My mom had her surgery yesterday. She was scheduled to go at 4:45 but
they never started until after 6. She had 12- 18 inches of her
intestines and her appendix taken out. She did not come back to her
room until about 11ish. She was in recovery for a while b/c she kept
throwing up. What the hell was she throwing up? SHe has not eaten
anything but clear liquids since mother's day. She will not be able
to eat until Wed or so. Even then, she will be on a liquid diet. I
try to tell her this is not the way to loose weight. I will let you
know how she is doing as we go along.

I called and got another house to rent. It is bigger and closer to
work and just a little more expensive. I will have to call in some
favors b/c I hate moving. Hopefully this will be the last move for a
while until I buy a house. I love the fact this house has 3, yes 3
bathrooms. I will love that part. I will move around the 1st of
July. Oh My God. I am just plain dumb sometimes. Can I pack any more
things into June?

Only 7 days until payday!

Only 18 days until school is out!

and the best one.....

ONLY 3 more days until I call it
Summer!!!!

I just love Summer!

~Niffer

Greetings Earthlings

I must have been abducted by aliens b/c I am having a great day.
Isn't it amazing how one child can change the make up of a class. All
year I ahve had a fairly good class. I had one problem child, one hot
tempered, and one silly. Well, I got the problem child to settle down
and the rest just seemed to fall in place. Then In January I got my
runner. I love her to death, she is just one of the children that tug
at your heartstrings and you just try to do everything in your power to
help. I was her third teacher this year and this was the third home
she had been in this year. So the whole running away thing was
understandable. She has mostly calm down about the running. But she
has been so disruptive in class. She refuses to work, goes to play
with anything she wants, and tries to yell and scream (ear piercing
scream) if you make her do work or move your attention to something
else. She hates leaving the room. She does not like recess, PE, Music,
Art, or Media Center. SO in the short time she has been in my room she
has turned it upside down. She has gotten my problem child, my hot
tempered child, my silly child, and a little follower all stirred up.
So life in my class has been interesting to say the least.
So back to my GREAT day! My runner had a great morning. She did all
her work, did not talk to anyone or play with anyone. She followed the
rules and was just great. Everyone settled into a great pattern and
life was back to the good ol' days. It has been wonderful. I am
almost afraid to say it has been a good day! I will see what tomorrow
will bring.
~Niffer

Out Of The Frying Pan And Into The Fire

Well believe it or not, I had a good weekend. Everything I had planned
to do got cancelled. I really did not mind. I enjoyed the time I
spent with my kids. They gave me some movies, a flip flop (no not
Karry) and made a cup and saucer for me. It was wonderful. Even if it
was 6:15 in the morning.
My mom ended up not going to see Granny. She was in the ER from 2am
until almost 3pm when the took her to a room. She needed some test
done on Monday and maybe have surgery. Monday when I called to see how
she was doing I was told they found a tumor. I went to see her and she
seems to be doing fine. The whole family is doing fine. I think we
are all in shock. It was not a possibility they were talking about on
Sunday.
So now she is doing even more test to make sure they know all the can
know before they do the surgery for the tumor and the original problem.
So my mom right now as I type is getting a glow in the dark die enema.
I would rather deal with my runner than to have that done.
To top my day off yesterday, I go to pick up my son and he has 102.2
fever. SHIT! Not again. I took him to Patient First. After 2 hours
they told me he had an ear infection and strep throat. And He could
not go to school Tuesday. FUCK ME! I have missed too many days.
After calling everyone including my brother, my sweetheart in N.Va said
he could take him for the day. That could work if I could get Grace
from the east end and get him there. So at 9ish last night I was
heading north. Thank goodness I only had to drive to Fredricksburg and
back. I would not have made it if I had to drive any further I would
not have made it. Hey on the bright side, I found the cheapest gas
in all of VA. WAWA gas exit 130A had gas for $1.97/gal. OH MY GOD I
filled up for $22.00. I will fill up again when I get back tonight
from picking the sick one up. OH the joys of being a single mom.
Heaven Help Me!
I will try to keep everyone posted on how everything is going. I will
need more time to learn and be able to play with the picture part of
blogging. So it might be a long time before you see any good pictures
of me. Although, I understand Mr. R has a very funny one of me on his
site. Go check it out.
~Niffer

WEEK FROM HELL!

Oh MY God! I have had the week from HELL! I was out last Monday b/c
of my trip to New York. LOVED IT! Had a blast. Will have to tell
you about it later. Then Stinker Bell got sick at school and I had to
bring her home. I knew she was sick that morning but she was not
running a temp. So I felt real bad when her teacher brought her to my
room b/c she was trowing up. So that was Mon. and Fri. that I was out
last week. This past Monday we had a field trip to Maymont. It was
mostly good. I had a student that had to go home in the middle of the
trip b/c she was so bad. In 9 years of teaching I have never had that
happen. Let's see, Tuesday, I had a sub for half a day b/c I had a
child study meeting with 13 people. ( about one child) I had to go to
a workshop all day Wednesday. That means they had a sub in my class.
Thursday, I get to school just cursing subs. My Sub Wed. sent home
all the work they did. Including part of my mom's day project. She
also did not follow my plans and used all the extra worksheets I had
for the rest of the week. :P. I was upset telling all the parents
that I would not be out again. That was 8:00. At 9:00 my son's
daycare called, he had a 102 fever and needed to be picked up. So I
called mom, turns out she was on her way to the dr. Her blood persure
was too high and they told her to come in. That meant I had to go
get him. Yet another sub in my class. My poor class has no idea what
to do. They have been just awful b/c I have not been there and they
have had different subs all week. Next week better go better.
How many days until the end of school 30? Too long. I am ready for
summer.