Thursday, December 16, 2010

Feeling a little discombobulated today...

Even though it was a nice day at work, or theoretically, it should have been a nice day at work....we had our annual Variety Show and an all school afternoon at the beach, I feel a bit...off.

It is just that the day started off so clumsily. I kept messing up with my feeding routine.  I have it down in the dark mornings, usually, so I don't get my work clothes too dirty, and everyone is adequately cared for - except today. I kept forgetting things, or dropping things, spilling feed and the flashlight kept going on the blink, so I tripped on things in the dark.

Then, on the way down, my 16 year old told me that he had early release today, could I come get him at 11:00.  Okay, so that took some planning.  Then, when I got to the alternate location for school today, I discovered I forgotten the permission forms in my classroom.  The long and the short of it was that today was a day of forgetting, and then having to drive places to rectify the mistake.  I drove to my campus 5 separate times today.  It is on the way to and from where I was supposed to be, but still.  Every time I drive my car, I think of how it has 95,000 miles on it, and what I will do if it breaks....

On the plus side, it was a Beautiful, with the capital B fully justified, day.  I got to spend at least some of it at the beach - and I got pictures, which I promise to post when I feel less "blech".  My feeding routine at the end of the day was much less clumsy (no eggs dropped, no feed spilled, no water all over my shoes).  Now it is time to straighten up the house a bit and get settled in.  Tomorrow is my last day of work before Christmas break....My grades are due, and I have a number of other administrative chores to do, but it is the last day....which ought to count for something.

Awwh, shucks, I just remembered that three of my kids have early release tomorrow.  More shuttling and figuring things out.....

2 comments:

Faith said...

You know. Bicycles for all your kids sounds really great! LOL

I actually used to love riding my bike to and from school. We lived on a little 3.5 acre farmette in a small town, and school was not too far a ride.

I am SO glad you get 3 weeks off here. I hope it's a time of brain catch up. I hate days like that where I can't seem to get anything right. They are happening more and more often. LOL

~Faith

NancyDe said...

Bikes wouldn't be feasible, sadly. The highway that "Belts" Hawaii is a two lane one with not good shoulders. Also, school is 12 miles away, one way. It would be fun to suggest it to them and watch their faces though....