Valentine's Day

What a holiday! It is one of those times when you think, Do I want to give in to all this commercial hullabaloo or not? And then you think, What's wrong with an excuse to actually go out on a date? At any rate, Valentine's Day is pretty low key around our house, and if it wasn't for Jeremy, it may be forgotten all together. We went to a Thai restaurant on Thursday night and rented the movie Fireproof on Friday night. The Thai food was fantastic. The message of the movie was excellent; the acting left something to be desired - it was still worth watching. We thought we would avoid the busyness of the actual 14th by celebrating on those days. So, on Saturday, I went to work at school and Jeremy played racquetball with Mike. BUT... he also made me a card and had thought ahead enough to get a small box of chocolates. I wrote a note to him in return. Do we sound like a boring, old, married couple? I hope not because we do love each other; there is no need for a holiday to remind us of that, right?

At any rate, I feel much less stressed out after going to work yesterday - I was able to write (or get a good start on) 4 out of 5 IEPs that are due in the coming weeks. On Friday, I stayed until 5:30pm getting lesson plans and worksheets done for this week, so I am feeling much better. Today, Jeremy was able to play in the men's basketball league at church. It was close game that his team won in overtime. It was good to see his teammates again; we had basically been out of touch with them since the last season two years ago! Tonight, I am taking it easy. Jeremy has the day "off" tomorrow, but will be working on school work. I have to go to school. The high school has accumulated 6 snow days, and they decided it was necessary to make them up as soon as possible - blech! I will work to write as this week continues. My blogs have been sparse since returning to Ohio. Apparently, teaching is not nearly as exciting as volunteering and traveling around Colorado! I need to take some pics to improve this blog as well. I'll work on that, too. I hope everyone has a great week.