My week

Monday- Went back to work after having two weeks off for break. Things seemed very noisy in the halls after having a fairly quite time off. Monday night the Boise State Broncos played in the Fiesta Bowl and there was going to be a family gathering at the Black's house. It was a potluck dinner, so I went to Subway to get a sandwich to be on the safe side. As I was waiting for my chicken to heat up two very good looking guys walked in. The employee helped them while he waited for my chicken. After the chicken was warm, he asked what I wanted on the sandwich. I said, "Just lettuce." He said, "How boring." One of the cute guys said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I should have said, my phone number's broke, can you fix it? Oh well, missed that opportunity. Then I went to Grammie and Pa's. Grammie was fairly out of it and that was hard to see. We tried to work the crossword puzzle, but it was a no go. AJ had made stew for dinner and I was telling Grammie all about it. I also told her what Aunt Naomi and Uncle Dan had brought. She seemed to appreciate hearing the commentary. As I was sitting with Grammie during dinner I heard Pa say, "That was good, but there weren't enough carrots in my bowl." I told Grammie and she just laughed. Then I told her I should run up and get a bowl and dig out all my carrots and dump them in Pa's bowl. She really thought that was funny. I did remind her that I used to give her my carrots and peas when we would eat stew or chicken pot pie. We did decide however that Pa would probably not appreciate the carrots out of my bowl. :-)
Brent and Raegan brought baby Hayden and Dad and Maritza came down to watch the game. We had quite a crowd cheering our team to a victory.

Tuesday- I had Bible Study and was so tired from staying up late the night before. I really considered staying home, but I went and we ended up just talking about our break and sharing prayer requests. I love that group of ladies. We are in all walks of life and it is so neat to gather with them each week and see what God is doing in each person's life.

Wednesday- The students were getting restless at school. It certainly didn't help that it had been overcast all week and we hadn't seen the sun. We had an hour until the end of the day and I was working with a boy who continually challenges me to be better at my job. When he went to leave the room I reminded him to pick up after himself. I said, "I am not your mother. I don't look like her and I don't sound like her." He looked at me and said, "Well, actually, you do sound like her because you're always telling me what to do." Then he said, "Will you adopt me?" My answer was quick, "NO." He might not make it and I certainly wouldn't make it if he came home with me. :-)

Thursday- My coworkers and I were eating lunch and one of our students was in the room with us. She loves to come in and eat lunch and then play on the computer. She also loves the head teacher (my supervisor). The teacher said something funny and the student said, "You're pretty funny." Then she walked off and turned around and said, "Well, she thinks she's funny." Needless to say that the three of us adults burst out laughing.

Friday- The 8th graders won a trip to see a movie. After lunch we took the entire grade to the movie theater (one of the teachers owns it) and they had a choice between two movies. I saw The Fabulous Mr. Fox. It was such a cute movie. Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep were the voices for the foxes and the story was adorable.

Saturday- Our capitol building is finally open. After 3 years and $150 million dollars later it is open for business. Dad and I went down to tour the building. It looks beautiful, but I have to say the the new part that was built underground was certainly not worth the money. Oh well. They didn't ask me.