Monday, February 11, 2008
A pizza party last night after church....
...I usually don't stay long, but ended up at a table with facinating people and discussion. So we stayed til 10 pm. The children and I will be tired today, but the fellowship was worth it....This single mom journey gets lonely sometimes.....
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Saturday, February 9, 2008
Day is done...
....It was a different sort of day. A friend had asked if my youngest son could read a small child part on an audio project. So we got to go to the small studio. I ended up encouraging the friend to have the boys ping pong the part each taking turns with it. They've been in lots of plays, so they tend to push each other to do their best. It was fun....I even got to read a part. I miss doing theatre type things....So the day was truly a blessing....
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Friday, February 8, 2008
Tired today....
....maybe that is why I feel discouraged with chronic staff issues at work. Oh well. It does get tiring to have to make the hard calls when colleagues might disagree with me....But my job puts me on the front line after hours and after everyone else has gone home. So if we let things get lax during the work day, not only to a get to see the results, but I get to assume the responsibility for what others have not done....
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forgetting to write a paper....
My high schooler forgot to write her essay for today. With snow days and all, plus yesterday I had all the children in the library starting the research for their science projects. So the paper was forgotten. She worked on it from 9:30 to 10pm last night, but what she saw as a final draft was very rough. Her teacher has asked me to tutor her in writing, so I felt like we were both in for a bad report. Anyway, we talked about organizing the essay before bed, then she got up at 5:30 am and...
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Eight inches of snow....
The children will sleep well after having shovelled the driveway.....
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