I'm So Outta Here!

This has been a week from HE(insert double hockey sticks here)! By a miracle from God, I have managed to avoid a migraine!

Everything, and I mean everything that I have done this week has ended in some stupid or frustrating way. For example...try to make an exchange at Old Navy and end up in the ER until midnight. A friend told us that we were the most hospital prone family that he knew. Since September, I have been to the ER twice, and now Connor has been once. Let's hope Greg won't have to make any visits to the ER!

Work has been UNBEARABLE and unusually frustrating this week. Today, I swear if my job was just some hourly wage job and I didn't have a family, I promise you, I would've walked out the door! And.....I only worked until 11:00, because I had to go to a lunch meeting with the superintendent. I was supposed to talk about things that our school and other inner city schools wanted to voice their concerns about, but everything just comes back to the federal NCLB mandates or lack of funding, so nothing can really be done. I'm beginning to feel like working in education is always going to leave you with this frustrating feeling that you will never be able to do everything that you're expected to do, so maybe I should just give it up and get used to it. It is a terrible feeling, going in each day to work and knowing you will NEVER be able to do everything that is expected of you. I have the type of personality that this just doesn't mix well with! I am a perfectionist and if I'm going to do something I am going to do it right, so it is driving me up the wall! We'll see what happens with NCLB once Bush is out of office, see if anything changes with these federal mandates. If not, I just might have to turn to my Bachelor's degree and try to do some technical writing/editing from home!

Anyways, I am off to Nashville very early in the morning for a conference for low-income schools across the nation. Dolly Parton is the keynote speaker, and I'm excited! We all know I love Dolly! The governor will be speaking also, so it should be interesting. I'm scheduled to go to a couple of workshops tomorrow, but I should be done by 3ish. I'm going to check into the hotel and take the BIGGEST NAP EVER! I will be in workshops most of Friday, and a couple on Saturday. Mandy is coming up tomorrow to have some quiet time and get some sleep while I'm working. Nancy is coming over on Friday. Hopefully in between the workshops I can have some much needed girl time with my best friends. I am so, so, so looking forward to talking and laughing and eating at the Bound'ry!

I feel bad leaving Greg here with Connor. His week hasn't been the best either and Connor has been pretty difficult at night lately refusing to go to bed. All you boys need to plan a weekend!!! I know Greg needs it!

I'm sure Greg will post some adventure he and Connor go on this week while I'm gone, so stay tuned......Mommy is out of town...AGAIN!