I'm not too happy, though. About 1:30 yesterday I started losing my voice and it's totally gone today. My throat feels funny, not sore, but strained on the outside of my neck. This is not good for a day when I teach 4 classes of Kindergarten and 13 g/t sixth graders. We put in a video for the little ones - something I hated to do, but had no choice. It was educational - about different kinds of monkeys, and they enjoyed it. I just whispered to my sixth graders and they whispered back! I've never had them be so quiet.
I dropped two of those mystery mid-cycle pounds. We'll see how long it takes the others to leave plus a few extra.
For all you Contemparary Christian Music fans: I took my youngest DD to see Steven Curtis Chapman last night. It was awesome. She's loved him since she was just able to talk. "The Great Adventure" is her absolute favorite and she called it "Saddle up your horses" when she was little. He sang all of our favorites and talked about his baby girl they adopted from China. The most special part was his focus on an incident that took place in Equador in the 50's. A group of 5 men were there to minister to a savage tribe called the Auca. They were killed by a group of these natives. A book called "Through the Gates of Splendor" was written about this. SCC began corresponding with the son of one of the men, learned much more of the story and brought the man and one of the killers out to speak about the turn of events that allowed the tribe to be saved and the killers to become evangelists for their people. It was so awe inspiring. It definitely shows the mighty power of the One above. I was in tears. Plus I cried when he started singing the chorus "Open the eyes of my heart, Lord" and I couldn't sing along. I love to sing and worship through my music and not to be able to do it was devastating.
I got the autograph of the son of the missionary and the thumbprint of the native - who by the way, adopted the son and his family after his conversion.
TV: Welcome back! So glad your surgery went well. And the feelings you have about your mom - I know how you feel. I haven't been through anything like you have, but I know how it feels to have to keep the feelings underwraps to keep the peace. Mines mostly around my MIL. Sorry all you wonderful MILs!
Frog: Don't feel guilty. And don't take a break. We need you.
Nance: I just love reading your posts. They are so witty and encouraging.
Pooch: Congrats on your kiddos accomplishments. Makes us proud when our little ones excel.
Fruit: Congrats on staying away from the WRs. They're poison!!!! Hope the ITBS results are good for you. I hate giving standardized tests to kids. It's so exhausting for them as well as us. Too much pressure.
BOB:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Probably the wrong color orange, but I wanted it to show up. Hope this BIG ONE is a big one for you.
Deb: You and Eli must have lots of catching up to do!!
Sol, Gator, Quiv, Ves, Toni, Monet, Karen, Rosalie, Kim, Mel, Red1, Fillise (I finally remembered how to spell it), Crystle, Trish, Mel and everybody else on this board that I didn't get to address: Love you all, but my throat hurts to hold my head up any longer. Hope you all have a great weekend. We're supposed to have more rain!!
Jeanie
Poopsie Bubblekisser
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