Parents and Parents and Parents... Oh My!

So the kiddos had no school on Thursday and Friday because we had parent-teacher conferences. So after 19 sets of parents and/or extended family and 4 translators (some of the families don't speak English).... we were pooped. Thursday we were at school from 7am to 7pm. It was a loooooong day. Friday we snuck out around noon and I came home and took a nap :) It was a good experience to see Sharla work with the individual families. She was really great at changing her style/verbiage of explanation for the people she was talking to. I do think that she occasionally avoids confrontation... there were a few things I thought could have been addressed with a few parents -- but on the other hand she kept everything very positive and upbeat which made the conferences run very smoothly. There are still three that need to be rescheduled for after school sometime. Anyway, overall it was a much better experience than I had anticipated... and I'm not dreading the next round as much!

Today I woke up at 7:30, got up and played with the pupper for a bit, fed him and the kitty, took a shower, and then thought.... I'm sleepy. So I went back to bed :) After a few more hours of snoozing and snuggling with the big fat grey kitty, I got up and took the pooper out to the park. He played ball while I graded some papers. Then I went to get my haircut! My friend Marci recommended a salon, so that's where I went... and it was a nice place. The lady was super-nice and I like my new haircut lots :) And she fixed it all cute for me too! After the haircut it was off to REI for some perusing of good REI stuff. I bought myself a new water bottle (purple!) and found lots of other good things that I want for Christmas!

When I got home Sherlock took me to the dog park where he played a lot with a very cute yellow lab puppy. Now we're home and having a relaxing evening! Tomorrow my Aunt Barb is coming down from Denver to visit! yay!

Oh.. and one last thing. Today is my friend Stephanie's birthday! She is one of my oldest and bestest friends... and we have spent many a birthday watching movies, eating pizza, and having sleepovers. So while its a little hard to keep up that tradition since I'm here and she is in KY... I still am thinking about her today. Happy Birthday Steph-ner-ninny!!