Catherine rocking 10th grade

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Term GPA: 3.875

Up and at 'em

Managed to get myself into work today, but drew masses of sympathy every time I erupted with a chesty cough. Actually it was probably more like "would you please go home, you walking tower of germs." Had to tackle Russian study abroad stuff. The effort of sending a few students there for a few weeks is herculean as it was last year. Today I clicked on the DHL website just to start figuring out where to drop off the signed, stamped original Russian contract in the next couple of days only to see on their main page a blinking item which, of course, had to do with Russia. I mean how many war torn, god forsaken countries do they ship to? And the place that makes the blinking advisory slot is Russia! Turns out I would only have problems if I wanted to ship a non-document to a private individual. Whew. I have a document and an institution so I should be good to go. Then it was a quick check of all the students' visa documents and the inevitable - did you get an HIV test - email to a couple of them. I mean this is way more information than I am really comfortable with.

Work Catherine wanted to know if I was coming to zumba and I told her that sitting in my desk chair for four hours was all the zumba I could handle today.

memorial day weekend

Managed to get a picture of the birds in their nest. They seem to be thriving despite my vicious pruning of their habitat.

But mainly I have been demolished by a wicked spring cold. Here is my bedside table.

We did go out for one drive. Catherine piloted the car to drop Sam off at a neighborhood friend's house. Apart from her propensity to stop 25 feet before getting to any stop sign....she did well.

Driving

Catherine now has her learner's permit - for driving. This means she can drive with a guardian... we will hit the local streets tomorrow, so you all are forewarned.

zumba

I have only that one word for you. But seriously, this is the new exercise fad and I got talked into giving a class a try. It is a sort of Latin dance inspired aerobics and, man, is it hard work. Not only do you sweat buckets, but you spend a lot of the time wondering how the instructor's butt moves that way, and by extension, why yours does not. One hour = 546 calories burned. And one bright, red face for a whole hour afterwards.

Oh, and it was fun.

A little gem for Monday

Kathryn Dixon shared this one with me, which is attributed to Gloria Steinem.

"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."

Quite true in my view.

Spring?

This is what we woke up to this morning....

The view of where all my lovely veg was planted yesterday.