Can't think of a title....

So today one of my kids who is known to be a terror decided to pull a girl's pants and underwear down and start smacking her bare butt. Seeing how it was a pretty major offence, I knew I had to tell his dad when he came to get the kid. His dad is kinda rough looking and I used to be really intimidated by him. I still am a little bit, but I've seen a softer side of him when he's interacting with his son so it makes it a little easier to talk to him. But it's still scary to tell him when Devin's been bad because I never know quite how he's going to react. Well, today I told him what happened, and it was really hard to keep a straight face. Because it was bad, and his dad got upset and made him apologize, but at the same time he was laughing. But what made it really hard not to laugh was that while we were standing there talking, he was flossing his teeth. I mean, I didn't know if I should ignore it (I did) or make fun of him. (I almost did.) Really, what's a girl to do? And on a completely different subject, next week I am going to take a hospice volunteer training course. It's four hours long on Tuesday and Thursday which I'm not too excited about, but when I talked to the lady about it on the phone today it sounded really neat. (Once I get past the training.) I kept reading about it in the paper and it just really intrigued me. So I'm going to give it a try. Tomorrow I'm going to give blood. I'm kind of excited. Hey I just noticed they finally changed the bulliten board in the kids section of the library. Up until now it was still decorated for Halloween. Now it's "Round up a Good Book" with a dog riding a horse. I think I could do better. Anyways....

I know, I know

It's been forever. At least forever. Maybe longer. I guess my life just isn't as exciting as is used to be and it's harder to find things worth mentioning. Maybe I'll do different colors again like I used to in effort to jazz things up a bit. We had Sara's baby shower on Saturday which was a smashing success. Her and Melissa's parents and brother and sister came down and it's always fun to spend time with all of them. We've been having problems at work. We've had this epidemic of children saying the f-word. I don't know what their deal is. One of the parents got upset when we used soap, so now we use pepper. We're just not quite sure what to do about it. Tonight when I was at the gym I was on the treadmill and watching Wheel of Fortune. The category was On the Map. And the place on the map was Peoria Illinois. I almost gave a shout out, but I decided not too. But it was kinda random. I got my federal tax return today. Ten dollars. I know. Don't be jealous. I plan to go on a shopping spree with all my extra money this weekend. I'm thinking I could hit up Wal-Mart or something. Now there's an idea that's new and different. All right well I think that's about all for now. I hope you all are having a wonderful week. I've noticed a drastic drop in the number of comments I've been getting. So a big thank you to the few faithful readers I have left. I love you all.

So.. no pictures

Yes, I went home and had every intention of putting my pictures onto my parents computer. But about the time I crossed the Ohio River into Illinois, I realized that I forgot the cord that attatches my computer to my camera. I'm sure that cord has a name but I just really don't know what it is. Robey gave me his thinking it would work, but it didn't. But my uncle Brad came to the rescue with his computer. He could just stick my memory card in there and put them on his computer and then onto a CD for me. I guess I would have had time on Saturday afternoon, but a nap just really sounded like more fun. So that's what I did. For three hours. It was just beautiful. Letsseee..... oh here's a story. Last Sunday (the 1st) we were at Sarah and Kerwins after church for pizza. Jessica was trying to get her homework done and Amber was doing nothing but get in the way. So I took Amber and we went on a little walk. We were just getting back and I said "It's good we're back I just felt a raindrop." Then I looked down at my hand and it weren't no raindrop. Yes, something pooped on my hand. I don't think it was a bird. It was pretty little and it was brown, not white. I was just glad it hit my hand and not my head. Last Wednesday instead of having church we cleaned the church. It had been awhile. And yours truly had the glorious job of scrubbing the walls behind the urinals. Last night we did the fellowship hall. I had a much better experience. But now I'm feeling very hungry and I need to go to Wal-Mart so I'm going to go. Tootles!

Another Amazing Trip

Well, Jamaica has come and gone for another year. Always a sad thing. Another countdown has started for next year. Only what- 358 days until Blast off? But yes, it was incredible- again. I made it to Nashville safe and sound and checked into the airport about 4:30 in the morning. My flights were all uneventful and I landed in Kingston about 10:30. I was one of the first ones through immigration and by the time I was out, my luggage was waiting for me. I was the first one through customs and so it just really didn't take long at all to get outside and wait for Maria Lawrence (the school principal) to pick me up. Well, she didn't know for sure what time I was getting in, mixed with lunch hour traffic Jamaica style, mixed with the national cricket tournament being held in Kingston so I sat outside until noon. But I wasn't scared or nothing. It was kinda fun to just sit and watch people. But I was glad to see her show up by the time she finally got there. I worked for about 10 minutes on Monday. But right after I got to the worksite it started pouring down rain and they were done for the day. Tuesday and Wednesday were big days. We poured a second story floor and in order to beat the rain we got up at 4:30 both mornings so we could be done by mid afternoon. So it was kind of intense for me anyways. I was thankful for the 9:30 lights out. Thursday was our Ocho Rios day. It was all right I guess. It rained off and on all day and there were a handful of us who just really had the been there done that attitude and weren't too excited. But it turned out okay. We just sat on the beach and played euchre and then went up to the market and walked around for awhile. Thursday night was the Hands of Praise program. Always a tear jerker. Followed by our ice cream party that we always have with the kids. They know who we are and they look forward to it every year. Every year we help get ready for their big track and field day but we never are around to see it. But this year it all worked out so that's what we did on Friday. It was so much fun. It's a really big deal for the kids. They have Spirit week and take their races very seriously. And they're all really good runners. They all come out in their best tennis shoes, but then end up taking them off to run. And they're fast. Really fast. I'm sure if I raced them they would lap me several times. Friday night we were able to stay up late and enjoy our last night. Saturday our flight didn't leave until early afternoon so we were able to get up about 8, have breakfast, clean up a little and just relax for a little while. Except for the Gridley group who had to work because they left yesterday. I'm at the library so I have to cut this short. But as all of you who have been on work trips know, you just can't describe it to someone. Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures this weekend when I'm home for Easter. I'm am ever so thankful for a short work week! Okay I really gotta go.

Wedding Blues

Well, here I am in Illinois. I got to spend the night at Queenwood last night. That's where I am right now. A few of us got to hang out with Meika last night while Jake had his bachelor supper. So that was fun. I have a terrible confession. Earlier this week I was in tears because I didn't want to come up here. I just wanted to change my plane ticket and leave for Jamaica on Friday like I was supposed to. But now that I'm here and have seen Meika I'm glad I didn't. This is what I was supposed to do. I guess I don't really have much to say but I just felt the urge to post. Here's my plans for Sunday. After the reception (look for me at the guestbook) I'm going back to my parents to sleep for awhile then I'll get up and leave around 9 or 9:30 and drive to Nashville. I'm flying out of there because that's where I'll want to end up on the way back. My plane leaves at six in the morning so I need to be there at like 4. So it kinda makes for a wierd schedule but I guess ya gotta do what ya gotta do. All right I'm going to go get ready for the day now. We'll talk in a week or so!

Yawn....

Wow. Has it really been a week already since I posted? There goes my goal of posting more than once a week. I really would do a better job of it if it was for our stinking dial up that takes forever and usually won't let me post even when I try. Well let's see. Here's my week. My mom was here from Saturday afternoon until Tuesday evening. Dad is in Haiti and she's on Spring Break so she came down for a visit. And while she was here I conned her into subbing at the preschool while Melissa is in Biloxi. It was fun. The kids really have been pretty good considering Melissa's gone and we've had three different subs. Until today at naptime. Oh my word. We always make all the kids go to the bathroom before nap. I mean, that's a no brainer. I don't know if I skipped over Brady accidentally or if he was just causing trouble, but about the time they were all finally settled down, he yells out "I just peed myself." So I went and changed him. Mind you, all the lights are out and kids are laying all over the floor on their mats trying to go to sleep. So I sent him back to his mat which somehow didn't get wet and laid back down. I had Brailyn laying next to me and he has no excuse for having an accident. He's been potty trained for a long time. But guess what. He peed himself. So I get up again (meanwhile Devin who is on the other side of me is flipping around turning somersaults on his mat) and go to change Brailyn. While I was digging his clean clothes out (in the dark), Zion, who is five and also has no excuse for an accident decided to pee himself too. I was so ticked. Brady might not have done it on purpose. But I'm almost positive that Brailyn and Zion meant to. But they got dry and fresh and laid back down. If they try and pull that one again I just might make them lay in it the whole naptime. It really was ridiculous. And before we even cut the lights off, Ronnie was taking his turn in the bathroom. Ronnie is a child who is very much.... out there. He's five. He comes out, pants at his ankles and says "Miss Sarah it won't work." I'm thinking the toilet won't work because we've had a lot of problems with it. I asked him what wouldn't work and he says "My pee pee. It won't let the pee come out of it." Seriously sometimes I wonder why I ever went to school for this. Next week I'm going to be helping Kerwin and Sarah deep clean their house in Tennessee before they move to Athens and I'm going to be packing for Meika's wedding and Jamaica so I might not make it to the library to give you all the exciting update on my life. But we'll see. Until I do though... ta ta!

Tornado Days?

Well I've been trying to post since about Tuesday night but our computer is so slow that it never lets me and the library was closed on Thursday which is one of the late nights where I can get here on time. But now it's Saturday, the library is open and I have time to sit down and post. Let's see.... I went home last weekend. It was very emotional for lots of different reasons that I don't feel like going over again because this week has been pretty good. Tuesday night we went up to Kerwin and Sarah's for supper. Melissa's parents are spending the month of March in Biloxi and they stopped by on their way down so we went up to see them. Thursday was our tornado day. You probably heard about it. There was a huge storm system come through and all the county schools closed early and so we did too. The kids were gone by noon. We ended up just getting mostly rain but south of us they got it bad. A tornado hit a high school in the southeastern part of the state and at least five kids died and maybe up to eight kids. It's really sad. So any thought I had about people being too cautious and being too quick to close schools were kind of thrown out the window. Don't get me wrong- I'm not complaining. It was great to be done early for once. Yesterday was pretty crazy. A lot of times I go to bed late on Thursday's thinking that I'll be fine cause tomorrow's Friday. But I need to learn that Friday is our huge day when all the kids come and it's absolutely nuts. But I usually survive. I have this kid in my class who, let's see- how can a put it nicely, has a severe case of childhood obesity and a pretty bad speech impetiment. He's either really funny and sweet or really annoying. No in betweens with him. He comes up to me out of the blue and says "Miss Sarah, I want to be a go getter!" It just kind of struck me funny to hear the fat kid who can't talk right be the one to tell me that. Okay my computer is about ready to kick me off so I gotta go.