Saturday morning brain dump

This weekend is the last for The Boy's snowboarding team and the end of my spring break, so we borrowed Mr IM's cousin's condo for a few days and stayed in the mountains.  Early this morning we saw a lunar eclipse--that was cool!

I had a lovely breakfast of coffee and little donuts (I shared with the kids and the mister before they headed up the mountain).  I'm going to miss you little donuts...see you next ski season!
















Hanging out in the mountains means that I get to hang out in the fabulous Breckenridge library for the day today, while the family gets in one last day of skiing.  They are trying to hit 1,000,000 vertical feet as a family for the season...and they should get there today. And I have a lovely view of the mountain and St.  Mary's.  I am seriously procrastinating on the long list of school work that needs to be done....but that's what evenings are for, right?












Last weekend I was able to spend the day with a good friend who now lives out of state (boo)....as usual, there are no pictures of me with adults, but I did have fun taking selfies with her son and niece :)
















When I get back to school on Monday, I'll have 8 weeks of school, then summer.  I guess that means I should get going on the garden soon!  I did plant some seeds in the seed starter/greenhouse in the living room--hopefully they will survive us being gone for a couple days. Don't worry, I put the cover on before we left!














It is also volleyball season again, so you can all look forward to lots of posts from inside a gym.  So far they've won game and lost one...so it's all good....

That's all for now...I'm off to find one last Empire Burger for the season!

Things I could do better

February is hard.  It is a time of self-doubt and loathing (of ourselves and everyone else) for many of us in education....I think I wrote a post about that last year.  I promise I'm not suffering from too much self-doubt and loathing, just a little self-evaluation prompted not by the February blahs, but by Lent.  Many years ago I participated in a Bible Study where we discussed how to add more to our Lent to make it more meaningful.  These are some of my random thoughts of things I can add or improve ( and maybe a little self-doubt and loathing...)

1.  Meal prep.  Seriously, do all of you who post on Facebook really make all your meals for the week on Sunday afternoon?  Really?  When do you get the grocery shopping done?  Egads...really, meals in general have been a struggle lately...I would really love for someone to just cook for me for a week.  I found myself obsessing over what to cook for dinner at 9 am this morning during US History.  Tonight we had soup that Mr. IM made on Sunday afternoon for the 3rd straight night (and, if you don't count breakfast, the 5th straight meal) for me...Ugh.
2.  Cleaning.  Ugh.  Including the dirty dishes from the non-existent meals.
3.  Blogging.  Yes, yes, I was listening when you said you enjoyed my blog.  (Thank you) but then I read ther people's and I wish I had the guts to write about certain things and the creativity to write about others.
4.  Keeping in touch with family and friends.  I used to be the world's best letter writer.  Really, I was.  I even sent birthday cards, by mail, to everyone I'd ever met (almost).  Now, if it wasn't for Facebook, some of you would never hear from me (sorry).
5.  Prayer list.  I need to find my prayer journal and use it again--it did keep me more focused.  A lot of my praying these days is happening in the car during my commute, which is good in a way, but sometimes feels rushed and unfocused (because I am focusing on driving, in theory)
6. Not yelling at the children and the dog.  Ugh.  This one has been tough this week.  The dog is out of control, the children at my house are driving me nuts and the students at school are right behind them....I am really struggling with patience (and I know it, which frustrates me).  Tonight the children are in their rooms, even though it is only 7 pm, because it was just too much.  And if that dog digs one more hole in the yard, I am not responsible for my actions.
7.  Patience, patience, patience.  Enough said.
8.  Exercising every day.
9.  Creative lesson plans for my support lab.  Just keeping up with the paperwork I've created for myself is wearing me down this week.  I need to simplify.
10.  Stepping away from electronics and doing something else.  Maybe take up knitting or cross stitch again?

Sigh...Ok, I feel better after sharing...so thank you all for listening....