Long Weekend

I had yesterday off because I was sick. Jonathan was a car rider since I wasn't there, and I went through the traffic line, just like everyone else, to get him. It's always a bit interesting and fun to pretend to be a regular mother and go through the line like all the other moms and dads. Jonathan likes it, too, I think. Anyway, I let Richard pick up Alyssa when he got off so Jonathan and I could have some time together. I asked Jonathan what he learned that day, and he said, "I learned two things." I thought, "Great! He actually is going to tell me something meaningful." Then he said he learned how to shoot a rubberband and a new rhyme. The rubberband shooting was a lesson he got from one of the intervention teachers who had pulled him out for benchmark testing. I asked him if it was his idea or hers, and he said it might have been both of their ideas at the same time (what a gentleman to not sell her out! - she was impressed when I teased her about it today). And, the rhyme was not a poem from class, but rather one of those childhood rhymes that we really shouldn't type here. So, you can imagine how my heart beamed with pride.........NOT! It is funny, however, to watch him just being a kid.

Well, my weekend started today around lunch time, and it has been great so far. We had a workday, but if you worked through lunch, you could leave at 1:00. So, that's what I did. I spent 5 hours today cleaning up the library and bookroom, dispersing materials, and reorganizing a ton of stuff. There were plenty of us to help, and the time went by very quickly.

Anyway, as soon as I got off, the kids and I went to see my mom and grandmother. She's finally home, so that's a blessing. We spent an hour and a half visiting and playing board games/puzzles. It was nice to see them both and see my grandmother in her own home again.

We have Monday off, so that is a blessing. I've got a long list of things around the house I want to do, and finally I've got more time to do them. Since I spent all last weekend resting from my cold, I have a TON of laundry to catch up on. I've done some this week, but there's a lot to do. So, LAUNDRY MARATHON! Woohoo! And, the boys have to sand and paint their pinewood derby cars. They have been working on them, but I think Richard is more excited than Jonathan at this point. Maybe after Jonathan experiences the race he'll be more excited about it next year.

Richard has to attend a funeral this weekend, though, and I guess I will stay home and watch the kids - they really shouldn't go. One of our substitutes passed away suddenly this last week. He's an older gentleman and a veteran. He had terminal cancer and was given only a few months to live. But, that's not what got him in the end. He was on his way to Richard's school to sub for the day, and he had a heart attack and died before he left home. It is very sad, but it might have been God's way of saving him from the suffering that was coming with the disease.