Happy Valentine's Day, indeed

 Last night at our small group meeting, we discussed 1 Corinthians 7... specifically verses 25ish to the end of the chapter, but we had a good time puzzling over 29-31:

What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

In other words, live open-handedly and don't get too bogged down in the Stuff of this life because it's just a blip on your eternal timeline, right? We then backtracked to verse 4 which says:

The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. 

We talked about how that would have been revolutionary at the time because the first part made sense in that ancient culture but the second half would have rocked their world. 

I raised my pointer finger, and rather smugly added, "so when your wife tells you to make your doctor's appointment..."

One of the other married guys didn't miss a beat. "But now I'm living as if I don't have a wife...." 

Yeah, well played, buddy.

Go schedule your stuff, everybody. It's halfway through February already. Heart health, GI health, mental health, all of it. Go make your appointments and then reward yourself with a Valentine's Day treat! Love you all!

The Mom of the Year once again goes to...

 Anyone but me. Not it.

The shift back to in-person school has been not without challenges. I'm not going to blame or point fingers. I'm just sayin', "it's been a bit tricky."

Initially we'd been told that Mondays would be deep cleaning days and therefore no students were to report. Fine. Block A kids would attend Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Block B kids were to report Thursdays and Fridays. Also fine. I got my planner out, color coded things, assumed I knew what to expect, and off we went.

Except.

First week of school the high school announced, "uh, ACTs are scheduled for Tuesday, so um, let's send the Block A kids on Monday and Wednesday." Okiedokie. Sounds reasonable. Very first day of school is now the day before the very first day of school was scheduled. Got it. No problem.

Thing 3 has his gifted class to finagle into things as well. His day to attend is Tuesday. At a different elementary school than where he attends regular school. So he's to take his normal school bus to his school, catch a different one to the other school, do his thing, take two buses home.

The first bus never showed that Tuesday, the ACT day, so I took him straight to the other school after a quick conversation with our office. No problem. It's ten minutes away, no big. It's the first week, there's a new bus driver, there's always wonkiness the first week. 

The rest of the week proceeds fine, the second week seems flawless, time for thinking we've found our groove and...

Nope.

Teachers are getting their second shots on Friday. This means that the Block A kids will go Monday and Tuesday, Block B kids will go Wednesday and Thursday. Okay, got it. No problem.

Wrong.

There was also an email about the gifted schedule shifting, even though normally that is a Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday schedule, sent on Friday. Guess who didn't check and/or missed the email saying Thing 3 was supposed to report on Monday?

*sigh* That'd be me. Poor kid was up, dressed, had eaten, and had snuggled in to work on his remote stuff when I get a call from the office. It's my sweet friend, all chipper and sympathetic. "Is Damon going to gifted today?" 

Me: ...

Also me: ... um, yep, yep, I can run him over there right now...

*Grabs clothes (since the child is still in pajamas), packs up computer/charger/headphones/snack, grabs keys/wallet/purse/sunglasses*

"Mama, we need masks..."

Yep! Got those too. 

Off we go, deposit said child after apologizing and trying to calm him back down because now he's freaking about the work he's supposed to be doing remotely but can't work on because he'll be in his gifted class. 

Just another example of why everyone needs to take a deep breath and be kind to each other. Maybe his gifted teacher and my sweet office friend both think my brain is full of cornflakes, I know it feels that way sometimes, but we are trying, haha! Be kind to everyone you meet- they may be having a cornflake morning!

You missed a spot...

Some of you may have noticed that during the month of November perhaps more men than usual are sporting mustaches. Yes, the weather is colder in November, but that might not be the reason behind their particular facial hair. You can click here to learn more, but the nutshell version is this: through all those mustaches, they are trying to promote awareness of men's health issues. The beginning of "mustache" plus "November" = Movember.



Though he is only three, Damon would like to post this public service announcement reminding you to make an appointment with your doctor. Or to schedule an appointment for the men you love. There's a reason people still proclaim that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!
 

Schedule

Carrie keeps bringing home papers from school and since one of them had her schedule on it, I thought I'd share it w/ all y'all so you're in the loop =)

Art on Mondays, Music on Tuesdays, Library on Wednesdays, Gym on Thursdays (that's when Gymnastics is through the Y, too. At least she'll get a really good night's sleep on Thursdays!), and Playground is Friday. Computer lab will be every day. How fun!

They also alternate Show and Tell on Fridays. The boys and girls alternate each week. You're supposed to stick to the theme of the week... this coming week they'll be talking about red, circles, graph activities, making patterns, and recognizing alphabet letters. So an appropriate show & tell object could be a red ball, a patterned ball, etc. Oughta be interesting!

Pretty soon the fundraising will start too, so be expecting to be hit upon for magazine sales, etc. Oh, the joys of elementary school!

Have a great week and try not to catch our first cold of the season! ;)