Slow, Boring Weekends are Fantastic

Greetings:

I am currently participating in a "catch-up" session of Netflix viewing.   We've had a couple DVDs laying around for weeks so I watched "Beaches" earlier and am currently watching "Dead Poets Society".   Years ago I saw most of "Beaches" on cable and realized it was one of the lead chick-flicks of our era.   And after watching it in its entirety I can confirm it is quite the chick-flick.   But it was a decent chick-flick.    Too early to comment on "Dead Poets Society" but apparently I'm an oddball for never have seen the movie.

I've been able to read on a regular basis at night so I did complete Little Women and I had forgotten much of the story.    It was pretty decent even though it's "old school" and sometimes difficult to read due to the vocabulary.    I finished reading Madame Bovary a couple nights ago.    I read this book in my advanced English course in high school and got extra credit for an exam.    I did not remember the story line at all so it felt like a new read.   The main character makes the story difficult to read because her decision making is stupid and it's impossible for me to feel sympathetic.    Her suicide at the end doesn't even make me feel bad for her.    Ironically one of the discussion questions at the end of the book asks "Do you feel empathy for Madame Bovary throughout her struggle with marriage and monogamy?"   

The Health Fair my health studies students provided went very well last week.    I had one group of students go way over and beyond with their preparation.   They spent hours making 380 "mind jars" for students.    (Small water bottles, syrup, and glitter that creates a snow globe effect so a student can relax and calm him or herself with a visual.)     The school was very pleased with the event and do to the set-up of the district, we may go back to the district in the fall and present the next Health Fair at the other elementary school.   I worry too much about the health fair event each semester because I'm worried the lack of work ethic I'm seeing in most classes will weasel its way into that major outreach project.   

The financial class I'm taking is going very well and I spent part of day restocking my cash envelopes for the month of April.   Gavin and I made a major shopping trip to Target too and he was surprisingly patient as he helped me organize my coupons.    Kohl's had a nice sale on running shoes and athletic shorts so he's set for clothes too.    I'm grateful we didn't need to run down to Des Moines.

I'm halfway excited and halfway dreading my trip to St. Louis next week.    Due to a change to the PE program catalog (helps students plan out their four years), quite a few students dropped my aquatics course.     They didn't drop it because they should....they dropped it because they could and it was convenient.    Sigh.   Anyway, I wish I would have known about this because I could have extended my trip to St. Louis.   I could have left on Wednesday and attended an extra day of the conference.   Sigh...again.    I feel silly for only attending the conference for one day but some professional development is better than no professional development.   I'm also not thrilled about sharing a hotel room with a colleague and like usual, I'm not thrilled about flying.  

Time to write Grandma a letter!