First off - I had to finish an assignment for my KU independent study class. In an independent study class, you receive a guide for the readings you're supposed to do and the assignments you need to complete - then you do the work at your own pace. KU gives you 6 months to complete the class, and the last day for my behavior management class is Tuesday. Every time I tried to start working on this class, something more important came up. Fortunately, when you have finished 50% of the work for the class you can file for a 3 month extension...and this class only has 4 assignments! I finished the first assignment on Friday, and the second one this morning. Extension granted, AND I got A's on those first two assignments!
Next up - I got caught up on a lot of cleaning today. All of the laundry is done, the bathroom is clean, and all of the dirty dishes are IN the kitchen! I feel like I can breathe easier when I am home and I don't see chores that need to be done every place I look!
Followed by - Alison spent the morning and afternoon with me for some girl time because she wanted to get her mind off of her and Rob breaking up. Ali has gone through so much - but she keeps getting stronger and focuses on what is best for her and Zach. I taught her to knit - and our next lesson will be teaching us both how to purl. Then maybe in the future we can learn to knit patterns (Ha! We'll see about that). We also made chocolate chip cookies from scratch. They weren't as good as last time, but they were still delicious! Eric came home from work and spent some time with us as well, lightening the conversation by interjecting puns all over the place.
Then - I had a meeting that I still needed to attend at school (why can't subs go to meetings for you?), so Ali headed back to Olathe to pick Zach up from school. One block away from my school, I stopped to see three cars parked in the road and 6-8 people standing around watching a dog hop around the road yelping. Before I knew it I was parked and to the dog with my jacket off. I used the jacket to cover his head while I got the collar off of him - the tags showed us that his name was Smokey, and the owners name and address. Because we were so close to the school and their day had just ended, there were 5-6 kids huddled around Smokey. I had to keep reminding them not to pet near his head so he wouldn't bite them because he was scared and hurt. We couldn't get the owner on the phone, so I skipped my meeting and took him to the Lawrence Humane Society. Smokey's owner got my voicemail and met me there, so here's hoping that he recovers. There were no outward injuries - but there was a lot of visibly bruising on the tummy side of his pelvis.
Finally, when I returned home from the humane society (along with missing my meeting), Eric and I headed out to Olathe for an evening with Mom, Alison, Zach, and Kristie. We played Squeeballs on the Wii - which is a bunch of REALLY strange mini games, and Kinect Adventures on the XBOX - where we did some running and jumping games. We shared wine, snacks, and stories - a nice end to a VERY long day.
Mystic on the pillow, Addy at the foot of the bed. This is their contribution to cleaning the house.
Eric said we're a few decades too young for knitting.
