Do We Ever Grow Up?

This has been one of the longest weeks of the whole school year I think. We are growing weary of the children and them of us, but not only us there are some issues going on amongst coworkers and it just made me wonder.....do we ever grow up? We have a couple of people who I work with that absolutely do not get along and they are to the point that they don't even care who knows and are complaining to anyone and everyone about what they hate about the other. Now so far I have been able to stay out of it, but I hear from everyone else what is being said. Well, yesterday was just a rough day in general. During testing I had some kids from special ed. and they just couldn't settle down and pay attention and then it was wet so trying to keep the kids out of the mud was a chore. I had one kid who just would not walk around the mud and got in my face about it and I lost it and gave him the what for. He did walk around and so did several others who knew I had reached my limit. I am normally very laid back and patient with the kids so they know if they've pushed me too far. Then I get back to my room and overhear two of my coworkers putting down another coworker, behind their back. This person they were making fun of, they have never liked and she actually was told she was being cut from her position so of course these ladies were happy about that. I just sat at my desk wishing I could say something, but not daring enough to do so and I just thought.....these were the girls I hated in high school.....and I am out of high school right?? How did they follow me into adulthood?? Then I stayed late to work and one of these ladies caught me and immediately started telling me all that she hated about the other one and what she couldn't stand and what she couldn't do right. I had had enough! I just walked away. I was so glad today was Friday. God must have known I had enough because today went very smooth.

Tonight was Mayme's last dance performance. I was a little sad, but I can see she isn't excited about dancing. She enjoys it, but it's not her thing. We found our spots to sit down in the gym and she was running around with the girls and then I hear this boy calling her name. It was one of her classmates. Then I see her run over to this other boy who is older. Maybe 3rd or 4th grade? I can't see what he looks like, but he has long shaggy hair and a plaid shirt. She goes over and visits and then runs off and does some cartwheels. Soon enough she is back over talking with him. Who is he? Paul thinks I'm crazy trying to see who it is, but also we see her little face light up talking to this boy and we know she will be a heart-breaker. So after her performance I asked her who she was talking to. She told me he was the penny boy. Now I have heard this name come up several times because she has seen him when she leaves school. I asked her once what his name was and she said "i don't know his name i just call him "penny boy" because he took a penny from me once", but it's a joke thing because they will talk and wave to each other. Anyway, am I nosy? Yep!

Where to begin

I don't even know where to start it has been so long and so much has happened. I guess I will start with our trip to Virginia. First of all I must give a big thank you to the inventor of the portable dvd player. Without that I think I would have been left behind on the trip or Lydia. We tried to go as far as we could on the first day with out using it. That was 4 hours so not too bad, but after using it we wondered why we didn't just use it right away. We watched Curious George 2 times on the way to Virginia, a couple of times on the trips to destinations while we were there and 3 times on the way home. We had plenty of other movies that the girls watched too, but George was the favorite. Surprisingly we didn't get sick of it either. The first day we drove as far a Greenburg, Indiana. Lydia had a rough day, but it wasn't horrible, but she made it clear every time we stopped that she did not want to get back in. We were able to swim for awhile at the hotel, but Lydia decided she wanted to dive in with no help and mom was tired so I took her back to the room and fell asleep. Unfortunately she woke up around 1 and was saying she wanted to get down and have french fries. I tried to nurse her, but she couldn't calm down so I tried to get her to fall asleep without nursing and eventually around 3 I surrendered and let her nurse. I fell asleep and when I woke up in the morning I had Mayme sleeping by me and Lydia on the other side of Mayme with her head by our feet. Day two went much better traveling. Both days were depressing due to the rain, but we knew at least we would be at our destination by night fall. We arrived about 8 in the evening. 9 hours the first day and 12 hours the second day. Leslie drove the whole way. She told me she did want to be in my spot since I was constantly handing things back to the kids. When we got to Virginia Beach we went to Nicky's and went out to eat at a place called "Friendly's". It was a nice place, but the service was a bit slow so it was hard to keep Lydia happy when she has seriously had enough of the car. When we got back to Nicky's, Lydia was ready for the pack n play. I was so thankful. She slept through the night and so did I. On Monday we got together with Nicky's friend Gabbie and her 2 year old son Andrew. We drove over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel. All of my fears in one place. Water, heights, tunnels. The bridge is 23 miles and it goes over the water and there is no land to be seen. Then there are three tunnels you go through so the naval ships can cross over. It is a very strange feeling first of all to be on a bridge and see no land. Then to go in a tunnel knowing there is water above you is absurd. I did all right as we went along until traffic stopped because they were trying to get traffic through the tunnel. Once on the other side we went to a national park, had a picnic , and went to the beach. We figured it would be cold by the ocean, but it was so warm. We didn't bring swimsuits for the girls so we let May play in the water in her undies and Lydia in her diaper. It was nice to get sunburned. I could have stayed there all day. When we got back that night we just relaxed at Nicky's house. Tuesday we went to the USS Wisconsin to look around and Nauticus. It was hard not to think of my husband while we were there because I know how much he would have loved being there. Lydia decided to have a tantrum in the gift store and nearly knocked down an expensive piece of glass. That was not funny. That night we went to see "Meet the Robinsons" which I really enjoyed and the girls too. Lydia was quiet the whole time. Wednesday we went to Williamsburg and went to some stores. There was actually a Christmas store that it snowed in and a make your own animal store so Mayme made a unicorn. It was so much fun. Since this was our last night in town Nicky treated us to Chuck E Cheese. Mayme has never been there, but we had set it aside as a reward for the end of the school year, but to surprise her was great and if you asked her about Virginia she would probably tell you that was her favorite part. It was really fun to spend time with Leslie and Nicky. Day 1 on the way home went by really fast and day 2 did too until we got in Wisconsin and then it seemed like forever just because we knew it was so close. We left 75 degrees in VA and ended up home in the teens and blowing wind. Brrrrrr.....
So since the trip. Mayme has seen the doctor and will be having tubes put in and tonsils taken out this summer, Lydia has to see her surgeon on Tuesday to check her head since her soft spot is not closed, Lydia got sick with an ear infection and strep, but the amoxicillan didn't work so she is on zithromax and today Mayme got hit in the face with a football at recess and it knocked out her two front teeth. So between getting settled being back, work, and doctors appointments....oh and testing for the kids at work there has been hardly any time to write. I hope you understand.