The End of Spring Break

A quick run down of what Spring Break was like for me. One great adventure on Wednesday night, and the rest of the days were a combination of knitting, cleaning, a dentist visit, and yard work. The week was mostly cold and rainy, so I didn't get much yard work done until the weekend. I was excited to be outdoors, whether it was to rake leaves or sit on the porch. I have another dentist visit Tuesday to discuss the options post root canal. The crown I did have had to be removed to get to some decay, so. . .here we are. Only four years down the road from the first crown, so insurance won't pay any on a new crown. I'm thinking of getting a stainless steel cap since it's cheaper and it's in the back. No one will see my grill. Which is almost unfortunate because it might have gotten me some street cred with my students. Oh, well.

My adventure was with some friends. We went to Red Boiling Springs,TN to stay at the Thomas House, which is a bed and breakfast that is haunted. No kidding. You can google it. It's a couple of hours from where we live, so it was a nice little road trip. We were the only ones staying there that night, with the exception of the people who own it and live there. It's a huge place (the picture above) with some themed rooms, an antique store inside, and a big dining room. We had a good stay. I caught some orbs with my digital camera which I'll post here eventually, and someone filmed a ball moving with no explanation (we had been out of the room for five minutes, no drafts, etc). I hope to go on another outing sometime.

Today I went to visit my mom. We had lunch together and when I got home I started a new project. Like I don't have enough projects in various phases of incompleteness. I'm working on a knitted frog for a friend's baby. I still have to make its head, put it together, and sew on eyes and a smile. That won't take long though...it's a small frog.

I'm slightly dreading going back to school tomorrow. I know we have two new students to do welcome groups on, and we have ten days until TCAP. We've worked hard, but I still feel panicked. I'll be so glad when the reviews are over, the tests have been submitted, and I can say, "Nothing to be done." (I love Samuel Beckett. I find I quote him when stressed.) Really though. Only then can a teacher breathe a sigh of relief. After that point, there's no use to worry. Whatever effort the students put in, whatever they remember, it's there and worrying won't change a damn thing.