It is what it is

Today is March 16th.  Last math class today.  LOVE the classes.   First of all I am out of school and have no kids for a day.   Secondly we have an awesome day learning new things to share with our students.   Third, we have clean, stocked bathrooms and a wonderful lunch.   I love math class.  This month has been unreal.  Started with three days of "snow days" with a boil water alert and no school. thought it was appropriate that we had no winter break but the water happened and gave us the break we have always had. Last week we lost power on Wednesday at 11:30 am.  Otto took the day off to get an oil change, go to the dentist and various other items.  Thank God he was home!   A tree fell on the wires and a live wire was in the neighbor's yard.  When he went out the neighbor (who is limited English) was out there with a hose spraying the live wire and grass fires.   A nearby shed burned from the wire and we were without ...

What a month this has been.   It is September 30th and 4 weeks of school are over already.  It is what it is and I am way too busy to make it anything else!  Missing summer!

Poor Lucy was so distraught with all the storms last night. She would not leave my side. Then in the middle of the night she was whining and barking. Otto went to check on her to make sure she was ok. She managed to knock the gate down and was sleeping in the living room when he got up this morning. Probably felt closer to us. Surprised she didn't head upstairs and jump in bed!!! For those of us that live by similes and metaphors, March truly came in like a roaring lion. We had some real boomers last night! Just as I was putting the cap on my mascara, my phone rang (and only 5 minutes ago I had walked back to the bedroom to get my phone off the nightstand as when I picked it up to put in my pocket at 6:15, the charging cord had not been attached so it was not fully charged. I connected it and left it to charge until about 7:00 and was just going to get it) and one of my co-workers was calling to say school was cancelled due to a water problem in the city. Well of cou...

After hitting perfect attendance yesterday for 1st quarter I had to take today for a Dr. appt. for my hand. The Dr. made me feel like I had wasted her time coming to the infectious disease place even though MY Dr. sent me there after almost 3 weeks of swelling and soreness he was not able to diagnose. She thinks I had a tissue injury, not a bite or break. In other words, she does not know what happened either. So, I let it go, let it heal and go see a hand specialist if it is not better. Meanwhile, back on a z-pack for the sinus infection. It was a beautiful day so after my appointment, I went to walk "the village" only to find it was closed now except for F-S, so I walked the museum and saw new stuff! It is what it is and it was all about ME day!

Took Lucy to the vet this morning for HER check up and left a house payment! Spent the day doing errands until I was in the middle of the Costco parking lot when the sky opened up. I was soaked to the point I had to come home and changed. Even my socks and shoes were wet. Have not been home in so many Saturdays and not home next weekend that I booked the whole day out catching up. It is what it is and it was a great day! Yesterday's wedding was absolutely amazing. Beautiful bride and family. The reception was the absolute "end". Every detail was perfection! Thanks to my amazing piano teacher and her family.

After flying all day Monday,  Delta delivered and I was pretty glad to see wheels down in the D.  The flights were all amazing, the weather was bright blue sky and I windowed it all the way home with a 4 hour layover in Minneapolis, one book down and many photos.  lt turned out to be a late night (East Coast time), but  I was finally able to sleep about midnight because the next 3 days were spent in math class. I have been to the Dermatologist, the dentist (for regular check and the root canal filling), physical, flu shot, blood draw and EKG.   Ready to tackle the year. The Dr. told me I was in pretty good shape for my age.   What the hell does that mean????   He usually comes in the back door with comments. Looking forward to some sleep tonight but feel pretty caught up on the "jet lag"  and time adjustment.  First day in class I about dropped off several times! Monday is our first day  BTS and we have 3 days of PD.  Have not...

So, after I wrote this a couple of days ago, I accidentally deleted the entire post and am calmed down enough to start again! A week ago today I left Boston after spending a week with Brian & Andrew doing what we do best.  Walking, eating, cooking, eating seafood, watching a lot of tv (Olympics), laughing, staying up late and just enjoying the week. Our favorite activity is our trip to Ogunquit, Maine, on the Atlantic Ocean.   We ate our lobster rolls (sans Andrew who is allergic) , spent the whole afternoon just sitting on the beach watching the tide roll in and roll out, snacking and sharing stories.  All too soon it was time to go back to Boston.  We spent the evening checking out homes for sale by the ocean, (on tv).   I did lots of walking, through the parks, neighborhoods, took the T to Cambridge, had long lunches with Andrew (Chicken & Rice Guys), and Brian in Cambridge.  I shopped locally, hit the farmer's market for produce, Brian made l...