random updation

please recall "updation" was added to my blog dictionary sometime last year.

well, we traveled again this weekend. surprise, surprise. we drove to lubbock for a friend's wedding that was on sunday. it was a long drive. we drove 12 hours in less than two days. we left directly after the wedding and got home to san antonio around 1:30am. yucko. the good thing about it was that we did get to see several of our friends and even got to stop in on landon and sarah and the babies on the way there, and mom and dad on the way back. it was a good but very quick visit.

my inservices started on monday and so far, so good. we had workshops monday and tuesday morning but had the afternoons to work in our classrooms. we have something all day tomorrow and friday morning but the rest of the time will be ours. how nice is that?! it's made for a very relaxing preparation for the new year. my classroom is completely ready and i'm excited to spend the rest of the week getting my stuff ready for meet the teacher on friday afternoon and the first week of school.

in other news, i'm getting another favorite chair this week and really can't wait until it's here. i'm trying to figure out a color to paint that room that will make it look warmer and more comfortable. if you wanna look at the chair again, look here and give me your opinion on a paint choice. remember, this chair goes with a very dark brown leather couch.

also, our dining room furniture will finally be here next week. we ordered it almost two months ago. i think our house will feel even more like a home when you don't have to walk in the front door and look into an empty room. fingers crossed that everything comes okay.

i came home yesterday to an incredibly muddy dog. i was overjoyed.

i am having a crazy sinus/allergy situation right now and i can't breathe through my nose. i hate not being able to breathe through my nose. gggrrr.

i love watching the olympics and the journalistic travel stories that occasionally accompany the broadcast.

michael and i are going with greg and sascha to the south african festival in two weeks. that will be exciting and fun and a great learning experience for me. it's just a weekend get-together of all of the south africans in the austin and surrounding areas. they have good food and good stories and it's a great time for michael to be able to feel like he's a little closer to home. i'm happy to be able to go. i'm also glad we get to stay home a weekend before we go again.

i think i might be ready for bed.