Journaling Again

I found old journals while cleaning last Friday and realized that journals were my best friend for years. After I found love in my life, the journals stopped. Why? Why was the happiest time of my life not documented?

So, here I begin...writing again...Lord knows I have the time

Dear diary....oh as if, how 6th grade!!!

Monday, December 8, 2008
The alarm sounded at 5:00...way too early as usual. Jen and I slipped into our routine of coffee, laptops, and getting ready. It was freezing out this morning and we worked to clean off our cars before freezing to death!

Today was a CRAZY work day! (Still sounds a little 6th grade, but oh well). I had a full day ahead of me. I stopped to chat with Maurice, Martha and Cindy in the morning...that's so much fun. It's a time when I really feel part of something wonderful...part of a team. We chatted about this weekend's crazy weather as if we'd never seen snow before...we've all lived in Maine how long? I continued down the hall passing people "Good Morning"....or the Maine way "Good Mahnin"....lol, Nancy Morrison.

My day was one thing after another...full band rehearsal...can't say I'm happy with the results but trying to keep a positive attitude. Trumpets/Trombones with a flute player...interesting mix. 4th grade...feeling a little bad for coming down on Jacob and Sean so bad but my God can't they just shut up long enough! 3rd grade..what a challenge but doing okay. Then I had a little breather but not much. Lynn popped in to apologize for the misprint in the newsletter...she swears I've done a Christmas padgent....uh, nope! Guess what's in store for me next year, if I'm even here! Had lunch with Freda, Joe, Helena for a minute (thank goodness, I can't stand to watch her eat), Cindy and Martha. They started talking about Catholics and I got a little nervous when I thought the discussion was swinging toward gay marriage, but instead it when to pornography...phhew! Then they started talking about that Hallmark movie "Front of the Class". Martha started doing her impression and I almost lost my lunch...what a riot. I was still in the lunchroom when Sarah and Deanna came in. Then neanderthal man...he's creepy and he kept interjecting stupid comments. My afternoon completed with 3 kindergartens...Renee's being the toughest as always...I feel like I'm running a daycare sometimes!

Afterschool Lynn popped in again. She wants to do a fun afternoon next Monday. WHATEVER! I had Sara's flute lesson which at the tale end of she and Becca practiced the national anthem for tomorrow's game. I puttered around for a bit before Vicki's lesson. She's got such a great tone. I'm pleased I have a Goodwin in my band once again, let's just hope she sticks with it unlike her sisters. Her lesson was semi-disrupted by Michelle and her kids getting set up. The pre-concert time was a chaotic mess. That girl needs to get organized! Even Brenda Jackson was chomping at the bit. It was 6:25 before parents were allowed in to be seated. CRAZY! We'll be discussing this in our meeting next week.

I finally got home around 7:30. Jen was hard at work prepping supper. She had laundry going and beef jerky on to. I tried not to make the conversation all about me. I was shocked to hear Susie quit. Of course I go into selfish mode thinking what's going to happen with Christmas vacation, but I remained quiet and let her talk about it. I kissed her and scooted off to get changed. We had a delicious meal which was gone in seconds because we were so hungry. She headed off to finish laundry and iron her clothes for the morning. I did the dishes. We met up and retreated to the couch. Not much on so we watched Good Eats for about a half hour then went to bed to watch the rest of "Front of the Class". I brought some beef jerky and chocolate to bed....pretty romantic huh? We only watched about 20 minutes of the movie before shutting it off. Jen wanted me to kiss her back. I did for a short time but my jaw was getting tired. She kept whining for more but I just wanted to rub it so I could lay my head down and go to sleep. I feel bad sometimes, I don't want to say no to her, but I was exhausted and I knew we had to get up early!