The Countdown Begins

Well since we are officially in the month of March I have started my "Spring Break Countdown".  Only 22 days until the first day of freedom! Here are my goals:
1) Finish the renovation of my son's room that I started 4 years ago (I know that IS bad)
2) Catch up on my reading for pleasure
3) Leave all my schoolwork at school

I will have to add to that list as the Countdown continues but I want to keep some of my time free.  For now I only have 6 days to get my class ready for FCAT.

Another Day

Well today is a brand new day, the funk has lifted for the most part. Spent some time in the ER with my mother and my younger brother. Poor guy, so many health problems for a young guy (31 yrs old). It's such a helpless feeling when someone you love is in pain and there's nothing you can do to make them feel even the slightest bit more comfortable.  After an x-ray and a CT scan they sent him home with a prescription for Librax. He could still hardly stand up from the pain he was in and the nurse gave me attitude about getting a wheelchair for him. Now it's two hours later and he feels even worse!

I need to start getting some lesson plans together for the week and start getting ready for bed.

It's Been a Very Long Time

I can't believe I forgot all about my blog! It's been soooo long since I've posted but today I've had a lot on my mind. I've been in a kind of funk since yesterday.  My oldest teen is now 18 and getting ready to leave for college in Jacksonville this summer and my other will be 15 this summer.  The two of them are giving a run for my money lately.That's several posts in and of themselves.

Since I last posted, I have become "obsessed" with NCIS.  Absolutely love Mark Harmon! We even have the same birthday, September 2nd. Don't worry, I'm not one of those "stalker types" LOL.

The thing that I'm struggling the most with these days is the fact that one of my children has "come out". It's not that I am not accepting this news, but at times I have a hard time letting go of all the things I thought would happen in the future. Up to today I felt like I was handling it "ok". A couple of weeks ago some teachers at work were discussing how they knew one of their relatives kids were going to end up "coming out" and how the relative who was a born again Christian would react. They seemed to think the reaction would be comical. For some reason that has stuck with me and the wheels in my head won't stop turning. If they only knew what gut wrenching experience that can be and how hard it is to reconcile your hopes and dreams with a different reality-not a worse reality, just an unplanned one.

One thing that is not different from what I had planned is how much I will always love her.