this morning i worked at the Maplewood library for an hour or so shelving books. Ms. Cobb and i chatted about a variety of things, including the AISD budget shortfall which is bigger than big. lots and lots of things are going to change, which makes me sad because i know how much it will hurt so many that i know and love, including my own kids. but we had a nice little visit nonetheless. she's such a sweet lady.
i came home after my library gig and cleaned house. and cleaned and cleaned. it needed it, too. and when i'd cleaned all i could clean, i rewarded myself with a trip to Target to buy some things for the house. i've been looking for a duvet for our bed, but all the ones i wanted were $100 and up. i stumbled on a beautiful one for $25, which was 75% off the regular price. i was so thrilled! also got some towels. i am a sucker for linens. bedding, sheets, towels, table linens - i love them all!
i brought two extras home from school on Friday, Keegan and Jose. Jose hasn't spoken about his brother's sickness and i haven't noticed any change from his usual jollinesst. i guess it's just too hard for a 6 year old to
comprehend all that's happening.
we all went up to the Y in the late afternoon/early evening because Brian was subbing for Margaret's basketball coach. i worked out for an hour or so and then watched her team get their first win of the season. we came home and ate frito pie for dinner and played wii and in the den with the fireplace roaring. it was so nice. this is mentioned above because i blogged some of this friday night.
saturday morning saw Brian and i out running before 6:30. we ran about ten miles, a loop to the capitol and back. other than it being awfully cold (23 degrees) we both felt great. once we got home it was time to hit the ground running (running of another kind), with Brian taking the boys to their games and Margaret and i on a quest to find her a Girl Scout cadette sash. she "bridged" up to cadette last year and we never got her the new sash. technically she's not supposed to sell cookies without it, but we had no choice yesterday since the GS store wasn't open. i took Margaret and her friend, Marissa, who is also on her basketball team and in her class at school, over to Hoover's to set up a cookie booth. we ended up selling 27 boxes over two hours, which seemed pretty good to me, having never done a booth before.
one of the workers from the restaurant came out and snapped this picture of the girls to put on Hoover's FB page~
the rest of the afternoon was spent working on science projects. the stress level was pretty high for Brian and i trying to work with all four kids on their projects at once. more proof , i think, that i was just not cut out to be a teacher. i think there was smoke coming out of my head. we finally had to call it a night, eat some dinner, have Bible-time, and put the kids to bed. then Brian and i sat by the fire and tried to unwind our nerves. we had made a lot of progress that day and the end was almost in sight.
Sunday morning we went to church and then on to Sunday school. thankfully the other teacher prepared the lesson for our class this week, so i was just the helper person. we came home to a nice meal of fajitas, black beans, spanish rice, pico, and guacamole. i had signed up to take a meal to a family in our church that just had a baby, so Saturday night we grilled double the amount of fajitas, and cooked double the amount of sides so we could give some and keep some. it's so nice to come home from church and have a good meal waiting.
then it was back to work on those dern science projects. now, as of Monday morning, we have three completed science projects sitting in the den and one "getting close to being done" one in Margaret's room. yay! i feel like we just help four people write thier dissertations. over one weekend.
before i forget, yesterday my "baby" brother, Thomas, turned 34. happy birthday to a great guy!
....and to my nephew Thomas, who turned 10. happy birthday, Tom-Tom!
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