The Start of a Busy Week

On Sunday we had the annual St. Timothy Lutheran Picnic. This is always a fun time, the service is held outside on a farm with a potluck picnic to follow. Yesterday I took the kids to Tanners Orchard where we met some friends. The kids had a great time playing and we stayed for lunch. Of course we couldn't come home until we picked up some donuts and peaches. In the afternoon I took Valynn to the doctor, she had been complaining about her ears off and on for a month, she has swimmers ear.

Today is Valynn's first day of school. I can't believe she is in first grade this year. Once again I watched her get on the bus and then drove to the school to wait for the bus to arrive so I could walk her in to her classroom. I think she feels better when I do that, as do I. The bus stop is crowded this year, there are 8 kids getting on at the end of the street, compared to 3 last year.

Today is also our 8 year anniversary. We're not doing anything special today, we took our trip to Galena earlier to celebrate.

What a nightmare!

I had my surgery yesterday, it went fine it was the before and after that was the problem. Valynn is still home sick today. I probably won't write a blog entry for awhile since I can only type with one hand.

Working

I started working as a substitute teacher this week. I subbed for prek and high school science. I definitely like the high school better. I enjoyed getting back into the classroom and interacting with the students. I have a great sitter watching Mason and Kyra. She's a retired lady from across the lake, her husband built our old house and we lived next door to her daughter at the old house. She brought lunch over for the kids, folded my laundry, and washed the dishes yesterday. She won't let me pay her so if anyone has any ideas of what I can give her let me know.