Besides that, we just have so much to do in the office that I have been going in at 6:30 instead of 7:30 and dragging home around 5 everyday!
The beginning of the school year brings a new set of parents into the picture. Parents who have never been here or any school and have to learn the way a school operates, from traffic to how to communicate with us and to follow procedure. We also have parents who have never been at our school, either because they are coming from another school in our district (no more transfer request... gotta go to the school closest to your residence), or from another town or another state
Along with my week, we had a friend in need so we offered a roof over her head for a few days. Remember Judy, road trip Judy, who went with me to Nita's last May? Judy had a job offer that she couldn't refuse. She works as a End of Life Care Giver. It's really her passion.
Last Saturday Judy had a job interview with the family of an elderly lady who has a brain tumor. They loved her and hired her on the spot. She will be personal assistant for both the lady and her husband. She started work on Wednesday. The problem was, she lives in Tyler and would have to get up at the crack of midnight to get to NW Dallas every morning. So we offered a room until the family has her room set up at their new home. So we had a guest for a few days. A few of her days were very long and tiring for her.
Then to top that off Jody had a shut down at work Thursday, he went in at 4AM and got home around 9:30PM. We are totally off our sleep right about now.
Here's hoping that this coming week is VERY laid back. The heat is also still over 100 so that's sapping our energy too.
But I wasn't too sapped to go to a weaving class at Jacob's Reward Farm on Saturday. Go to Cindy's blog to check it out. I've been having elbow problems so I'm hoping this will take a little stress off the knitting.
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| The Little Red Barn was set up with looms and easels on tables when I got there. |
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| It's a 30 inch tri-loom! So easy to use. |
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| This was triangle number 2! |
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| Close-up view. |
9 comments:
Wish I could say that I know what you are going to do with the triangles now, but honsestly, I don't have a clue. I do know that the colors are BEAUTIFUL woven and that does look like some fun...even to me.
You have been a busy girl. Training teachers and parents is a big job. The kids are the bonus.
Hospice workers are total angels in my book. I think you have to be born to do that well. We have had such a good experience with them, sadly.
Good luck this week. (Gracie is so pretty.)
Lovely! That's a pretty colourway, too. I'd like to try a tri-loom some time. Looks like there's no loom waste.
You were at that class? I saw it on their blog. It looked like it was a lot of fun. I've always wanted to try that trianble loom weaving. It looks like a LOT of fun!
I like your newest picture at the top of your blog. Your kitty is so pretty!...especially on that blue.
@ME, just wait and see what I make with these little triangles, it's so cool. These looms are on the same idea as those little square ones we used as kids to make potholders. Super easy.
@Trudi, I'm surprised you haven't tried one, but then again, you are so talented with a REAL loom. This would probably bore you to death.
@Cindy, Like I said... so easy, a kid could do it... a really young kid.
Gracie was doing yoga with me one morning out on the deck.
I almost bought a cat exactly like the hammock cat that you have. Two weeks ago, I saw this lovely ball of fur in a cage at the vet's office and came within inches of buying him. I wish that I had. I'm alone most of the time and having that companionship might help on those nights when the loneliness is overpowering.
His name was Gilbert and he should be curled up in my bed right now, waiting for me to nod off with.
I should go back to see if he's still there. What the hell, I'm still here.
@B, If it was a Birman it was an awesome cat. Google the breed. They are more like dogs than cats, not needy, not meowy, really cool. You should go back to get it. Cats are good for you. Just touching them brings calm into your life, unless you are Duder.
And Cindy, that's me in the picture from Jacob's Reward blog, the one with the back of my head and I'm working on the white weaving.
I wanna work at your school! We have the same situations, and then add no English to the mix and well.....!
We have all the kindergartners and their wonderful? parents wait outside a special door and when the bell rings the teachers let them in. Well, you always have a handful that feel they are above the rest and insist on lurking in the halls.
This morning as we were waiting for the bell, and kindly asking parents to PLEASE follow the rules and wait outside, a woman came up behind me with her daughter and said, " How long am I going to have to do this, cuz I'm tired of it!" This was day 2 of school.
I slowly turned around, looked her in the eye, and patiently said, " Until you get it right."
@Red, we had been a Bi-lingual school for the past 6 years. Now we are ESL with our PK program. It's like every year you have an new family or two that you have to train to understand that they are NOT royalty. Not that we'd treat royalty any different. We even have some who claim to be actual princes and princesses from Africa. And to that we say "great for you, now if you would please let me scan your driver's license so we may print you a visitor's pass...."
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