Sunday evening, Max was lying on the couch...sick....I will address that in a minute...
I was sitting in my chair working on lesson plans....minding my own business and not making a sound...
He turns to me with a look of disgust....rolls his eyes and says in a slightly evil voice "you are a teach-a-holic"!
Well, I wouldn't call myself a "teachahaloic"...but maybe a PLANahaloic!
I love this part of the year! I love taking off the month of August, planning every lesson for every subject, getting the grade book ready for the new year, the lesson plan notebooks ready for the new year, etc...
I only hated one thing ...... and that was reading and WORKING Jack's Algebra.....to make sure I could remember and teach it to him!! That was like exercising muscles I had not used in ages!!
We have 15 days left before school starts and I am ready!!.....
Here is what I would have been posting if I were on FB and blogging during the month of August!!
August 1st: Jeff turned 41 (let the records show...I am still nowhere NEAR 40)
he picked this cake at Kroger...with pink icing....takes a strong old man to do that!!
August 2nd: one of the hottest days of the year! where do you go? Jerry's!! If you don't live in Memphis, it is worth the drive!!.....and I don't like snow cones!
I love Jerry's Snow Cones!! They also have wonderful greasy burgers and fries!
For the non-Memphis readers: if you order wedding cake snow cone...it tastes like you are eating wedding cake!
My personal favorite is pina colada....and gettin caught in the rain....har har
ok, mirror says 105 at Jerry's.....but wait....
next day....114!
On this day, Max got new frames and bifocals...I got new frames and trifocals....Jack kept his same frames but got a stronger prescription...
Here is the conversation between my favorite EYE DOCTOR and Jack!
Doctor: "do you wear your glasses?"
Jack: "no"
Dr: "why?"
Jack: "I don't need them"
Dr: "read the last line on the chart" (w/o glasses)
Chart: E H I T O
Jack: S T I L D
Dr: "now with your glasses"
Jack: E H I T O
Dr: Looked at me grinning big!
The conversation continued and it came out that Jack used his glasses when he needed to read or SEE!
If you haven't been following the story about Max and his unknown illness, then you might want to read through some of my posts....
Max was well the first few weeks of August.
On August 13th, he asked us if he could ride his bike on the Greenline!
After about a 45 minute ride, Max got tired and could not ride his bike. Jeff had to ride Max's bike back to the car and drive the car to Max!
(I would have taken a pic of that but Max did not want Jeff to ride his bike and break it...so Jeff was sneaking and riding it....me taking a pic would have alerted Max that Jeff WAS riding his bike...I wanted to sing "big guy on a little bike")
Max drank water and took a nap. He thought he was better that night. The next morning, his symptoms of weakness and dizziness were back. He has been sick again for over a week. After speaking to two more specialist and our pediatrician ....we have an appointment to go to Lebonheur (pediatric infectious disease doctor) on September 1st!! We are praying for wisdom, guidance and clear answers!!
This is the picture Max drew to illustrate how he feels. The skeleton represents how weak his body feels. The big head represents the feeling of "lightheadedness".
The next big event will be this weekend................ when JACK turns 14 on AUGUST 28th!!
He has been in Trenton since August 6th. He comes home August 25th. I believe that is the longest he has ever been gone. I am pretty sure he is only coming home for his birthday present!
I always imagine me writing to my family and close friends...but then I learned of a few more readers that I never see......I LOVE IT!! I really like that people read my blog!! One day I plan to take over the internet (that Gore invented)....and when I do....ClassicMAZ will be the #1 read blog...because I truly believe that people are entertained by my "nothing"!
Your entries make my day. I have had many days that were empty lately!
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Do you get to reset the candles at forty and start over with one? That's good!
I love the "big guy on a little bike!" totally picturing it!
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Welcome back MAZ I have missed you so much. SKYPE has kept us updated. I SEE YOU
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