It is what it is

Spent the day catching up as usual.  Laundry, ironing, washed the car in 43 degree weather, walked the dog, posted grades, comments, dinner is in the oven, general stuff.  Up early to go to church with friends of our.  Someone forgot to check the time and assumed it incorrectly.  Arrived, only to notice that no one was walking around,  in or near the church.  Yup.  Someone was wrong and we were 20 minutes late instead of 10 minutes early.  I can't even express how angry I was.  Got dressed up for an early morning Sunday drive.  Someone needs to pay attentions a bit more.  Friday, our chimney and ducts were scheduled to be cleaned (2nd time moved) and that same someone was 10 minutes late and now it is re-scheduled....again.  I can't do everything and yet sometimes, I feel as though I must.  It is what it is, and was not a great start to the day!

So, the day started with not much sleep after yesterday's student incidents.  Anyway,  the day progressed to my prep when we met with a parent of one of the problem students (hopefully issue resolved) and I saw my new math coach in the hallway.  Forgot she was coming today for my worst hour of the day.....3rd.   I have 34 students, many problematic, and it is a nightmare.  Hopefully after observation she had comments that will help.  Fast forward to the "dance" after school.  I ran out to get a soda between school and the dance.  There was a problem with the DJ and we had crazy 7/8th graders to deal with but nothing compared to getting ready to leave and I could not find my keys.  Ran out to my car only to see them on the front seat with a door that was locked.  Thank goodness my principal has "connections" and within 5 minutes we had a "guy" that is connected to the HPD retrieving my keys.  What was amazing was how fast he was in m...

What a busy Saturday.  After working around the house, changing the bed, doing laundry, grading papers, paying bills, decorating for Halloween, I did errands, went to the grocery store, washed the car, took Lucy for a walk, washed all the downstairs windows,and called my brother (who is back in the hospital).....I am ready for bed.   Early call for bells tomorrow, 2 services and back to work with school tasks, packing up the back yard chotchkee stuff, and all the other Sunday tasks.  It is what it is and it is busy!!!!!

Where does the time go??? This week has been short.  We had a religious holiday on Monday in our district so we had the day off.  Nice 3 day weekend.  Wednesday I was out for Math PD. Full Red Moon this week, dealing with a major brother issue, worried about EVERYTHING, lockdown yesterday (even though I was not there, it was a big issue), winter, math, minor procedure at podiatrist    today (unexpected) and now sore foot, glad tomorrow is Friday.  FaceTime with my new granddaughter, glad that my kids will all be here for Thanksgiving, math, days are shorter, kids missed me, math, math, math.  I am so proud that I know how to solve Y=mx+b in a graph, an equation and a table.  Did I mention that my foot hurts (hate foot issues that are on-going, since I love to walk and I am on my feet all day), and I love math??? It is what it is......I am ready for a trip somewhere.  Andrew told me today that Copley Square is missing me...well I am missing Co...

I don't know where the days have gone.  From swimming pool to fall in a day.  Yesterday it was 88, today 57 and I don't think it will be back until next summer.  We finally got summer...in fall.  I needed to blog for September and this is IT!  So much has happened and I have been too busy with school starting, math, math, math, managing school, house, piano, bells, ADK treasurer, committee work at school, my brother, my kids all over the country, a house, a dog and an new member of our family....Hannah Margaret Dobos born September 10th.  She is a beauty and a cutie!!!  Weighing in at 7 lbs. 2 oz. 19 inches, she made her appearance at 9:18 am.  It was great to all be together in Chicago to celebrate, much to Dana's chagrin to endure a planned c-section.  Much to soon, we all returned to a new normal. So summer closes, fall arrives and another chapter of It It What It Is.

Why do the days of summer fly like a jet, when the rest of the year is like a turtle?  Enjoyed the ocean yesterday.  Ogunguit and lobster roll, fried clams, and the Salty Pig were a bonus.   The weather was stable, no rain, but only partly sunny.  After last year we sure are not complaining.  Went on my birthday and it poured all day!  The beach was nice, the water cold.  So peaceful and serene.   Fun to people watch and water watch.  The tide goes in, the tide goes out.  That is enough for me!  The winding roads I can live without, but it didn't take long to feel normal again after our drive through Maine.  Amazing how many tourists there are! After a too fast day, we returned home and walked to The Salty Pig and enjoyed a relaxing evening outside on their patio, and a satisfying meal of cheese, meat and bread.  We closed out the evening with a walk to the store for breakfast frittata fixings. Flying home tonight, meeti...

The days have flown as has the summer!  After our busy rainy Wednesday and our yummy seafood dinner "down by the bay" at                              , Thursday dawned sunny but cool.  We drove with Andrew to Providence where his current office is.  Once in Newport, we found a cute bar called the Gaslight Lantern to have lunch.  I had my first real clam chowder.  One word.....YUM!  Otto and I continued to The Breakers, which takes a while to get through but is so interesting and mammoth.  We ran out of time to drive around and gawk at the other mansions or do the cliff walk, that I so wanted to do again.  One big difference from April was that the foliage is so thick on the trees now but didn't exist in the spring so you could see so much more from the mansions set back from the road.  What a place.  What a life they must have lived.  Imagine a summer home ov...