I can't complain.
Yesterday afternoon, I and a couple other staff members took the 4th & 6th grades to volunteer for Blue Santa. We got to shop for needy families here in Austin. I had a better time than I thought I would and the kids enjoyed it too. It felt so good knowing I was doing something good for my community.
We had our Austin RWA party last night and it was great. I got to see some people I haven't seen in months and I got to know the names of some of the new faces that have popped into our meetings over the last few months.
My lesson plans for the rest of the days before winter break are pretty much finished. I'm hoping to get a lot of grading done this weekend. (Next week I'm planning to sketch out my January lesson plans & work on report cards.)
I finished that kids' book, The Cay. It's by Theodore Taylor and it was AWESOME!! On my prep period today, I took the book and my cloak (Scottish, with the colors of the Black Watch) and I sat out front in the garden and sunshine. It was perfect and I was so relaxed for the rest of the day.
Another round of Christmas shopping tonight and I think I can safely say I'm almost done. Except for 1 or 2 people, I either have everything or I know what I'm getting them.
Busy weekend ahead, but you don't need all the details. Let's just say lots more Christmas stuff, a peek with my sister-in-law at Brad Pitt's newest movie, grading, and applying for my new passport!!! The post office is having a Passport fair, so I can take care of it now and not have to worry about it anymore for my summer trip to the British Isles!
I hope you all are doing well, staying sane and enjoying every maddening moment of this holiday season!
3 comments:
Hi Christine, I didn't know that you had a blog! If I did I would have looked at it sooner! Hope that you are well, we all are. I'm off to Edinburgh for the weekend tommorrow (I know how you love Scotland!) Read your bit on Tami Dee and it was really great! Take care x
Hey, Leanne! What a wonderful surprise! Shoot me an e-mail and let me know what you're all up to. Thanks for stopping by.
Blue Santa sounds like a wonderful thing.
And there's no fun in staying sane around the holidays - it's the only time you have an excuse to be weird.
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