I Hate Change, and Other Fascinating Things

Josh's last day of second grade is tomorrow.  Yet another reason why I hate year round school.  Besides the fact that he's been in school for all of June, the times off-track when I have to figure out daycare, the fact that he starts back in school July 25th... Besides all of that, year round school makes it so that I have to have all of the end-of-school-year emotions twice.  I hate endings.  I hate the end of the school year because I struggle with change, but also because I just hate endings.  I hate that my kids have grown another year older.  I already dealt with that for Brittney and Lexi... now I have the same little twinges of pain and sadness again as I watch Josh wrap up another school year.  He brought home a picture that was taken at the beginning of the school year, the end of last July, and it's a little punch right to my heart. 

Poor Josh suffers from some sort of strange form of blindness that doesn't allow him to see dirty clothes.  Combined with a rare neurological condition that doesn't allow him to place clothing in the dirty clothes hamper.  He will have clothes piled in front of and all around his hamper, but he can't get them actually in the hamper.  Today one of his chores was to take his dirty laundry downstairs.  I went into his room after he "finished" that chore... dirty clothes on his floor, in his closet, in the corner.  Dirty clothes left on the stairs that fell out of the hamper.  I love that boy. 

I really enjoyed this post for some reason, and many of the comments were really good as well.  FMH "Thoughts From Sunday School: Being Scornful"  It just really resonated with me.  Probably because it's something I need to work on, I guess.

In other news:
Anderson Cooper:  I'm gay.
Shannon Chamberlain:  Ok?  And??

I realize that used to be a big scandal/shocker, but nowdays does anybody care about who's gay, really?  Why is this news?  Why is any celebrity gossip "news"?  I really don't care who is dating whom, who is divorcing whom, who is in jail or owes child support or is a jerk to the papparazi.  If I am in the mood for that type of stuff, I watch TMZ.  Otherwise, don't care.  I saw Cooper's gayness all over the interwebs today and wanted to get that off my chest. 

I'm just finishing reading The Princess Bride for the first time.  I've never seen the movie.  We own it.  My girls can't believe I've never seen it.  I started watching it twice when I was a teenager and fell asleep both times, so I've never attempted it again.  Guess it's time.  The book is silly and fun, but I'm not quite sure if it's what I'm looking for.  It's on the district approved reading list, so I was thinking about teaching it next year, but I'm not sure.  I'd be dropping To Kill a Mockingbird, and that just doesn't seem like an even trade.  Maybe I could find time to do both.  Hmmmm....  I had another work dream last night, except this one? Not so good.  My students were awful.  Awwwfulllll.  I was so glad when I woke up and it wasn't real.  They wouldn't listen, they were talking back, and I think by the end of the dream they all just left class and I didn't know where they were.  And I didn't care either because they were naughty.  In my end-of-year evaluation interview this year, my assistant principal said something about how I seem to have a good rapport with my students and that I never have to send students down to the office for misbehaving or for conflict with me.  I wonder if he jinxed me?  Maybe next year I'll get all students that hate me and won't listen.  Poop. 

Sean hasn't had a day off in a long time.  I really would like for him to have a day off.  Probably he would like for himself to have a day off much more.  Not this week, though.  He's working extra hours at both jobs.  Blah. 

Last Saturday night, Syracuse City did their fireworks.  We grilled and made homemade ice cream and watched the fireworks from our backyard.  It was really nice and relaxing.  For the Fourth, we don't have any real plans.  Sean works in the afternoon.  I was going to walk in a few of the parades with some of the Democratic candidates, but I'm rethinking that.  We'll see.  I'm still itching for a treasure hunt.  I may have to hit up the D.I. one of these days, but they're so expensive that it's hard to find a good treasure there.  I need to pick up some Scrabble games.  I wish Sean would stop working Saturday mornings because he is my garage sale buddy.  This Saturday he has to work the morning, though, because we are seeing Montgomery Gentry out in Wendover that night.  That is the last concert we'll be attending in the foreseeable future.  It's been a super fun run of concerts, but my wallet needs a break and there's no one I'm dying to see that's coming right now.