Summer has started!

The kids have been out of school for a whole week now and they are all still alive. I've started a countdown for them to return to school...how awful is that? We've been to Atlanta for a Pokemon tournament, but thats the only traveling so far. They even got ME to play in the tournament. Scary. I will admit it is fun, but even more important than that is my husband and kids' reaction to me playing. They are all getting a kick out of it. I've battled them several times over the past few days, which is wonderful because it keeps them off of the computer and fighting over video games.

We will be going to St. Louis for our family trip this summer because of the National Pokemon Tournament. That one is where scholarship money is at stake. Dorky, yes....but free money? I'll take it. We're going down a few days earlier to do the Six Flags/Arch/Science Center tour. No beach, but it will still be fun.

I still have no word from the school system. I'm afraid that I waited too late to start the interviewing process. I was led to believe I had to go through the county before I could go directly to a school, so I was left behind by those who already knew to go directly to the schools. Oh well...as I've said before, I love it at the college. I will be happy to stick with that.

Today I take my daughter in for an I.Q. test. She is testing as a gifted student, just like her brothers were. I think she will have no trouble with it, although she is sort of nervous about it. She started naming off "smart kids" that she knew in kindergarten and hopes they are all in her class. I wish it worked that way, but at least she will be getting some much needed stimulation in the first grade. Kindergarten was just way too easy for her, so she was not the best behavior-wise. She'd get bored and get antsy. Here's hoping it all goes well!

HAPPY DANCE!

Final grades were posted today, and I got all three A's! Even on that infernal final project...an A! I'm glad its over but also missing school already. Am I weird or what?

I've been in kindergarten the past few days helping out my daughter's teacher. I swear they do not pay those teachers enough. I'd be gone after a week, but I know I have zero patience. I like to teach the older kids. I've had a preliminary interview with the Board of Education, so now I just have to wait for principals to put out a call for English teachers. But like I've said before, my heart won't break if I stay at the college. I really enjoy the people there.

I'm toying around with a Ph.D. There is a semi-local (45 minutes away) school that offers one in Adolescent Literature. If I can get a graduate assistanceship (i.e., they pay me AND pay my tuition), I just might do it. I'd have to take the GRE...and I'm NOT good at written exams...but thats a cross I will bear if I get to it.

YIPPEE! Now just to get that diploma and frame it :)

Yep..you guessed it

I had to do ANOTHER revision. This time wasn't so bad, though. The second reader had a few corrections and questions that needed to be addressed, but no major overhaul. It was hopefully sent to the third reader already, because yesterday was graduation. I didn't go through the line. I didn't do it as an undergraduate either. I don't know why. I probably should have, but I had so many more things to do with my time. When and if I go on for the doctorate, I WILL walk in that line! I'm seriously considering it, but I don't know if I can put my family through any more of my "student stress" episodes.

I get to host the girls on Monday night, so I need to use what little time I have to straighten and clean and get the menu prepared for Bunko. It is a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. I also have Field Day with Reese on Monday and an interview with the Board of Education, so I will have no time to get anything done on Monday. I guess they will get to see how messy I really live! They all have kids, so I'm sure they will relate.

I feel like I'm rambling...my brain is on overdrive this morning. It is strange how I can function well from about 6:00 - 10:00 a.m., but then I start going downhill. By 6:00 p.m., I'm toast. I guess it is the Kentucky farm girl in me. I used to stay with my grandparents in Kentucky over the summer, and it would amaze me how they would go to bed as soon as it turned dark. Now I get it.

I hope every Mom out there has a great Mother's Day and is able to take a little time for herself. It is the toughest job, but the most rewarding job, and I know everybody says that...but you Mom's know what I'm talking about.