Memorial Day and Birthday Week

Well I had every intention of doing a lot over Memorial Day weekend on the PhD but that did not happen the way that I wanted it to.  I worked on it, but did not get near as much done as I desired and was not able to look up all the articles I needed to since i am presently not enrolled as a student.  Opps!!!  Google is good for some things but when you need Academic Peer Reviewed documents - not so much.  I got a lot of items at least organized….

So school this week was rough.  Lots to do and such little time to do it in and everyone is worried about the end of school - what end????  We still have two weeks left and we still ned to be teaching and working to ensure students have every opportunity to make up work and pass their classes.   So many of the students have somewhat checked out with the last two weeks and now we are starting senior actives like assemblies, breakfasts, awards nights and we are not even at the end of school.  I find it funny to do a month long celebration.  In fact, we named salutatorian and valedictorian all the way back in January.  Crazy!!!!!!

So Wednesday, was May 28th - my birthday.   Many of you know that I don't celebrate birthdays the way that most people do.  This is for several reasons:  1) my birthday is always around Memorial Day so everyone is always busy or gone on vacation.  When I was younger and my mom did birthday partices, we always had to do them at the beginning of May because around my birthday school would be out and people would be gone.  2) My parents never really made a big deal about my birthday so it was just habit not to as well.  3)  I don't like to be embarrassed through people singing to me or making a big deal where people stare at you.  (I do like my friend Benetta's idea that a birthday is something you celebrate for you and therefore you take the day off and do something that YOU want to do!  I might need to adopt this!!!)  This year is the first birthday that I have not been near my mom, not that I saw her on my birthday but at least the weekend before or after we would get together for dinner.  Obviously that is a little harder this year.    I thought I had kept my birthday a secret from all but a few people (there was only one person who I really bugged about it), but my secretary did not let it go unnoticed or Megan.  I came into work to a treat of two sets of yellow flowers on my desk.

Set one by my computer.

Set 2 - On my desk.

When Jaque, my secretary came in, she brought me another set of flowers and a small cake, which was incredibly sweet and such a nice surprise.  I did split the cake with everyone in the office at lunchtime.

Flowers and cake from Jaque

So, I got a special delivery of flowers from my best friend from high school today as well.  It was of course a complete surprise and yes, I did cry about it.  They were beautiful!!!  Yellow flowers and a purple ribbon.  Jamie of course tells me the purple ribbon is a hug from her since she cannot be there with me on this particular day.

Flowers from my High School BFF - Jamie!!!

After lunch, I was working with a student in my office with my door closed and the Attendance Secretary called me to let me know she needed me.  This is very unlikely, since she never calls unless it is an emergency.  It had already been a crazy day and a hard day for me to begin with.  I finished working with the student and opened the door only to have the Multicultural Class sing Happy Birthday to me and provide a large poster that was a birthday card.

I left work at 6:15 pm to make it to Temecula to eat dinner with Erin and Bri.  Erin had decided we were doing this last week and I have to say that I was totally excited and thrilled that Erin and Bri were taking me out to eat.  We went to a restaurant in Old Town, Temecula called the PUBlic House and it was fabulous.  They had vegetarian options and we had a great time.  The evening ended with Bundt Cakes from the bakery across the way and it was delicious!!!!  However, all I can think about is the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding and how the lady could not pronounce Bundt and kept saying Butt Cake.  LOL!!!

Dinner at the PUBlic House

My Birthday Bundt Cake

 Thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wishes via Facebook.  I realize a lot of times we get distracted with Social Media and we forget to talk, but I do enjoy seeing what everyone is doing and it is nice to get birthday wishes via Facebook.

This weekend, I worked on Saturday to slay the Summer School Master Schedule Beast with Ali Lattimer.  It was a great reminder / refresher / lesson in how difficult the REAL Master Schedule is going to be and to work through the problems to make small changes.  I have a better understanding of what is happening now and where to go for the normal Master Schedule.  I don't think we are going to be able to slay that beast in one day like we did the summer school beast!!

The 99.8% are a result of three kids who are registered incorrectly or it would be 100%

After Ali and I finished the schedule, we went to see the new Maleficent movie by Disney.  It was AMAZING!!!!  I love the idea of looking at something from another point of view and this is the story of Sleeping Beauty from Malificent's point of view.  I was very well done and I encourage anyone who is slightly a fan of Angelina Joli, Sleeping Beauty or Disney to see it.  You will not be disappointed at all!!!

Hooray!!!  Great Movie!!!

Sunday was a day of catch up and planning.  I ran errands this morning to get groceries and be ready for the upcoming week.  While i was shopping I ran into these!!!  Debbie Bishop - I am sure you are loving these and enjoying smokes all the time!!!  Not sure how well these will cook over the fire but when I say them all I could think was Joe Adair Center - if I have to eat another Smore……..  LOL!!!!

However, if you use these in the microwave, I can see these being a great development.  I just think they would fall off the stick….  If anyone uses them, let me know, I am curious.

I also baked a cake today for Megan's birthday.  I know, bake……I don't do that well so we will have to see how it goes.  In fact, I did something off of Pinterest.  I know…I know…. it could be a disaster.  It took awhile but it is done.  Michael Roe's birthday is May 20th so the dinner at the Roe's tonight was to celebrate his birthday.  It was great to see his parents Tammy an Bill also while I was there!!!  His sister Sara and her family were there also, which is always fun!!  Upon return to the apartment, I went looking for the stray cat.  Yes, you heard me. ….  There is a stray pregnant cat that is around here and hangs out at my sliding glass door.  I have not seen her in about 48 hours so I am wondering if she has had her kittens.  I did not find her, but she did show up about 10:00 pm on Sunday night.  Still pregnant so no kitties born yet.  So….hopefully sometime this week!!!!!  I spent the rest of the night working on items with Squeak…See how cute she is…