life together (a friends & family update blog)
Whoever concocted our school district’s calendar was a genius. They combined our mandatory grading day with Veterans’ Day to create a four-day weekend.
Sweet.
(Granted, I need to work on report cards for a sizeable chunk of that time, but hey, at least I can work in my jammies.)
…”Made a huge mark on my white sweater with purple permanent marker in front of students, spent the rest of the day in a slightly too small youth sweatshirt the nurse loaned me, ran off the wrong copies, kids flipping out” kind of days.
At least I didn’t get a bird stuck to my head.
Bonus points to those of you who get the reference.
Lately I’ve felt really on top of things. School is going well and I feel like I know what I’m doing and kids are learning a lot more this year. I’m getting to know my coworkers better this year and we have fun together. Our house is clean (well, most of the time), meals are planned and fridge is stocked. We’re hosting our church small group now, and it’s fun to have people over each week. It feels weird that life is running so smoothly–perhaps in contrast to last year’s stress level of doom.
Stay tuned to see if/how it all comes crashing down. 
I was home sick today (after spending almost the entire weekend on the couch with a nasty cold. No good!), so I got bored and watched the end of Oprah. The show was about the Protect Our Children Act, which would give more money to fighting child predators. For the first time, I actually emailed my senators about a cause! You can too. The bill goes to a vote some time before the 26th, so you need to act somewhat quickly.
Apparently we’re rather political over at the Jareba house.
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