Friday, February 9, 2024 We made it! And the weather is beautiful. It’s nighttime, but no coat is necessary. We are at a Holiday Inn Express downtown and it is lovely. Rachel at the front desk gave us an upgraded room with a king bed and a couch and a jumbo balcony. Too bad we […]
Thursday, February 8, 2024 When we postponed the trip, I opened up the sub system for this week and picked up several days with the fourth grade that I (and Louise) were in a few weeks ago. The brand-new teacher (doing a long-term maternity leave) is waiting for her license, so a licensed teacher needs
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 He’s definitely grumpy, but not scary at all. Last summer, I was ready for frogs. I was determined to get over being afraid of them, then there were no frogs. I do not understand where the frogs come from (nature!) when there are gazillions of them in the pool. I tell
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Portillos sent me a coupon for a free piece of birthday cake. Since I am not eating such items, I told Keith to enjoy it for a lunch some time when I was at work. And he did. After everything he does for me, it was truly the least I could
Monday, February 5, 2024 I didn’t schedule work because Donna and Michael would still be here. They were leaving early, but I still wanted to be home to wave them away. That didn’t sound right. To wave good-bye. Keith made us all a custard tart. They were really good. Better than I remember from Portugal.
Sunday, February 4, 2024 My birthday is a cool number and I almost missed it!! Brother Dave wrote “2-4-24 It must be Barbara’s birthday!” Brother Dennis wrote “You’ve been waiting 61 years for 2/4/24 and you almost missed it.” I love a great number date and never ever even thought of this one. Good job,
Saturday, February 3. 2024 You know how you feel when something gets cancelled? You’re disappointed, but then you are suddenly gifted time. Last night we wallowed in doing nothing in front of the TV and today we were industrious. We gathered up all the piles of stuff and actually sorted and put things away. We
Friday, February 2. 2024 …to stay ahead of the weather! Or NOT! We cut our trip to San Diego short. The original idea was to go somewhere warm during the cold times here. It turns out that we have no cold times here. The forecast for San Diego is the upper 50s and RAIN. And
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Thursday, February 1, 2024 I’ve had a two-day sub job for a middle school orchestra director on my calendar since before winter break. I love subbing orchestra. Orchestra kids are the best. I popped into the office and chatted up the office coordinator then went to the orchestra room to look for sub plans on
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024 We had an impromptu party tonight! It’s about the best thing you can do. Jeffrey was coming over to borrow a trumpet and Keith encouraged him to bring Adalynn and Johanna. My friend Maren texted asking if she could pop in for a chat while her daughter was at the high