This and That

I am so tired of my swollen, itchy eye. It has gotten progressively better each day, but still is driving me crazy.

The weather is gorgeous and sitting out by the pool is definitely on my lunch time plans.

It's nice having Hubby home. We originally thought this would be a calm week as swim was suppose to have ended. But since the Driver made it to Regionals on her 400 m free relay team, they've continued practicing. She is now wanting to join her old club team so she can swim year-round. The good thing about that is the club team practices 3 miles down the road (the school team practices near the high school...9-10 miles away). With the club team, she can come home from school and then drive herself to and from practice later. We're off to Ft. Myers for Regionals tomorrow night, after the Driver sings the National Anthem at the HOmecoming game. Warm-ups for swim start at 7:30 am on Saturday. Then after the meet we'll drive home in time for the Driver to get all dressed up so she can go to the Homecoming Dance. 'Sure hope she doesn't have too much homework this weekend.

I'm busy developing a workshop for our catechists. I'm suppose to teach them how to be more effective teachers in their religious ed classrooms. Most are simply volunteer parents with no educational backgrounds, so they are eager for any tips or help that come their way. So, I'm searching through my stuff trying to pick those ideas that will help them the most. I have 2 hours to present. Not really much time at all.

Word has it that my brother and his wife are celebrating their anniversary at the beach. Sure hope they have great weather and time to relax. They both deserve it.

Hubby is planning on taking off of work the whole week of Thanksgiving. We're planning on painting the outside of the house. Not something I'm necessarily looking forward to (I like the painting part, I don't like the prep, the set up and the clean up to that activity, and the planning of how to keep the house running even if I'm spending the day painting). Our goal is to be finished before Thanksgiving Day.