April Showers

Saturday in April and the weather is wet and dreary. At least there is hope for the sun to come out later and the temperature to warm up. We shall see. It seems that Spring has stalled out and we see 45 degree weather far more than 65 degrees on the thermometer. Raymond's class had their Spring party Wednesday, and the weather stayed pretty good for the egg hunt (yes, weeks after Easter, but Easter came too early this year). Then he had Thursday and Friday off. Daniel wanted to stay home too, so he stayed home Friday.

At work, a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders as the state assessments have been completed on the 10th, and all went well. Now I am on to getting the kids ready for their assessments in 7th grade, deciding who goes to Summer School and making placements into 7th grade math classes for next August.

Cool Runnings

Last night Joe and I went out and picked up a new refrigerator... finally. I had been looking and waiting for a good price, and patience paid off. In fact, when I went in to shop for the model that was advertised on sale, I found a bigger model for the same price...and it would fit in my kitchen. In fact it was bigger than the fridge that I had in the kitchen (but not bigger than the one that died). We got it home before the rain started, moved the kitchen refrigerator into the pantry and the new fridge into the kitchen. By that time it was after 10 p.m., so I put off stocking the new fridge until today. Now life can get back to normal.

Spring Break, Day Six

I have passed the halfway point of my time off. A day of recovery...that is what I need. We took a trip to Omaha yesterday, to the Henry Doorly Zoo. It was six hours of driving (round trip), six hours of walking the zoo (fun, fun) and about an hour at the IMAX show Whales and Dolphins.

Today is the first day of spring officially. The equinox. It is supposed to get up to 68 degrees today. What a way for Spring to come in. Yesterday was pretty nice too. We enjoyed a sunny day. It is supposed to be cloudy in Omaha today, and was cloudy here until after midnight.