Let me fill you in on some things that have been happening:
1. I had to file a police report on a student yesterday. In 6 years of teaching, it's the first time I've had to do this. I'll just ask "What happened to drug-free schools?" and "What happened to treating adults with respect?" I'd really like to know. In case you haven't noticed, there's been a disgusting new fad of posting videos on social media in which teachers are being attacked by students. My mind and my spirit is consumed with anxiety and sadness about the state of Education-- I'm fighting a battle every day and I'm not sure if I can win it anymore. Life has handed me lemons and I'm expected to make gold out of it. Hmm, maybe that's a bad analogy. I'll work on a better one for later- I know you'll be waiting in anticipation.
2. Lili got hives. I don't just mean little bumps all over, I mean hives the size AND shape of Texas all over. She caught her sisters' colds, and then BAM, she wakes up with hives. We sat in urgent care for 3 hours to be told "Meh, well. It's hives. Try to figure out what from." Okay... let me find time to wash everything in the house and then find out it has nothing to do with that. I've been on the hunt for spiders and have found nothing (this is both good and bad).
3.All three girls have colds. As if we don't go through enough paper products between diapers and pull ups, now we're using all the tissue in the house to blow noses approximately 89,533 times a day. We also wake up approximately 89, 532 times a night. And by we, I mean the girls and I. Apparently men take no notice of night-time meltdowns and freakouts.
Oh- these are just the things that happened within the last 42 hours.
In the last two weeks...
4. We moved. WE MOVED. We have boxes and boxes and boxes (okay, garbage bags and garbage bags and garbage bags because we packed mostly last minute) to unpack and sort. There's no time for this, though, so we just keep playing an intense game of Tetris with them every night/morning. But that's okay, because hopefully, by the time I'll find time to unpack, we'll be moving again, to a home of our own!
By the way, as soon as we moved I did a little bedtime reading on Realtor.com and found the PERFECT house for sale that was just blocks from us. Life. You're really screwing with me right now, and you're NOT funny.
While I'm on a side note, I have to give a big shout out to Stephen Powers for being our sole donor during my hiatus from blogging. I also have to shout him out because he's hilarious and awesome and writes great things like Dolly Parton poems and crazy funny Facebook statuses- and also deals with the ridiculous world of Education.
5. Lili learned to flip the bird. "Dad, you want a present? BAM!" Bird flipped.
Life. Sometimes you are funny.
Life.
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