The end is just a beginning of something new...

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
- Dr. Seuss

...In Which I Ruminate on Things

Today I learned that my mom was also once addicted to TMZ. Learning this fact made me love her even more. Learning that she was embarrassed by this fact made me want to blog about it! Hah.

When we arrived in Tifton this morning, there was no French Toast waiting for us. There was a pseudo-hashbrown casserole and cinnamon rolls, but no French Toast. Cinnamon Rolls are great, especially homemade ones. But they don't hold a candle to French Toast.

Are you noticing my blog is becoming less and less about anything and more and more about whatever-is-on-my-mind at the moment? Yeah, me too. Every once in awhile I wish I had something exciting to announce (vacations, new babies, new jobs, a scientific discovery that will end poverty and simultaneously make me uber-wealty, etc) but I don't. I just write about my life, which isn't terribly exciting. It's my life, though, so sorry folks if it's not more interesting.

This week at preschool I was told that my "face [is] very scary right now" (it was- it was my angry face, and the child agreed with me that he didn't want to make me angry and see it again.) I was also told I was "too fat to sit in [my] rocking chair". As I was sitting in said rocking chair at the time, I disagreed with the little stinker. He still looked sceptical.

Oh! I just thought of an exciting annoucement! Almost one month into the school year and I have yet to be vomitted on! HOORAY!!!

On that note, I think I'll log off. It's almost time for the Emmys, and I'm hoping that Friday Night Lights FINALLY FINALLY gets some love.

'Twas the Night Before the Night Before School Started...

The girls had open house at their school last night. We were SUPER LUCKY that a torrential downpour started just minutes before the start of said open house, so we met the new teachers with mascara running down our faces, clothes throughly soaked and hair that was literally dripping.

On the bright side, we weren't sweaty!

I think we are going to have a great year (she said optimistically). Middle School is old hat to Madeline, and Isabella seems to be taking everything in stride. Her teachers were the great unknown, but we've heard glowing third-party reports from people we trust.

Two middle schoolers. TWO! I can hardly believe it.

My class roster arrived on Monday, and I have sixteen little darlings this year. That's a big jump from the nine I had last year! I've been switching to a bigger classroom over the past few weeks, and I finally got around to working on some nitty-gritty stuff today. All of the kids but two were at our preschool last year, so I'm hoping for a smoothe transition to my class.

Have I mentioned that we are doing a fall production of Seussical Jr.? Because we are! The director is the same one we've been working with for the past few years. The fall show is open to kids up to age 15, so even though the girls are no longer Twin Oaks students, they can still be in the play! YAY!! Auditions are this Saturday. James will be building sets again, and somehow I ended up on the Executive Committee in charge of Communication. I'm still not sure how that happened! We've never done a fall show before, so there will be a LOT of adjusting around here the next few weeks as we get back into a school routine AND a show routine!

I see lots of sleep deprivation in our future.

Guys and Dolls

Last night I took the girls to see Theatre Albany's production of Guys and Dolls. It was actually the dress rehersal, and we got to go for free. The music teacher at Bella's school was the Musical Director for the show. We ran into him at Sam's Club last Saturday and he invited us to the performance. How awesome is it to know people who know people??!!?? Benefit of small town living, indeed!

The show started at eight and the curtain didn't come down until almost 10:30, so they are probably pretty tired today. Oh well. They can just sleep through whatever movie is being shown in class today, because heaven knows they probably aren't doing anything with 2 1/2 days of school left! ;)

The Clines came with us, but Jaws stayed home to enjoy a much-needed "All By Himself Guy Time". I keep trying to think of thing for the Clines to do here in town so they won't move to North Carolina. ;)

I had seen the show before, but the girls hadn't. It was fun to listen to their reactions, and even MORE fun to hear them make suggestions/compare it to the two shows they have been involved in. (They're seasoned vets, you know. ;D) The best part was when it was time for intermission and Bella asked me what we were supposed to do during intermission. At first I was confused, but then I realized that she had never been in an *audience* during intermission- she had only ever been in the cast! Hee!