Mission Accomplished

Last night was pretty much a success. How can an "Open House" be a success, you ask? Well, I managed to get a fair amount done (graded all my papers, organized materials for writing the two IEPs I have scheduled, nearly completed one of said IEPs) and I only have 4 parents show up for my 6 classes. Woot. The one set of parents that always come came, of course. I was feeling as though they were a bit "off" me of late (they never answer emails with even a "thank you" or a "got it") but alas, they aren't. In fact, the dad even came in and gave me a big hug. These are parents who have the potential to be a pain in the ass so I like to ensure they are happy. (I make sure all my parents are happy but you know what I mean).

I was home last night by 8:15, which isn't too bad. I took care of my girl and then climbed into bed to relax and watch some Big Brother. What I expected to happen, happened. Then I read for a while and probably turned out the light around 10:30. I'm not feeling too terribly tired (now) but I'm sure these kids will exhaust me by bell 2! So...my plan today is to complete act I in Romeo and Juliet and then give the kids silent seat work for LA. In US, we'll watch a show - the Frontier House. Sometimes you just need down time.

Oh, yeah and Jim has to work tonight. Sucks. I was hoping - for him especially - that he would be able to take tonight off but that didn't end up panning out for this job. Sucks especially that he's STILL on 2nd shift. (Very apropos that I always accidentally type 2nd shit.)

The quilt I made for my former student was received by her yesterday (that took less than a day for her to get!). She loved it and I'm so happy she does. I wish I could stockpile quilts to give as gifts like that.  Maybe I'll quit my job and do that. Of course, I won't be able to "gift" them if I quit. And I'll have to sell them for thousands of dollars just to make up my income. Hmm...maybe not such a good idea.

So I had a dream last night - about Big Brother. Last night - in real life - they started a competition for Head of Household and at the same time they allowed 1 of the last 5 former players to try and get back in the house (I'm not going to give anything away here). So in my dream, the player that ended up returning was Steve Austin. You know - the Six Million Dollar Man. It was so weird. Why would I dream about that? So in my dream he got back in the game but the person who was head of household was James - in my dream. He managed to win because Maggie - yes apparently she was playing - started a fire and everyone ran to her rescue except James who was the "last man standing" in the competition. Nice going Maggie!

Okay well, I best mosey...finish getting ready. I'm so happy it's Friday and I'm so excited to have a drink or 10 tonight! Woot!  Happy Friday - Later!