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Here's the beginning of the entry I wrote yesterday but never got to post:

The week is rushing by, for some reason, but today is just dragging. In a sense, it's the last day of the school week, since tomorrow is an In-Service day, but not one I'm dreading. For one, I won't be hear at the high school; I'll be at the middle school which is at the end of the street I live on. For another, I'll just be with the district's librarians, no keynote speaker or anything. I get to sleep an hour and a half later (since we go by the elementary school schedules for a district-wide in-service), and most unusual of all, I'll be learning about something I really want to know about. (Using Wikis in teaching.) And I don't even have to bring my lunch.

Truth be told, I suck lately at bringing my lunch. I've been buying at the cafeteria all week, and I may continue to do so until the end of the year. (That would be 44 more days.) I've slept very well the past two nights, but when the alarm goes off, I am just pissed. It's all I can do to shower and get dressed and get out of the house. I don't have breakfast, I don't want to carry a lunch bag. I stop for coffee and drink it at school. That seems to be my limit these days.

Seriously, I think of wonderful things to write to you all about all day long, and then I come home and I'm like "Wha ...?" and all my brain cells have stopped functioning. And tonight I have to stay out late since I'm going to the retirees' dinner, which I know I will love going to. The Sibs is home from her California trip, so we will be going to book DisneyWorld tomorrow or Saturday. My Cousin -- the smart one -- called both of us yesterday to make sure we were on track with this all. Why, yes, yes we are. Settle down.

And here's today's big finish:

The retirees' dinner was wonderful, as anticipated; apparently there are different people there each month (other than the core group), so I got to see some really long-missing faces. Lovely.

The in-service was okay today. I did learn some things I wanted to know about, and learned that unfortunately the damn state education standards are being revised yet again, which means next year's curriculum has to reflect that, so there's some new lessons and plans I've got to work on. Which is fine because I do really love doing that kind of thing, but I'm afraid stuff that is not really in my area is going to get dumped on me. We shall see.

And we did indeed go and book the trip after school today, so that is all taken care of. August 17 through the 22. The Sibs and I are flying from Newark and the cousins will be flying in from Denver; we'll meet in the airport or at the hotel. In Chai-time, that means it's time to start packing!

Looks like a quiet weekend coming up. K and I were going to go visit R on Sunday, but she has plans, but she may drop by briefly tomorrow. The Sibs brought back her eldest's newest CD, a collection of children's songs, which is a little scary coming from him, but I'll try to listen tomorrow while I'm out and about doing errands in the morning. We're expecting temps close to 90 tomorrow and Sunday -- !!!!!!!!! Astonishing for April.


I'm going to Disney World!

It's Friday.

watching FAMILY GUY :: ENTRY #2032
READING: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling