Time to breathe

It seems like the weeks just fill up so fast with so much to do.  I know everyone always feels busy, so this is no big shocker to any of you.  Working full time, being Mommy, being wifey, having some sort of organized and cleaned house, OH MY.  Did I mention my husband is in Med. School?  Remember when I used to be the spoiled girl whose husband did the cooking?  For the most part, those days are gone.  I mourn them often.  But, I do have a newfound love of meal planning.  I enjoy going through books and choosing things to make.  Lately I've been trying to do a week at a time and only go the grocery store once a week.  This is quite a feat for us because it seemed like we were going all the time plus eating out way too much as well.  What a money suck!  But once you have groceries and meal plans, you actually have to do the cooking... alas.  Some saving grace for me is that MVJ is a relatively good eater.  Basically if I call something a snack or a treat, M is all about it.

So I've been cooking lately, what else have I been doing?  We had Back to School Night at my school - big surprise, no parents stopped by to see me.  Parents, often like their kiddos, don't want to look different by stopping by the specialist (or resource teacher).  I'm learning our new IEP system because I have a meeting next week and another one after that.  Then what about lesson planning, data collecting, seeing kiddos, observing kiddos, team teaching (of sorts), and keeping paras up to date on their plans?  Yup, all needs to be done.  Apparently I'll have a new kiddo coming my way with volatile parents... grrrreat.  Some saving grace here is our principal backs teachers 110%.  She also makes no bones about it that her family comes first and that our families should come first, as well.  That has created a huge sense of family at the school.  And you know what?  I want to work harder and sometimes longer for someone who cares for me and my family that way.

I'm so looking forward to this weekend.  Not only is it three whole days I get to be with my baby girl, but my parents are coming to visit too!  Yippee!  JJ, of course, has a practical exam Tuesday so we most likely won't be seeing him any time soon. . .  I guess three out of four ain't bad ??