonight or this week, just needed to get in a blog for November before it is December.  Back to work, dinner, piano....it is what it is and it is always too busy.

Don't have any words to describe what happened Friday in my favorite city.  How does this happen?  How do people fill themselves with so much hate that they can kill so many people and then themselves.  In prayer and tears for Paris. Started my Saturday early with ADK luncheon and auction.  On the hunt to finish my Nutcracker table for FOT on Dec. 7th. I have grades/citizenship done for 1st quarter.   Amanda & Bryce are home from European Honeymoon with so many issues that Amanda was put through.   Andrew was in London all week and flew to LasVegas on Friday to meet Brian who is running his first 10K.   Matt & Dana & Hannah are all good in Chicago.  Fighting a sinus infection (Dobos thing), was up very early to play both services with Joyful Ringers this morning. Finished laundry,working on Festival of Tables table, lesson plans, tomorrows lesson,washed my car because it was 65 today, cooking turkey veg soup for non-blue apron ...

Normal busy week at school.   Midterm test and study guide is done thanks to my math coach!!!  Red team dance chaperoning tonight, as I can check papers and chaperone at the same time.  So angry that my main route home is again being re-constructed so I go about 15 miles out of my way to not sit for a half-hour as 4 lanes are reduced to one.  C'mon!    Early call tomorrow for a bell concert for a Christmas Tea....selfish me, one day a week I could sleep in and NOT get ready immediately......no comment Carol....no comment.  It is what it is!

Spent all day in Professional Development...not bad, not bad!!! Interesting stuff, we looked at testing.  Stopped to vote, stopped to ship everything back to Amanda & Bryce that was left here from the wedding.  It would have been cheaper to book a ticket to LA.....almost.   Just off the phone with Amanda, they are in Atlanta waiting for the final leg home from a 10 hour flight from Munich.  Amanda has been in a wheelchair for 2 days.  Stress fractures in both feet?   Eye yi yi yi yi.....On the "heels" of being sick in London, and Hives in Paris...A Honeymoon soon not forgotten!  It is what it is....on my honeymoon, I had hives in Hungary....(don't ask, I think it was fear) and flu in Hungary....again...don't ask)   Suddenly recovered once we arrived in Paris and London.  I think I wasted 5 days in Hungary but don't tell Otto that.   76 degrees  today on November 3rd.   Love getting the extra time to put outdoor away.