Thanks Dave C!

He is the only one that is watching me I think! Nice job!

Ok, so today was BIZARRO- of course, I came home and found out it was a full moon- which totally explains it! My friends in the education world know this is true. School: it was as though every word out of my mouth was actually in CHINESE. Not one direction was followed- even when repeated in a more clear and concise manner. I could have been speaking in tongues for all they understood! ARGGGG! My altos in chamber choir this morning- well, at least they didn't sound BAD. The problem was that they didn't SOUND AT ALL! It was very frustrating, and I definitely was not in the mood to be inspiring- not a good combination!

OK, so I have a class of fabulous, popular, attractive, fun, and polite students. They are GREAT- a teacher's dream, right? Not so much. I gave them a quiz on the parts of the guitar- they had to label the parts, and on the back I had a bunch of sentences that explain what the parts do and they had to match them up. Ex: "The things you strum to create the sound on a guitar". Not difficult, right? Oh, and I forgot to mention- I GAVE THEM A COPY OF THE QUIZ 2 DAYS AGO! We went over it together. They had time to study in class before the test! Seriously?? Yeah, not good at all- I am making them take it again on Monday! Furious! I was grading them (while the kids were engaged in something else). I was like "Greg": first basemen is a part of the guitar?? REALLY??? "Mike": apple??? are you serious????

Grrrr! However! I came home, and my early birthday/valentine's day gift was on the stove. A beautiful le creuset 7 1/4 quart enamel covered cast iron pot with lid. I heard the angels singing. It is far more than a non gourmet and non-stay-at-home-mom should own! I am so excited to cook dinner tomorrow night to try it out- the cadillac of cookware! What would my friend Denise say? A man buys his wife a very expensive cooking vessel so that she can better serve him!.... Nah, Denise knows that it is to serve me and him, and our friends, and everyone I love to cook for! What a great gift!

Tomorrow, I will enjoy a LOVELY drive to harrisburg in the big rolling turd: courtesy of U Haul! ROAD TRIP! YAY!