Woohoo! Three day weekend

Ok so we had Saturday, Sunday and Monday off from school because of Labor day. Awesome Three day weekend right??? I will get all caught up on my homework get things organized for the classroom and finally write some real lesson plans. Friday night is my night of freedom, Parker loves football he used to coach a high school team but this year he is just scouting. I will go watch some games but not all. This Friday though Samantha his foster sister who has multiple disabilities is on a cheerleading squad for her high school called sparkle cheerleading. We went and watched her cheer for the 20 minutes they were out there. Parker who left work early Thursday didn't go Friday still wasn't feeling good. We only made it across the street when he had to rush to the bathroom. He finally had told me just before that what had been hurting him. I called my sister-in law who is a doctor and asked her if he can wait and go Tuesday or if he needs to go now. She said now so when he got back to the car (by the way he drove) I told him to go to the emergicare he went well they couldn't do anything for him and we ended up in the emergency room at 8:30 pm.  We were in the emergency room until 3:00 when they finally got him a room in the hospital. I however spent from 11-3 sleeping on two metal chairs that I had pushed together to make a bed. We got to his room fell back asleep. I woke up at 8:30 waited a little bit than headed to my brother and sister-in-law to help take care of Will, 2 1/2 and Alex, 1 week. I was still in the same clothes from Saturday night no toothbrush no nothing. I left there finally at 4:00. I went home took a shower finally brushed my teeth ate some dinner and went back to the hospital where I sat was going to attempt some work but there were a lot of visitors to see Parker so that didn't happen. I left there again finally at midnight. At 7:00 AM Sunday I got a call from Parker saying he was going to surgery at 7:30 I figured I wouldn't make it there in time to catch him before he was asleep so I slept a little longer myself. I got up to the hospital by 8:30. He wasn't back yet but his mom was there. I ended up spending a lot of time talking to her. She left at about 11:30 to go get Parker's pain killers and I decided to let Parker rest and prepare to go home. So I went and ate some lunch and got one long assignment done in an hour. We finally left the hospital at 2:30. I got him home and situated with his parents. I finally got home again but we were having a family night so that meant still no work was done! As John Christine Will and Alex were about to leave, my dad and john saw two sheriff cars and heard a house alarm. I live in a very peaceful neighborhood since we have lived here in 1992 I think we have had about maybe 10 break-ins and that's being generous. We never found out what that was. We did hear another siren in our neighborhood like 20 minutes later but never saw the sheriff's car.  Finally we are to Monday I have my list all made out of what I was going to do today. Well Jim and LeDawna  were going to go swimming and asked me to come along I thought that would be a good idea I needed some real fun and I never went swimming this summer. We drove all the way out to Mahoney State Park and didn't get to go swimming because there was a storm which had passed but the people didn't know how to read a radar and claimed they saw lighting when it was white clouds and sun. I took some homework with me but I can't read in the car I get car sick while we were waiting I got a little bit read.We came home I went to Parker's after dinner I felt so defeated by 7:00 I got nothing done. It was horrible.

Today I finally got to school and realized that I had a lot due today and hadn't started what I needed to. Thankfully Courtney my mentor came and saved the day. She got a lot of little things done for me as I worked on the bigger things due today. My students weren't to bad today One of them had a really bad day but she is already a roller coaster ride so it was to be expected. The morning was much better than the afternoon but I don't think that computers helped the afternoon.We all made it through the day alive and I got most things done. I can't wait to do a happy dance the day I get everything done on my list. Wish me luck on that one as we continue this white water raft of a year.

Men's best successes come after their disappointments.
Henry Ward Beecher