The World According to Leslie

Many of my friends are complaining because their kids are home today for another “Snow Day” although the snow has mostly melted. They are upset that all the roads on their way to school are clear.  So… I got a little tired of it.  I stepped up on my soapbox.  Here is what I posted on Facebook about the situation! I typically try to stay away from topics that cause a lot of complaints and arguing from my friends. But... if you are complaining that your children are home with you today because schools are closed LISTEN UP! You are NOT the only person with a child in the school. (This applies to other situations as well, but really for delays and cancellations!) Your road is NOT the only road that bus drivers and parents drive on to get to the school. Just because YOUR road is clear does not mean that every road in the county is passable. The teachers are NOT thrilled about Saturday school either. Trust me; we like to sleep in the few days that we can. Saturdays and

Although we did not get much snow, and most of it melted yesterday, we have another Snow Day today.  This is because many of the secondary roads (also known as COUNTRY BACKROADS) are still covered in ice.  These are the roads that the DOT does not have to pay a lot of attention to because they are not city roads.  That is one of the drawbacks of living in the county and not in the city limits.   Last night Tony and I went over to my parents’ house.  We picked up mom (who does NOT drive in this stuff) and went riding around to check out roads.  Many of the roads that I would take to work or to get the Princess to school all had huge patches on them that were still snow covered or that would be sheets of ice this morning.    All of the public schools in the area  are closed today.  Since the Princess does not go to a county public school this year, her school decided to run on a two hour delay.  Her momma (ME!) decided that since my school thought the roads were too bad for stude

So far, the 2nd semester has been great.  We had a three day week last week. Monday was MLK, Jr. Day (no school). Tuesday was a teacher workday (no school). So we went to school on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday,  but one of those days we had a 2 hour delay because the temperature was going to be around 10-12 degrees. They didn’t want the kids standing at the bus stops in those temps and they were afraid that the buses might not start correctly.    NOTE: Remember….I live in the South.  Snow is a rare, exciting event in our lives!   We went to school Monday—normal day. Tuesday we arrive at school only to stay for 3 hours because there is a THREAT of snow. That was yesterday. Then it snowed yesterday afternoon and last night. It only snowed for about 4 hours. There is only about 2” on the ground (if that much!).   Today, Wednesday, is a SNOW DAY! Hooray for that! They called school last night. I slept until almost 9am. The Princess is still asleep; it’s almost 10am now.   Th

Today is the first day of 2nd semester! I get all new kids.  This semester, I have 10th graders!  I’m a little excited!   This means we are in the countdown until Spring Break.  After Spring Break is the countdown until the end of  the year!   Only 90 days of school left for the year!   Today is the day Tony and I get to start eating normally again.  For the past 21 days, beginning on Jan. 1st, we were participating in the Daniel Fast that our church was doing.  It was hard at times. It was very interesting at times.  Sometimes you just want to quick because you want a burger!    The Daniel Fast is part of the reason I haven’t written anything in a while.  I totally believe that you should not broadcast what you are doing for God.  I’m not broadcasting it now.  I’m saying that we did it; it’s over. We can eat normally.    We are planning a trip to Golden Corral for supper tonight!

Today is the last day I have to teach my kids anything.  On Monday, their exams start.  That means that if they don’t know it today, they had better study it and learn it this weekend.      Because students may not come to school every day next week like they are supposed to, we have a bit of a strange schedule.  Monday thru Thursday, the kids take one exam a day. They get out of school at 1/2 day.  On Friday, we have a full day of school.  If all of our students took their exams, we have literally nothing for them to do.  Some teachers are telling the kids that they will have work for them.  I’m telling my kids that we will have a movie that day.  Seriously…. no need for them to come if they are finished with exams.  (BUT….some of them will!)   So for the past few days (since Tuesday) my kids have been teaching my class.  I gave them the Study Guide over the weekend.  I gave them the answers to it on Monday.  Then I put them in groups and assigned parts of the Study Guide to t

A friend of mine (actually a few friends of mine) are ZUMBA instructors. A couple of them are local. I have been considering trying this for a while, but it makes me nervous.  I can’t dance!  I know…it’s about fun and exercising and getting moving. But…. I can NOT dance!  Hmmmmm……   So… one of those same friends is also into yoga. She does Yin Yoga. She posted a few videos on her blog. I’m seriously considering trying those at home. Yoga scares me too.  I’m terrible with balance now that I have inner ear issues.  Plus, with my knees and back the way they are, I can’t stand up for very long. I think that Yoga could possibly help with some of my pain. However, I have not done any research to prove that.  (Those are just my thoughts!) Yin Yoga is completely (or almost completely) on the floor. It doesn’t require the balance (and acrobatic) skills that you see on TV—at least from what my friend has shared.   Have you tried ZUMBA or YOGA? If so, what were your thoughts?

I have been awake for about 4 hours.  I stayed in the bed for an hour watching TV. Then I came in here to the computer to work on finding some new recipes on the internet.  I found a few interesting ones that we might get to try this year.  We are trying some new things. So….needed some new foods!   For the rest of the day, I have no big plans.    The Princess will finish her Science report write up. We will decorate her presentation board.  Of course, since I’m a scrapbooker, I have plenty of goodies we can use for decorating!   She will read.   We will do a “whole lot of nothing” today.   And you know….. I’m okay with that!

According to my phone, it is 27 degrees outside my front door.   I’m okay with the cold. I would rather have cold weather than hot. I can put on more layers to get warm, but I can only take off so many layers before someone calls the cops!     I have always preferred the cold weather.  I don’t like to sweat! I work hard and work up a sweat when I need to, but I don’t like to sweat. I would rather do Spring Cleaning when it’s 50 degrees out so I can open the windows to prevent getting too hot!  (Yes! I know I sound like a weirdo!)   Anyways…. yesterday, it was 50 degrees and raining. The rain finally stopped around 6pm or so.  This morning, some of the streets are still wet.    Long story short…. I was kind of hoping for a delay today!  I would love to go back to sleep for about an hour!   However…. not enough danger on the roadways, I guess.  So…it’s time to get ready for work.    Since exams are in 6 days (counting today), I am giving my kids their study guides

So, I have my “To Do” list for today made.  I’m hoping to get through a lot of it!   Most of it revolves around work, Girl Scouts, and the Princess’s school.     Had a really hard time sleeping last night.  I’m hoping tonight will be better.   Now…. to get everything I need ready to go to work. (I really hope I can remember all my passwords for everything at school today.  It has been a REALLY long time since I have used them!)

I have not been in hiding for almost two weeks. Although, there is a chance that I have avoided doing anything that could remotely be considered “routine” during this time.   December 19th was the last day that I worked for 2013.  (It was supposed to be Tony’s last day for the year too!)   December 20th, Tony and I spent the day at the Princess’s school assisting with the in-class parties. I am the chair of the Social Committee at the school for the PTC (Parent Teacher Committee).  My committee and I planned the in-class parties for 39 classrooms and 700 kids!  OMG!  (NOTE: This is not a top of the list thing to ever do again!)   Dec. 21-24, we worked on getting everything ready for Christmas. Our tree was up and decorated over Thanksgiving break, but that was all we had.  We had not purchased gifts or anything.  We had had NO TIME!  So…we crammed it into 4 days!  We got it done!   I did have to go to Walgreens on Christmas day (which I hated to do) because I had used up al