Last night were round one of conferences. I know it makes a lot of sense to have the school off on the same day, but it is so draining to have conferences at night and then teach the next day. next week will be worse since they're on a Wednesday night. I miss the days where we had conferences on wed. night, then all day thurs. and thurs. night ( Read more... )

We had a nice, quiet Christmas. Now we go to my mom's tomorrow/Wednesday for the last of our celebration. From Jason, one of the things I got was a table that has a glass top that will store my wedding bouquet and stuff. This is something I had envisioned, and his friend Crack (Jason Brandewie--a woodworker, kitchen cabinets by day) created and ( Read more... )