Well, time really flies right by when you're insanely busy doesn't it? November and December were here and gone without a single blog post.... how did that happen you ask? Well with 12 credits, new assignments and responsibilities at work and the never ending craziness that comes with being a parent to two very busy children and all of the sudden it's a new year!
November was a short month school wise due to teacher in service days and then the Thanksgiving break. Turkey day was a good one for the family, we ate too much and enjoyed the numerous football games that were on, and got to spend time with the family.
December was also short, Christmas break and New Years will do that to you. Throw in the fact that we had to prepare for the Holiday concert here at school and things were crazy. I have to say though the concert was wonderfully done. We have a new music teacher here at the school and he is doing wonderful things with the 3rd-12th grades. They did an amazing job. And the K-2 music teacher got together with me and we were able to do some Hawaiian inspired holiday things to spice things up. She was in charge of the music and songs and I worked on the folk dance portion. With the help of my dance teacher of 14 years who choreographed a Hawaiian dance for the kids we were able to come up with something quite special for the kids to preform. I also taught my kindergarten students how to do the chicken dance and they mastered shaking their tail feathers beautifully for the concert.
Enter Christmas break that was not at all what we had planned, but we made it through somehow. It started with my son breaking out in a horrible rash all over his thigh the first night we were on break. After taking him to the doctor we found out that he had shingles.... seriously! We've always said that he has an old man's soul, now I guess that he has an old man's disease as well. I have found that shingles can happen to kids, though it's rare only about 2% of all shingles cases are in children, at least that's what my research is telling me, I'm no doctor though so what do I know? So we spent several days with him lying on the couch and not wanting to move at all. Getting him to eat and drink when we could and keeping a cold compress on his thigh as it seemed to be the only thing that was actually bringing any relief. On Christmas eve he did feel good enough to move around so we headed to my parents for presents and food and fun. Then around 2 am I woke up with a horrible stomach flu. Good bye to Christmas morning traditions, hello to mom laying in the bathroom all day. NOT fun! Then just when I think that we're starting to do better and may be able to actually squeeze something fun into the few days that ended the year my daughter got a fever and now has a sinus infection.
On the up side.... 12 more credits are now under my belt and I did manage to get straight A's yet again. :) I don't know how I was able to do it, given all the stress I was under this last semester, but I did it! Yahoo!!
Now it's 2013 and it's going to be a great year... I hope! :) I'll be taking only 9 credits this semester so hopefully that will give me more time to focus on my resolutions. They include drinking more water and eating more fruit.... and tackling one major house project a month. I think they're doable goals.... here's to happy thinking! :)
Hope everyone had a great holiday.... what are your resolutions?!
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