Ditto

The "bad DST" sucked even more this morning when, a few minutes passed 8 a.m., I had to wake the kids up to start getting ready for school--only the first time this school year that I've had to do that! (They are usually awake hours before we need to go). They whined and curled up into little balls, bleary-eyed with wanting more sleep. I think it's just going to be one of those kinds of days. But at least they got to go to school with Mama, who was the "parent participant" today for a special activity at school--the aquarium people were visiting with animals in tow. Should be lots of fun, until Mama has to go back to work.

As for me, I had a wonderful 2-hour coffee break with my dear friend Mama Teacher, whose school is closed today because of weather damage across the district. We caught up after several weeks of just email. That, plus what seems to be the diminishing of my cold (helped along by my most wonderful Neti Pot--I won't gross you out with the details except to say that I can breathe again after a very stuffy night.), started my day off wonderfully.