Latest picture of Trixie

Here's Trixie Jane, my little yorkie puppy. She's the larger one on the left. The other puppy is my mother's new yorkie puppy, Kiki. She's about 13 weeks old now. Trixie is 5 months old.

The school year that will never end

I am usually a very patient person. Lately I've been on edge with everyone. I try to not get cranky, but I am very cranky these days. I think it's just the end of school year stress with the additional stress of trying to pack up my room and move it next door while that teacher packs up and moves to my room. I want to be done by 2:30 pm on the 9th. That will give me the afternoon to celebrate with my coworkers and evening to pack for Florida. I want to leave on the 10th, but I may just take a day at home to sleep in and be a vegetable, then leave on the 11th. My main goal is to not hit Atlanta at rush hour.

THE CALL OF THE POOL

Well, the pool is calling. I hooked up the new filter/pump and am currently running it. I skimmed the top of the pool to get the leaves and other debris out. I still need to vacuum the bottom, but I know the water is just too cold. I bought a new solar blanket and have the pool covered. I still need to fill it a little more, but will do that once I have the bottom clean. This has been such a cold spring that pool chores I normally would have done aren't.

I have opened up the house to air it out. I had the furnace turned off for about a week, then the frigid weather returned. I just turned the furnace off again. I'm not going to turn it on until next winter! Last year I turned it off the 3rd week of March and didn't turn it on again until the 3rd week of November.

I finished up my IEP's this past week. I can now start packing up my classroom to move it next door. The second grade teacher and I are switching rooms. This way both second grades will be next door to each other. I'll have an end room with more storage and more square footage. YIPPEE!!!!!! I will also have one solid wall. Both of my side walls are folding walls and are difficult to "decorate" around. It ought to be fun to come up with a new floorplan. I'm going to get rid of my 3 small file cabinets and buy one tall file cabinet with a good lock. That will make my life much easier and give me more floorspace.

Well, better get to my housework. It's not going to do itself.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

We had a little program on our school's "news" show that is televised every Monday by our 5th graders. It was pretty cute. Yes, and the cafeteria served tacos.

Bindi's feeling much better. It took my son and I to wrestle her to clean the port and the area around the port today. We finally had to muzzle her and my son basically had to lay on her while I cleaned the area with hydrogen peroxide. She's got another 2 weeks with the drain port.

I figured out how to spend my PTO money. I have accrued about $235 over the past few years. This year the PTO has decided to take the money back and put it back into their general budget if teachers don't spend it. So, I'm buying a kidney shaped table for my classroom. Next year most of my kids will be in wheelchairs and won't be able to sit at desks. With the kidney shaped table I can position the kids around the table and I can sit on the opposite side and work with the kids. The best thing about getting a table through the PTO is that it belongs to my classroom. If the district ever moves the program out of our building I can take the table with.

I talked with my mom tonight. She was telling me how cute Trixie, the little yorkie, is getting. I heard her barking and growling at her 1/2 sister (my mom's dog). I can't wait to meet her. I also told my mom we'd go looking for a puppy for her dog as a playmate. My mom's other dog is 14 years old and isn't all that playful anymore.

Poor Bindi

I had to take Bindi, the dalmatian, to the vet again today. She's running a fever and not eating. Her ears are both infected. The right ear flap needed to be drained again. She had bloodwork to see if she has pancreatitis. I'll get those results tomorrow. If it's not pancreatitis, then we have to do an x-ray of her stomach. If she's got a blockage, then she'll probably have to be put to sleep. She will not tolerate another surgery. I'm sick to my stomach about it and really depressed. It's a sad state of affairs when I hope that she does have pancreatitis.