December 9, 2014

A two-snooze alarm morning is what it was today.  Despite 7p.m. exhaustion and crab-meat drowsiness (which occurs, I believe, due to the excitement of eating crab meat), I wasn't in-bed-lights-out til almost 11:15.  Helped out in the school "boutique", which has been put in every year...items and clothing are donated for kids-in-need.  They are given  "ticket" which grants them a visit to the store to select clothing for family, self and gifts.  About a quarter of the kids in the school qualify for free lunches.. That's a big problem.  Maybe things aren't as fantastic as they appear in our society.

Off to pick up the kids,  then home to turn around quickly and head to school. What a GORGEOUS sunset tonight!  I love fall scenery –much more dramatic views.  On the way home from school, a  beautiful moon hidden by clouds from the impending storm which approaches.  Summers are so dull.

Classes are winding down and I am going to miss this professor.  For such a seemingly dull class (for someone like myself),  I really do appreciate him and enjoy his method of teaching. Three more nights and then a break.    In class tonight,    I was able to role-play a consumer (the new term for “client”) who is receiving the results of her diagnostic testing.  She thought (and wanted to be) diagnosed with borderline personality...which made me think back to our student who exhibits borderline traits.  A week and  a half ago she wanted to kill me and today she was smiling affectionately at me, telling me how much she loved my facial expressions, which are, I admit, quite entertaining to many.

When I got home I saw that Maggie had made a late night dinner,  for me which was very nice. An omelet which was green in honor of Theodor Geisel.  She had also wrapped a package which arrived via FedEx -  my printer which I'm very excited to get.  

The storm is a little later in arriving than expected,  so tomorrow I may  get new tires as well as new windshield wiper blades as we prepare for power outages.  Winds  are supposed to be strong and we are expecting 5-10 inches (they say).  It'll be exciting.  An adventure with my kids….  

Pictures:  The calming gray sky with the glowing, white sun; The homework is winding down; Tonight, Ethan said, "I'm not growing out of these, but you don't have to get me these anymore...The chocolate is gross." <smile>  How true.