the weekend is here

and I could not be more happy. It was a LONG and draining week with dh at a training in Altamonte Springs. The little things that he does around here sure do make me appreciate him being here and are very noticed when he is not(but shhh, don't tell HIM that).

Joshy and I are both glad to have him home. Now, if I could get them BOTH to go somewhere without me today, I would be even happier. I have not had 5 minutes to myself since before Spring Break and I could use a few.

So, yesterday morning I decide to go and buy myself a new DROID cell phone......I found it at Best Buy when I was there the day before having them try to fix my camera. Stacey, if you are reading, it took 45 minutes and a phonecall to Nikon but FINALLY got all that jibberish off the screen. Yeah.
I ran into another store to pick something up and long story short, walk out to the parking lot to put my purchase in the car. My car is parked on the left and I see a Jeep Wrangler backing outta a space on the right. SO what is the issue you ask yourself with your inner voice? Nothing really, cept it keeps backing up and is about to hit another Jeep parked in a space........backing, backing, backing, rolls forward and stops.

I stand on my tip-toes in complete and total disbelief with a newsreel now running inside my head, cause get this-"THERE IS NO ONE DRIVING SAID WRANGLER-NO ONE IN THE CAR AT ALL." I am thinking there is a kid in there somewhere-nope.

Truthfully, one of the strangest things I have witnessed with my own eyes. I went into Michaels, they made an announcement. Not one of their customers but the car that was almost hit was the manager's vehicle.

I walk over to Best Buy and they send me back out with their mobile salesguy. He gets the tag number off the Wrangler that is sitting in the middle of the parking row and calls it into the store and they make an announcement. Out walks a guy with his wall mount for his big screen tv, plops it into the back of the Wrangler and drives away.......

I seriously stood there with my mouth hanging open, so thankful that the Wrangler didn't hit another car and that there were no people in the path of the run-a-way.

Dude, put your parking break on!!

So, out of time to get my new cell.....fiddlesticks. But, i did go back after school and came home with my new DROID. It is so funny cause when I get a text message, it says DROID. I got a great deal and now just need to learn how to use it by playing with it(and perhaps some tutoring sessions from Valley and Theo).

Have a fantastic weekend. I have some crafty projects rolling around in my brain, so just might attempt them.

that ONE person

Most of us have them-that ONE person in their lives that you identify with, look to for guidance and can lean on when you must.

Some of us are fortunate to have more than ONE of those special people.

For me, it was ALWAYS my daddy and even though he is no longer "here" I still lean on him and rely on his guidance. Aunt Sue is my second "ONE". She is my mom and always will be. I am so grateful that although she is still in discomfort, she is most def. on the road to recovery-thankfully.

My second principal is also a "ONE" for me. Mary Lasris is ONE very special person. As a very young educator(22 at the time) she was NOT just my principal or my boss-she was a mentor and I am very proud to say that 20 years later, she still is.

She never micro-managed her staff, yet she was always there(in the SMALLER of the two offices) with the door wide open. If you had a problem, question, whatever, that door remained open and when you sat down to "talk", discuss, or question, she sat NEXT to you, not across the big desk.

I was so fortunate to have worked with her/for her for so many years and yesterday at Chili's I felt it all renewed.
Thank you Mary Lasris for being my professional "ONE"!

oh what fun we had

we packed up friday morning after dh's conference call and didn't tell our lil guy where we were headed. that lasted til all of umm I-4....ha.

off to O-town to see Mickey and Friends. It was such a nice get-a-way and we had great weather and a perfect long weekend. Did Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, pool, spa, relaxing, too much eating, some s hopping and just plain ole FUN.

Dh is now back in Alt. Springs for a meeting this whole week. Poor guy spends half his life traveling on I-4 and rarely complains. We will miss him this week, but he is so good at his job and training can only make him better right.

Back to school today for me. Thank goodness we had a/c......hooray. Retirement announcement from the Big P and hoping that we find out who we will get BEFORE the transfer period in a few weeks. The "word" is that Little "P" will get the job and she will do great at it, but the school board does NOT always do what may be expected.

So, fingers crossed for a s mooth ending. I will post some photos from our Disney weekend. heck, I even got to scrap at the pool at the hotel while my boys took a nap on Saturday. Could anything be more perfect? I think not.

DONE

our taxes are done and mailed. hooray.

i just finished booking our flights for summer vacation. we are going back to denver/south dakota via wyoming for ten days with dh's parents this summer.
it isn't even 9:40am and already I feel like I have accomplished a bunch. Guess that means that I can go back to bed and relax right? Ha. I wish.

not sure what we are going to do today, but I am happy with what I have gotten done thus far.

Spring Break is going by way too fast, but it has been very nice. The weather couldn't be more perfect. We had a very nice visit with Aunt Sue yesterday and last night walk ms wrap up dinner was awesome. The unofficial totals are phenominal. Wooo Hoooo.

Happy Thursday.

it was a ROUGH week

last week. I went to my neuro on M onday and for the first time in five years reported some tingly feeling.......as she said " I have been solid as a rock" so tingling is normal. That wasn't easy for me to accept, but I did. Truthfully, if that is it, I am NOT complaining.

I will complain about the fact that there was NO a/c in our building the entire week prior to Spring Break and there won't be any when we return cause they are all on Spring Break too. UGH.
Being next to the computer lab puts off about another 100 degrees literally. It was HOT, I was an overcooked piece of spaghetti and I felt iiiickkkyyyy all week.

So bring on Friday. Aunt Sue had her surgery and I went and saw her on my way home. So glad that it went well and she will FINALLY be on the road to recovery. It has been tooooo long with her feeling poorly.

Well, Saturday morning I woke up and my right hand was HUGELY swollen. I mean HUGE. Went back to bed. In fact, I was in bed for days. By Monday morning still had NO energy, my hand was still huge and I admittedly, was a bit frightened. Dh tends to blow it off but when I said I was scared, he promptly took care of me. He called PCP and came home. Also called his parents to come stay with lil guy and called neuro.

PCP felt like it was a flare-not sure I care if it is or isn't just glad it wasn't what I was afraid of. Got an rx for steroids and after taking the first 6 on Monday night, felt 100% better on Tuesday morning-hooray.

Also got a B-12 shot and had some more energy yesterday. Got peer pressured into going to Adventure Island with my gal pals and the kiddos and had a ball. It was a perfect day which ended with dinner at Beef's and I truly enjoyed a marvelous day.

This morning was productive as I got our taxes done-small refund. Just need to sign and mail them off. I never wait til the last minute, but really haven't been myself for over a week.

Day 3 or roids and hope to feel well enough to go see Mickey this weekend with the boys.

KC is doing great, weather is grand and life is GOOD.

Enjoying Spring Break and all it has to offer.

HBD Johnnie Boy

Yesterday was my Froggie's 46th birthday and it was a day full of many of his favorites.

We spent a glorious, perfection FL weather day at the beach in Pass-a-Grille. OMG it was awesome. The sun was shining without a cloud in the sky and it wasn't even remotely hot. He and his father did some fishing, but didn't catch anything. I still haven't figured out how that is FUN, but I guess they wouldn't truthfully find cutting paper any fun either. Ha.

Dinner at the CHinese "Cafe" aka Chinese buffet where we all ate wayyyyyyy tooooo much.

Pictures to follow, but a wonderful celebration of a day.