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We have a snow day today. It’s another one of those days where if we were living in Michigan this would not be a snow day…but that’s alright with me:). Yesterday afternoon I had to deal with a couple of students who had enough attitude issues that a day off might just be what I need. That could be a whole blog in itself and I was tempted last night to type it…but the truth is it probably doesn’t matter and not worth the effort in me putting it out there and I’m sure you don’t want to read about it. So…I deleted.
I’m up early though because I wasn’t sure, didn’t get a phone call about the snow day like I usually do so I had to watch the schools all scroll through on the tv in the hopes that we might be on there. Of course when I turned on the tv they were in the b’c or c’s just after Alton would’ve been on:). Oh well, I’m just glad I didn’t get around and go to school and then realize it.
I’ve been watching season one of The Gilmore Girls recently. I enjoy watching the mom and daughter interact, in some ways I think that’s how my kids and I interact and she’s a single mom so I find that interesting. She only has one daughter so the dynamic is a little different, but still. I think the series was out a long time ago but I never watched it when it was on tv. And I’ve kind of gotten to where every once inawhile I like to just watch a whole series or season on tv over a week’s time, so nice to not have any commercials, amazing how much faster the whole thing is. I guess I could probably do the whole thing with tivo but I’ve never quite advanced to that level. My tv still has an issue with having a black rectangle that comes and goes on the screen, especially on channel 4 if that makes any sense but we have discovered that if we watch a dvd and turn the tv off and on once the movie has started the black screen will usually go away. My kids I think would like me to just get a new tv…and I considered it for a moment…but no we’ll live with it. A lot of my financial issues over the years have been the fact that on an impulse Mark and I thought we ‘needed” something when we probably could’ve just “lived with it” more. So…I try to be a little more careful, every once inawhile I remind myself that it’s not as if I have a back up plan…it’s just me with a job, just me with an income so…I better not mess it up. I know big expenses are on the way or at least I’m told…college for the girls, cars probably…teenage years in general. I’m just trying to be wise about it all, praying to be wise as it’s not my natural self by any means. I am thankful for God’s provision in our lives and like I said if the worst thing that we have to deal with is a black rectangle on our tv screen…well I think we’ll live:).
So…I could head back to bed and I might…or I could enjoy some quiet moments before the girls wake up and take a nap later…that sounds tempting too. The nice thing about snow days is I don’t have any plans already made, the day is a blank slate and I can fill it however I choose. The house is still in good shape from the weekend go through, school stuff is caught up…so today should be a nice relaxing day around my house. This now means that we will have to come back to school one day after Memorial Day for one hour but I’ll try not to let that cloud the joy of today:).
Hope you have a great day!
Tonight for me is small group….beyond that no big plans.
Love,
Ruth