And life goes on!

I feel like I have neglected this blog, but we were gone on vacation for three weeks and I have been posting daily on my travel blog. (Go to www.movingmedownthehighway.blogspot.com for that information). Instead of feeling guilty, I will simply bring you up to date. I finished out the 2012-2013 school year, and consequently my career in education, in a long-term assignment with one student in ISS at a nearby elementary school. It was difficult, to put it mildly. I really hoped to make a difference in this kid's life, but I strongly suspect his bad habits are too entrenched and next year will find him in alternative school. I won't know about it since I will no longer be subbing, but still... In addition to that, I spent five of the last six weeks in a fracture boot and it made it difficult to be on my feet that much. But, it's done. The last week of school was CRAZY! Talent shows, awards ceremonies, end of year parties, etc. I helped out as much as possible signing guests into the building and that left my student(s) to work pretty much unsupervised. I was only supposed to have one student but ended up with three or four students depending on the day of the week. School was scheduled to let out on Thursday and we were leaving on a three week vacation on Friday. After all day at work I had to come home and pack the RV for our trip. And wouldn't you know it...the day before we left Beau got sprayed by a skunk! Ronnie bathed him immediately, but he still carried a bit of eau de skunk! We left for our vacation and had a fantastic time. We got home on Wednesday in time to celebrate our oldest grandson's birthday at his party on Saturday the 29th. Fun! Then we spent all the next day at Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall with our son, Ryan, who had emergency surgery for gallbladder removal. We brought him home with us for the night when he was released and he went home on Monday. I think this surgery was harder on him than expected because his gallbladder was sooo bad...around 100 gallstones according to his doctor! Since then life has been a whirlwind of getting the RV cleaned both inside and out, getting my car inspected, getting the seemingly TONS of laundry done, keeping the g'sons overnight, painting our living room, and just generally going about the business of life. It hasn't yet become a reality that I am really retired. I have worked since I was 16 years old and this idea will take some getting used to. But I'm excited. In fact, I have plenty to keep me busy. We have already booked a cruise for December and are looking at another cruise for our 35th anniversary in May. We have also talked about a trip to Shreveport to check out the new Margaritaville casino. So much to do...and now the time to do it! Life is good! ...till next time ~cheers!