Summer is nearly over....

It is nice that I work for the school system. Who would have ever thought that I would get a summer off again? I thought that summers were for teenagers, children and stay at home moms, who by the way NEVER get any time off so to think that they actully get a summer is a big laugh! I love the fact that I had this summer off. It was nice to relax after a long year of listening to 11-15 year olds talk out of their behinds, and walk around with their pants hanging down around their ankles, or worse their shirts revealing their mid-sections. I realize that they are kids and the saying is "kids will be kids", but aren't we allowing them to act the way that they are acting? I know that everyday before Claira walked out the door to go to school I looked at what she was wearing to make sure that it was appropriate, and told her that if I heard any complaints from any teachers about her attitude there would be extra choors when she got home.....it worked for a while....



Summer has gone by too fast though, I will be going back to work on Monday and the kids will arrive on Wednesday. I am really excited about my classroom this year. I think that we will have a great group of kids to work with and I hope that they will really love being there with us all day. It is going to be the beginning of another adventure.


I have really had a rough summer though, things have not gone the way that I thought they were going to go. Willy is gone, in Iraq and I have no idea when he will be home. Claira has decided that she does not like living here with me and after many weeks of tears and talks we have decided that the best thing for her right now is going to be for her to go and live with my parents in Washington State. I am not that happy about this decision, but if it is what is going to make her happy than this is what I want for her. All I have ever wanted for Claira was to be happy. Isn't that what all parents want for their children?


So, Friday is the day. I will drive her to Atlanta to fly to Seattle. She leaves at 935 at night and will be in Sea-Tac a little after midnight. I was thinking that I would turn right around and drive home but a sweet womand that I work with is going to drive down there with me so that I will not be alone, I am so glad. I think that the drive home is going to be hell......


So my world is upside down....My husband left (for a job) and my daughter is leaving because she needs to be with her grandmother. My parents were good parents. I turned out ok. They have been married like 36 years!!! That is unheard of in todays society! I love them very much and I am happy to call them MINE!


Someone said it takes a village to raise a child, I guess in my case it takes an entire family. I am a lucky woman to have such a wonderful and supportive family.

Well, I am going to stop feeling sorry for myself now and get off my butt!