The 25th Hour ~karenjcardoza.com~

That’s my boy!!

… tears of joy and sadness at son’s acceptance to college… in Hawaii! Best of luck at Chaminade University, my baby boy. I know you will do great things in this world. I love you so much…

I’m sitting here with a huge smile on my face and a warm feeling in my heart.  My kids are both home, there’s over a foot of snow outside and the Pats are winning.  Christmas is a few days away and the house smells of baked goods. 2009 hasn’t been the easiest year but I wouldn’t trade my life for anything. <3

I had a great day at school but I’m very tired and need to turn in NOW!  I almost had a heart attack when I tried to post here tonight and got a database error… It was only temporary but I almost flipped because I’m ready for bed and hadn’t posted for NaBloPoMo yet. Tonight, I planned on rolling over and being asleep by 9:00 since I stayed up very late for a disappointing Pats loss last night, worked all day, ran errands and went to appointments and didn’t get home until almost 7:00 pm. But, the DD (darling daughter) needed help with some online banking issues and we chatted for quite awhile to straighten it all out. All set now, but it’s very late for me!

Speaking of online chatting, I was told by  DS (the darling son) that he would actually friend me on Facebook, only when the goes away to college,  so that we can chat. Until then, FB is his domain to be shared with his friends and I only get to chat face to face.   That’s ok..  I can wait as long as I get to keep him here with me for as long as I can.

NaBloPoMo 16

With lots of personal things going on and a difficult school year thus far, Big Al planned a relaxing getaway up north for two for the weekend. It was a cool, crisp fall weekend and the color was spectacular. We did lots of relaxing and enjoying nature.  Naturally, the lake view right from my window at Abakee is one of my favorite ones on earth and the ability to read, knit and lounge was just what I needed.  We visited Meredith and Wolfeboro, drank good wine and ate good food.  I’m so thankful for the respite and wish it hadn’t gone by so fast.  Thanks honey… love you lots!

The rest of the pics are here.

This has been one of the most relaxing and enjoyable vacations I’ve ever had.  I think part of  it is the attitude that you go into it with. I was determined to have a good one and  I couldn’t wait to come up to New Hampshire to relax and unwind.  I’ve been able to do just that.  It’s Wednesday morning and I’ve started each day with a sunrise walk, have kayaked before breakfast, and read a book a day so far. I don’t need bells and whistles… just give me a great view, my family and a stack of books and I’m good to go. Of course the fact that the weather has been nice helps. But, no matter what, I planned on having a great time and that’s just what I’m doing.

Without getting into much detail, I must say that the past few months have been a blur…. We had a medical scare here and while we still don’t have all of our answers and know exactly what was wrong, we now know that some serious, scary things have been ruled out. With the coming of spring and the good news, it’s time to get back to a normal life and schedule here. I’m hoping to be able to finally get a good night’s sleep without spending hours tossing and turning. I’m so ready to finally wake up rested for a change.

Tomorrow will be Day 130 at school, with 50 to go!  It’s that time of the year that I have lots and lots of paperwork and various individualized plans and assessments  to do for my students. In order to make it, I’ll be staying at school late and bringing work home a lot. April vacation starts on Good Friday, 4/10, and I’ll likely be working every day  on it during the following week.  I’m not going away anywhere and I have an appointment every day but the agenda will include  school work, working out, and yard work. I’m really hoping to have a good chunk of work done before vacation starts so I can do some relaxing too.

I finally was able to get my Pats website updated this week, after spending time fixing the bugs that prevented me from automatically updating. I also banged out a real quick Podcast after school today and hope to be more consistent with the draft approaching. The one thing that I’ve managed to do a lot of these days has been reading.  Since I’ve not been online much at all, I’ve been banging out the books!

I’ve also been able to go to the gym quite a bit, have been working out at home and after school with coworkers, and may run a 5k this weekend…. we’ll see how it goes! Meanwhile, despite the craziness in my life of late, I’ve personally been trying to take very good care of my health and balance it all.

It feels good to be back….