Thursday, January 14, 2010

More nothingness

I had a bonus day off today. There was a water main break near our school, and we got sent home at 8:00 this morning. It's a shame that I wasted an outfit and did my hair, but I did get a day off. I did some laundry and tried to take a nap, but the stupid phone kept ringing...so much for the nap.

We got a new kid in our class, and he's a duzy. So far he's told us that: He's a two time New Jersey state wrestling champ, that he gets up at 4:00 am for a two and a half hour bus ride to school, that his watch cost $450.00, that he does mental math faster than 90% of the people, and that he's been recruited by the Marines and the Army. He's an 11th grader with a fourth grade Reading and Math level. Oh, he also pulled his mom's car for four miles, on the parkway, when it broke down. So, now we all (the staff in the room) make up ridiculous lies about ourselves all day. It's kind of fun!

Other than that, I've got nothing. Braden and JJ are both doing well. And, Keith is Keith. I'm going to go give another shot at a nap.

Friday, January 08, 2010

Snoreless sleep

Nazareth started a diving team this year. They built a new middle school and it has a pool. They've had a swim team, but this is the first year for diving. They made an announcement at school a couple of months ago saying they were looking for divers, and Braden thought, "Why not?!" He's doing very well. I'm proud of him. I tried to post a video, but it wouldn't work, so you'll have to take my word for it. Any of you on facebook, I posted them on my wall.

Keith's away at a wrestling tournament in Virginia. He'll be gone until Sunday. I love, love, love having the bed to myself, and not having to drown out his snoring with pillows over my ears!!

Jay Jay is doing college tours, but has his heart set on Moravian. I like Moravian best too. It's close and has small class sizes. And, the football coach really likes him. Since he didn't take his high school academics as seriously as he should have, he'll have to do the summer and the fall semester at community college, but he should be able to start in the spring. My fingers are crossed. Since he's realized that college is a real option for him, his grades have gone way up at school.

I almost hate to say this, but everyone's doing very well here. No major issues at all. Now, if only I were happy.