But you really don't know "the rest of the story".

Well, the ladies in their sun dresses and bonnets will be around to pick up my garbage today. I hope they don't get a run in their hose. It rained last night and I wish I would have put my bags out last night so they would be wet and heavy today for the bastards.

Isn't it great to start the day with such a sunny attitude.

Ok, so we had some rain last night and it is going to be nice the rest of the day. I think it is supposed to be nice the rest of the week and into the long weekend. I am planning on going to Exeter Sunday morning and come back Monday sometime. We will be in no hurry to leave Monday, Jess doesn't have practice until 7pm.

Life is moving along very quickly right now. Work is still the same mess it has been for the last couple months. The kids are practicing every night and the first HS football game is Friday here at home. Jess have a exhibition scrimmage against Ogden Friday night here in the gym before the football game. I think her match is at 5:15.

I really don't have any thing planned for Saturday. I need to cut the grass and maybe work on prepping for my classes Monday and Tuesday. Four hours is long time to have a class so the prep is always time consuming.

I have a meeting this morning and then some scheduled work this afternoon. It seems like there are not enough hours in the day to get all that I need to get done....done. I guess you just do what you can and go at it day to day. The biggest obstacle is attitude. It is hard to stay positive when you are working like a dog and people act like you aren't getting things done. They just don't know all of the things we HAVE done, it just might not be the thing THEY wanted. With 300 staff members, we can't fix everything in a day or even a week. (Take a breath Rich)

Ok, off to start the day.

I really can't think of a good title today

I think we might get a little rain today. It is actually a good thing because we haven't had rain in a long time and the grass is starting to burn up. A little rain will be good.

Class went well last night. I have 11 people signed up but only 9 people were in class. It is going to be a pretty good group. Most of the students didn't have their books because there was a computer issue at the bookstore and they were unable buy them. I got my books about 40 minutes before class so I had to rush and put together the rest of my lesson plan.

I kept the class until about 9:20 so I was home a little after 10. It is good to be done with classes for the week.

Drew went to the orthodontist yesterday and needs braces but first they have to put in spacers because his teeth are coming in behind the others.

My tenants paid a little rent yesterday and are going to pay a little more at the end of the week. They are still down about $125 for this month and the first is just around the corner. They are yet to pay the deposit.

Work is still busy but that isn't new. I hope that we get a big chunk of issues resolved by the end of the week.

Off to start again!

Is this some sort of cosmic prank?

So I was able to get a better night sleep last night. I took the melatonine and that seemed to do the trick. I slept from 9 until 4 so that is much, much better.

Yesterday was very, very busy with Nancy being gone most of the day. It was one of those days where you work like crazy but never seem to get much accomplished.

I had my first class last night and it was a bust! It started when I realized I didn't have any of the teacher's material that usually comes with the book. I didn't have the presentations or the quiz generator or any of the things that make my life a bit easier. So I work most of the weekend getting that stuff ready and doing it all from scratch.

As class time approaches, we lose our Internet connection. A line got cut or something in Adel and it knocked out our Internet, the cable TV in town and some phone lines. The connection was necessary for about half of my class activities so I am already in a hurt.

We start class and I am going over the material and I start to talk about the books and the CD's that go with them when I notice they don't have the same CD's I do. Upon a closer look, THEY SENT ME THE WRONG TEXTBOOK!!!! ALL of the stuff I had planned for class just went up in smoke. No Internet connection, different book, so the assignment I was planning on giving them they could not possible do because they had a different book.

In the end we talked about class a bit and I let them go home. I have to go through this again tonight so I need to contact DMACC today to see if I can get a copy of the correct books for class. UGH!

It can only get better from here.....right?

Nothing cures insomnia like the realization that it's time to get up.

So the melatonin has been a great help and this weekend I didn't take it and slept pretty well. Last night, however; was a much different story. I went to bed around 9:30 and was up at 1:30. I have been up ever since. It is tough when you get up like that because it is really to late to take a sleep aid. I teach class tonight and it is supposed to last until 10. I imagine I will sleep pretty well tonight.

I have the coffee going and the hotter the better.

This is the first full week of school. Nancy is gone today for training so I will be in the office all by myself.

I have a meeting this morning with the superintendent but other than that I plan to work in my office.

I am anticipating letting my class out early tonight. For one, I don't have the instructor material so I am not able to do the pretest that I wanted to do. I also don't have any of the presentations or handouts that go along with the book. Second, the first day is always kind of a drag because you can't really cover stuff they haven't read about yet. It is probably most least favorite day of class.

So I am starting to diet today. I went for a walk/jog this morning and it went pretty well. It was actually kind of good to get out after laying in my bed looking at the ceiling for a few hours. Did I mention late night TV suck!

I can feel myself starting to get a little tired so I think this is going to be a long day. Maybe I will come home for lunch and take a little nap.

Mom- What is your plans for the long weekend? We are looking at coming to Exeter but wanted to check with what your work schedule looks like.

Off to "zombie" my way through the day!