Squishing anything possible into a two week period...

Well, hello to everyone! As many of you know, I have a slight problem with time management. And it's not sleeping in that I'm talking about. I'm talking about COMPACTING. Trying to do as many things as possible within a limited time frame. Indeed, my friend Kim in Victoria has always wondered why I haven't had a nervous breakdown yet rushing from one thing to another, and by george I think she may be onto something here! I applied for jobs, had interviews for jobs, started planning for the Grade 4 classroom I was offered, started packing my classroom (no way out of that one), moving my classroom (not that one either), preparing for our trip away, and report cards all within the past three weeks.

We also had my Mom's surprise 60th B-DAY PARTY, which was a huge success, last weekend. I did the appies for the party, and Velma Legrow & I were chatting about the difference between women and men when it comes to entertaining. Men see the lowest common denominator, the baseline reality checks, in a party. Do it properly, make sure people are fed & happy, and skip all the pretense. My Dad & Uncle-Mike had it right -- ready to go lasagnas, salad, paper plates, plastic cups, and plastic cutlery. Women (only some of us) well -- it has to be "just so." Why buy a cheese ball when you can buy 8 kinds of cheese and make it yourself? Why buy roasted red peppers conveniently canned with no preparation when you can wash, cut, roast, peel, cool & marinate 14 of the blimey things yourself? Why buy paper plates that leave 0 clean-up when you can put out all your nice china and silverware and wash dishes for three days following an event? Why keep it practical and stress free, when you can agonize over every detail and "teat" beloved family and friends and in turn need a Valium to go to sleep the night before the party? Haven't I answered my own question? Like my Dad always says, KISS. Keep it simple silly. Wise at 19? I don't think so -- not so wise at 29 either. But working on it!
Perhaps I'm being dramatic but seeing as that's what I'm best known for I might as well keep the tradition and stretch out a good story when I see one.

PS: My kids/parents in my classroom gave me a SPA present -- can you believe it! Appreciated more than they probably know...