Today was an ok day. It was definitely made better by the fact that I actually had my aide today. Of course I still can't quite figure out what makes her think it's okay to sit there and read or fill out paperwork when she's supposed to be walking around and supervising. Don't get me wrong, I really like her, but sometimes I really, really miss the aide I had first semester and some of 2nd. He was hardworking and always on the ball.

Oh, I should tell you how my day began. During the middle of song service, one of my little girls jumped out of her spot and started running to the door. Almost before I had even realized she was up, she had thrown up all over the carpet. Yeck! She's a child who embarrasses *very* easily. So I made a minimal fuss - just went over and asked her if she was feeling any better, then told her to go to the bathroom to rinse her mouth out. Then I preceded to get some cleaning stuff and paper towels. This wasn't the first time she had thrown up this year, but this time it was much harder to clean up. So I had her go tell our Secretary (Bambi) what had happened, and ask for some carpet cleaner. A few moments later my aide (who is her mom) and Bambi came down to the room and cleaned up the mess so I could get back to the other 12 munchkins.

You see, this whole time while I was dealing with the little girl, and then dealing with trying to get it cleaned up, I had my class on the meeting rug. I put one of my 2nd grade girls in charge, and asked her to have them sing. For the most part this worked well, until M decided that it was the perfect time to act completely whacky and silly when teacher's attention wasn't focused on him. He ended up jumping on top of a few people, as well as hitting a few of them while spinning around in circles. Well, this wasn't totally out of my view, but I just couldn't get to him very fast. Finally I did, and then had him call his mom to explain to her how he'd been behaving. (BTW - this wasn't the first time he'd been spoken to about his behavior that morning - in a span of about 15 minutes or so). The rest of the day he was ... well .... better.

As soon as I could leave, I changed into my "walking" outfit and went to the park. I planned on doing a 30 minute walk. But unfortunately, I appear to be in much worse shape than I had thought. I had to struggle to do *15* minutes! My main problem at first was that my calves were hurting me. That was kind of strange, because usually they don't start to hurt or get tired till after I've actually done some good hard walking. I must keep up with this!

My dad called me this evening and told me that he might make it by tomorrow. I told him that *I* wouldn't even be here tomorrow because of the cotton pickin' End-of-Year meeting. (Can't you tell how much I'm looking forward to it?) So he said that he wouldn't try to make it tomorrow, but would be here on Friday. I asked him if he had done any more looking for a place to live, and he said he hadn't, but that he would get on that tomorrow afternoon. He wants me to look into house sitting -- I really don't think there is going to be much of a market out there for two adults and a cat to house sit someone's home. Plus, what would we do with all our *stuff*!!???

All the auctions I had up on Ebay ended today. With the 16 auctions I held in the last three weeks, I have made 2/3 of the money I have budgeted for my get-a-way. I still have tons more books to list too. One person who bought something from me that ended last week (which I mailed out on Friday) also bought something from me that ended today. I really wish she would have emailed me to let me know that it was possible that she would be getting a second item from me so I could have combined shipping for her (as well as saving on packaging for me!). I won't be able to get anything shipped out tomorrow, because who knows when I'll get back from that wonderful meeting (dripping sarcasm). So, I'll probably mail them on Thursday afternoon.

Goals for today:
Do 8 minutes in the Morning weight-lifting routine -- Done
Do 1-mile video tape in the morning. --- Done
Do a 30-minute walk after school. -- Done -- well, a 15 minute walk.
No eating or soda after 7 p.m. -- Done
Lots of water. -- Done
Get papers graded and sorted and ready to send home! -- Nope -Could've, Should've, but didn't want to!

Spending Log: NONE

Keeping It Frugal in Texas,
Laura