Bring on the Holidays!

This school year has flown by, but the last two weeks before Christmas break have just dragged on and on.  I am now ready for the break.  Holidays now are a bit bittersweet.  I enjoy the time as a family that we have together, but mom and dad have aged much in the last year and I know that this Christmas could be the last one we have together, or at least where we can enjoy each other. 

All of our other family is now scattered hither and yon, and soon to be even more scattered.  All of them have their own family now and it is fun to hear about their experiences with their kids, but we miss them and miss seeing the kids grow up.I guess that is just the way it goes. Life gets in the way sometime.
I get more reflective now.  I realize now more than ever the gift of God's love to us.   The blessings I have enjoyed throughout many years, are now just memories of the goodness of the Lord. 
Still, the house is decorated, the lights are up and we are singing Christmas carols and there are more memories yet to be made.

Blogging By the Wayside...

Well it seems to me that I have let my blogging go by the wayside.  Nope haven't blogged a bit since the school year started.  Guess I should make time to do it.  This school year is going much better than last since I know what I am doing now.  That always helps.  There is so much to do though to keep current with school work and grading student work, that by the time I check in on facebook, play a few games of Bejeweled Blitz I rarely want to do anything else on the computer.  Maybe later I'll become inspired to write, but for now, not so much.

Another school year is almost upon me. I can't believe it will be my 26th year for all of this. I must say though, I am having a real hard time getting motivated. ( and have been for several years, now) I enjoy the interaction with my students. That is not the problem, I guess I am tired of all the extra stuff we have to go through to teach these days. Lesson plans must be written in certain formats, and updated and organized. I guess if I was one of those teachers who was uber organized and did the same things every year this would not be a challenge,
I just looked at the files on my computer from last year and created folders for each of the classes I teach. I had saved everything, just not in files and certainly not in any chronological order. Well, since it was my first time teaching those subjects I would call what I did last year pretty unorganized anyway. This year I have a much better handle on things, at least that is what I am telling myself. I have a good idea of what worked and what didn't, or at least that is what I am telling myself.

47 is just a number

47 is just a number, right? I just celebrated my 47th birthday yesterday and it was a very good day. Lots of well wishes from many friends. The only thing that bothered me about this birthday is that it is only 3 years away from 50. Yes, 50!



I can remember celebrating friends 50th birthdays, they were so much older to me than I am now. I have to say that I do feel my age more physically, but not mentally, mentally I still feel the way I did when I was in college. I guess that is the way it is supposed to be.



Anyway, that is enough worrying about that, I won't be 50 for another 3 years, so for now I am just going to continue with 47.