I love my sisters, but . . .

Aargh!!!
One sister's phone is always busy, because her household uses a landline for their internet access and anytime someone's online, calls can't go through! The other sister doesn't delete messages from her machine for sentimental reasons, so you can't leave a message for her! The phone rings about twenty times and then you're told to enter the security code. . . Neither one uses her cell phone with enough regularity to be a reliable contact. Neither one checks email anytime other than at work during work hours . . . frustrating. Or smart? I suppose if people couldn't get ahold of me so darn easily, I wouldn't have spent the last 45 minutes answering the phone and emails. Grrr!

Time

It's after 10pm and I should be in bed. What happens to my sense of time during the school year? I'm trying to keep some balance and not be running frazzled all the time, but each day speeds by so quickly. I guess I should be thankful for all that DID get done today and not lament the growing "to do" list! I was able to walk the dog tonight, make chili for tomorrow's dinner (thanks to Nick's help), clear some papers off my desk, visit with some people at Eastgate about our Highpoint program, and clean off the kitchen counter. Yep, need to count my blessings!

But now I really need to get some sleep. And tomorrow will have enough of it's own worries. Time to pray and truly trust in the Lord! His promises endure.

Hawaii and Alaska

Remember playing the "license plate game" while traveling as a child? (Okay - some of us play it as adults, but you know what I mean.) I flipped out when I saw this Hawaii plate in a parking lot here in Minnesota a few weeks ago. It's only the second time in my life I've ever seen a Hawaii plate!

So then later that very same week, I was getting on the freeway and I saw an Alaska plate! Hawaii and Alaska in the same week - how crazy is that? Well, from the quality of this shot, it's obviously not as crazy as trying to use a camera while accelerating onto the freeway . . . No, my husband does not read my blog! Anyhow, I definitely do NOT recommend trying to take photos while going 60+ mph on 169. No crashes, fortunately, just a little extra heart-pounding.

I realize that the actual plate is illegible, so here's what Google images shows:

I've never been to either of these states, but I'd sure love to go! This was one of those fun, silly, serendipity moments.

I hate being crabby

It's 3:20 p.m. and I have had about a five minute lunch break today (after school was out) and everyone seems to need a piece of me and I'm getting crabby! I don't like it when I feel this way - it doesn't glorify God, it doesn't make me feel good, and it sure isn't pleasant for the people around me. It's so frustrating. Time for a walk, I think.

Okay. As always, the to-do list stretches farther than the clock allows me to go. Time to put on some uplifting music, get ready for tonight's parent event, and look to the most urgent priorities for tomorrow. I need to take walks more often. I can hear kids racing down the hall and it's 4:05 p.m. . . . Guess I ought to go be the responsible adult who tells them to behave.

Time and tiredness

Never enough time! And yesterday's conferences wore me out. So today I have lots to do and no energy to do anything. . . I am trying to stay calm and just take one thing at a time, but I feel like I'm a day late and a dollar short. And it's so sad to see kids not doing what they need to do!

Alex is my hero!

Today when I opened up to iGoogle, it was only open for a few seconds before it autochanged to a site I had never seen before (http://sitesure.com). I hit my home button and the same thing happened again. Louie was busy fixing the dishwasher, so I asked Alex to help. (Even though I had told him earlier to study / do homework. . . ). He was wonderful! He checked my antivirus software, ran a scan on my computer, then hit the geek archives for info. Apparently, Firefox doesn't like the "This Day in History" widget on the iGoogle page. I was so glad that he solved the problem! I just wonder why it happened today, when I've had that widget on my page for a month or so. Oh well, problem solved and my computer's not infected with some hideous virus! Yeah! Now what nice thing can I do for that great kid?

Winter Blahs

Well, I'm trying to think of some fun and crazy thing to do to spice things up at work. Any ideas for me? I love my job; I've just been feeling lately that I'd rather stay home than go. I suppose it's a good thing that we have President's Day weekend! Three days of . . . I'm not sure yet. A date with my husband tonight (yay!) and no alarm clock tomorrow morning. Sounds like Heaven!