Parent Teacher Conferences

After the previous week of being extra tired it was nice to be more normal this past week. I did surprisingly well with my 2, 12 hour work days with parent teacher conferences.  I always get nervous that a parent is going to get mad at me for something but I didn't have any bad interactions. Huzzah! I had quite a few parents come and visit with me and in the down time I was able to do some grading and other projects so that was nice!  I continue to try to build up more resiliency as this is such a hard job. There's nothing like spending a lot of time on a lesson to have your students tell you it's boring or talk back to you or give you attitude or all of the things! I think with time and experience I will develop thicker skin for this stuff, I hope. 

Scott's Uncle Bob passed away recently. They had a service for him in Provo, Utah where he will be buried along with the other Allen relatives. Scott was a pall bearer and the service was in the morning on Friday morning. I wouldn't have been able to come with the family unless we left very late after parent teacher conferences Thursday night or got up SUPER early on Friday morning. Neither of us were up for that so Scott took the three littles on Thursday. Corbin had plans with his friends on Friday and didn't want to go so we let him stay home. 

I have enjoyed a very peaceful weekend. I went shopping on Friday and found some cute clothes for a good deal at Uptown Cheapskate. It's a consignment store and going there can be overwhelming but it's like a treasure hunt and I found some treasures! On Saturday I met my friend Jaynee and we got pedicures. I spent four hours deep cleaning my house and only made it half way. I don't know if I care enough to deep clean the rest today. I need to do a lot of lesson planning today and I'm feeling a bit lazy. Last night Corbin and I went to Kyotos for dinner. It's so yummy and expensive. Ha. A treat for sure. After that we went to Target and I bought him some pants. Yay, he fits in men's pants now. He is so tall that youth size pants are so short on him. We then watched Halloween, which Corbin thought was pretty dumb and Jamie Lee Curtis was oh so dumb in that movie. I'm ready for the rest of the family to come back home! Charly will be over the moon to have Gabby back! 

Uncle Bob's Service.

Girl time on Aunt Noel's bed.

Janet throws another great party. Mad Hatters.

Very Good hat. ha.

Cutest Puppy.

Corbin and I treated ourselves at Kyotos! 

I love when Charly sleeps in my lap.

That face!