Day Three.

Everyone had a happy day......

Got a lot done- walked Aggie (her three minute stroll out the front of the house) spring removal (that means going through the whole house with a garbage bag tossing anything useless) some cleaning, and yes even some TV watching.

Got the girls after school and surprised them with going to see "How to Train Your Dragon"- really enjoyed the movie. Picked up Thai food on the way home. Good day.

I finally feel like I am on vacation- I forgot how much I miss time just being here at home, cleaning and organizing. Really good day.

The best part is I have tomorrow to do the same!

Day Two

The day went well. My mouth almost is back to normal, I can check getting my hair done off my list, got some school work done, I did some laps at the pool and I am back on the mother of the year list.

I got the mom of the year nomination from Ellie. I had lunch with her at school. Not sure if the mom of the year was due to me going there for lunch, or if it was because I brought McDonalds for her. Really you would have thought she won the lottery. So happy to have me there, which made me so happy to be there.

I asked Madison if she wanted me to come to her lunch time at school, and I was answered with a hearty "I dunno". Grade 5- little more stigma if your mom sits with you for lunch......

Glad to be headed for bed....day three should be less busy- I hope!

Day One.

First day off went something like this:

Got the girls to school for 8am.

Went straight to the college to input data for 2 1/2 hours.

Out to lunch with my boss and two other instructors.

20 min later I could feel the inside of my mouth swelling -odd?

After 40 min, me quietly wondering if my throat was going to close up.

45 min into it one girl says to me "Are your cheeks swelling?"

One hour later I made it home- downed some Benadryl and hoped it didn't get worse.

3 o'clock picking up the girls- still with a swollen mouth and now high on antihistamines.

Dragged all three of us to the commissary.... oy

Made supper.... also oy

9pm of day one- mouth almost doesn't hurt and glad to report the swelling is down.

So day one, I discovered I have a food allergy of some sort......it'll take a lot to top that on day two.

Just wanted to add in this photo to demonstrate for you what I often mention- Maddie and books:

This is next to Madison's place at the table. Inkspell and Little Women she is reading for the second time. She loved the Red Badge of Courage (read it in one evening), the pink book is her Bible, and the bottom one is a dog training book. So many books on the go at one time- I don't know how she does it. She is also carrying around a Dogs of the World book right now (has slept with it under her pillow for 4 nights now). Its not in this picture- probably because she was reading it when I took the photo. The Dogs of the World belonged to my sister Jodie when she was Maddie's age, still has the name sticker in the front cover- its from 1976. Wonder if she remembers it?

All this to help you visualize the next time I talk about Madison reading- so many books, so much reading time, not complaining- just sayin'.

Ellie has somewhat of the reading bug as well. I am not putting the picture in here but at Ellie's spot there are two books at any given time. She is starting to borrow from Madison's book shelves, her favorites right now are the Sisters Grimm books.

Now with Ellie you will often find her DSi somewhere near as well- she seems to have a bit of her Dad's love for video games. The part that bothers me is that she is good at it.

I'll be sure to let you know about day two of my week off- I am hoping it will become less busy as I go as opposed to more.

Night off! Beginning my spring break...I'll post tomorrow-promise:)

Fastest Blog Ever!

Gotta talk fast...... the movie is going in ( I think we are watching The Ugly Truth- Julie you said that was a good one right? I mean its no New Moon but......) the pizza and poppers are in the oven and the timer is set to 11 min, so here is my lightening round blog......

Today was all about swimming. As I mentioned yesterday the girls had two practices today- both 2 hours long. They both hung in there really well. The only negative was my fault...... the morning practice at Leo Palace was from 10 am till noon- peak sun time. Apparently my sunscreen skills aren't up to par. Both girls came out with burn lines that follow their swim suits. Rookie mistake- I didn't take the time to get under their strap lines......and there goes mother of the year yet again. I feel really bad. Ellie's tush has two angry red lines up either side......to make me feel even worse, when I was telling her how sorry I was she says "its ok Mom, its not TOO painful". Feeling really bad..........

Tomorrow is my last of four Sundays teaching Sunday School. I will be happy to get back to church. Its been really nice to help out, and the kids were fun but I have been missing being in church- the sitting, the listening....... man that makes me sound lazy!

I am looking forward to the following Sunday- Easter (BTW thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Gillam for the Easter cards- the girls LOVED them!).

Easter is my favorite service of the year. There is always a sunrise service that day and it feels like the beginning of a new year for me.

Last Easter I was up in Canada- freezing at dawn (did I mention these services are always outside....) and the year before that we were freezing in Virginia and the 2 years before that Maryland- so Maddie says to me today "Do we have to go to sunrise service...... oh wait, it won't be cold this year- ok we can go". Guess thats one benefit of Easter on a tropical island. I have Kevin on the mission of looking for a place to eat out for Easter brunch...... looking forward to not cooking- there I go, lazy again!

Ok, the timer is going off and I smell pizza.......happy Saturday!

Friday again.....

But not just any Friday- it is the Friday that starts my March break. Ahhhhh, feels almost like I can breathe again. Though I do have a meeting at the college first thing Monday, but still not the same as a full day of teaching.

I think I may miss driving in to work everyday, passing my favorite caribou, chickens and roosters, spending all day with my students....... Ya, I may miss it all but being home all day will be a great consolation to me...

Ellie got to make a kite today- I am assuming for March winds.....she was so excited about this. Created a plan and mostly stuck to it....I think the worm, crab and fish were an addition to the original sketch.

Madison made a mini-Chamorro-hat in culture class today. Senor Guzman also taught them some traditional dances. She put the palm leaf hat on a bull she has that looks like the caribou from here.

Headed into a busy-ish weekend. Kevin has a change of command he will be at tomorrow. The girls have double practice, 10am at Leo Palace and then 5:30 at their normal pool. But really, the weekend can be as busy as it likes- I have all week to catch up! Can you hear the smile in my writing?

Flat People.

This is the new thing around our house- we had a Flat Maddie, a Flat Ellie and a Flat Kate.

This picture is Flat Ellie and she made it all the way from Brussels to Virginia then on to Ohio. Our Flat Kate is in Welland with a friend of Ellie's right now and Flat Maddie has been back and forth to Virginia twice.

Really fun way for the girls to write letters, make up stories, and keep in touch with friends.

Swim practice tonight, Ellie had the chance to move up a lane with Coach Toshi. It was nice for her to get some special treatment- he chose out his top juniors and did stroke work. She was quite smile-y over the whole thing. Great to see her working hard at it.

One more day for me! I have tomorrow to live through then a week off for spring break...... Spring cleaning here I come!

The Frogs.

Not sure if I have mentioned these guys before.....I think I have.

They drive me nuts. On any given night there are up to 20 of these things on our lawn. They are not your cute little frogs.......they are size of my hand, not afraid to jump toward you, completely outnumber you- FROGS.

Recently they were putting in sidewalks all the way around our yard so they put up temporary orange plastic fencing. You could see all these frogs at night lined up the perimeter of the fence contemplating it. I am sure they were thinking "Great, how do we hop this one?" This created a playpen effect which seemed to somehow increase our frog-to-lawn ratio. Well I think they just got a little too comfy here, cause now they have taken down the fencing and we still seem to have excess frogs! The worse part of it is they KNOW that they have increased in number. They are all cheeky now, attitude-y........all like "ya, I'm in your yard, what are you gonna do about it?"

Two nights ago I was getting out of the car and one charged me! Of course I handled it well, screamed out loud "Stink'n Frogs!" It was only when I went to the other side of the car that I noticed the people at the end of my driveway who had been walking their dog, but stopped for the frog show. I pulled off a dignified "Good evening" as they walked away.

Tonight I had to hit the breaks hard when one crossed the driveway as I pulled up. My bad of course, I didn't notice the cross-hop.

I can't even import more snakes to get rid of them as they are poisonous frogs that the snakes won't even touch.....not that I can ever imagine a scenario where bringing snakes in on purpose is a good idea.

Maybe once Melda moves here I can create a "relocation" program....a Tupperware bin and a couple of midnight runs ought to do the trick......she has three boys- boys like frogs right?

Internet is back on!

To start out:

Sorry we are a little late with the internet being down, but Happy Birthday to Matthew!

The weekend went well. We tried a new restaurant.

Mostly Greek food. It was quite ok. Madison had a chicken alfredo pizza thing, Ellie had a cheeseburger (ok it wasn't all Greek) I had falafel, Kevin had a gyro. Don't know that it will be a new favorite but it was different.

Went to the exchange yesterday and got the girls some new pajamas.

They both get so attached to their clothes. 99% of their clothes at this point were bought for Alyssa by Barb, and then handed on to us (thanks Barb!). So whenever I mention that we need to weed their clothes out they will pull out the "but Mom, they are from Barb!" argument. So we bought the new pj's with the stipulation that they had to clean out all sleeping clothes except for two pair. It almost worked..........Maddie choose to keep a pair that quite frankly haven't fit her for the past year.

I think when I am off for my spring break next week some of their older clothes may go "missing"......... I'll just re-mess up their drawers when I am done, they will never notice the difference!

I got through day one of the accreditation at school. It was the worst day of it as my focus group and I had to meet with the accreditation team. Didn't go too badly, I think we answered everything well enough. Tomorrow will be the end of it. Looking forward to not having to worry about accreditation anymore!

Sorry...Internet is down until Monday :(. I will blog then!

Friday at Last!

Apparently all the environmental enrichment is paying off with Aggie.

She has become an over achiever now- even fetches the newspaper!

(sorry about the redeye- so unavoidable with her!)

Maddie made it through testing week. Glad to have it done.

Tomorrow we are going to a homeschooler book sale. We are hoping to get a French program (Maddie is dying to learn French) and a curriculum that uses historical fictions as its basis. Probably get some good used books for the girls as well. Went to a huge one of these sales in Richmond and loved it- I will let you know what the one here is like.

I have two more days to get ready for the accreditation team. Makes me so nervous I don't even want to talk about it......

Ellie is looking very good in swim practice. Her friend Samantha is a good swimmer for her to be paired up with (which they usually are) because she is a "go getter"- it really motivates Ellie to keep pace with Samantha. Samantha by the way was the number two point achiever at the last meet where Ellie was number three. I said to Samantha that they should stick together and always be number two and number three, that they could be like twins! Samantha replied "No, I want to be number one." I have yet to ever hear that out of my girls mouths- they just don't have that killer instinct. In a way I am grateful that they aren't overly competitive- so we'll have to just keep counting on the "Samanthas" of the world to motivate them.

And good news, my blog title is applicable again now that you guys have "sprung forward". For awhile there it was just embarrassing to be called "fourteen hours forward" when you guys were actually fifteen behind :)

Hope you have a great end to your week!

Thursday is over.

Friday is right around the corner....yay!

This is the thank you kiss Aggie gave Maddie for all the "enriching" she received this week. I know you are dying to know- which toy won? Well it turns out that Aggie's favorite thing in her environment that stimulates her prey instinct is.......kong with a cookie in it. Pretty sure again, that it won out due to it being a known food source, and lets face it, our Aggie is a chow hound.

It is Chamorro month here so our corner store had star fruit out as a give away to celebrate as it is a local fruit. Maddie was all over it! Loved it, said its skin has a slight sour taste but the rest is all sweet. Sorry for the half eaten photo, she laid into it so fast that I never got a picture of it!

And wanted to add a picture of my Grandma. I just love her. Her sense of humor has no limits. I only hope I laugh as much as she does when I am 93! My mom sent this picture to me- thanks mom. There were two other pictures sent also, they had my Grandpa in them- but they were on the blurry side. I am just so grateful for my Grandparents. Love you guys and really miss you.

Wednesday at last.

Yes, the week is so long feeling that I am just grateful to get to Wednesday. Friday should feel great!

Maddie made it through "math day" for the Terra Nova's. She said it was "fun" which either means that she is so stressed she is hallucinating or that she found it easy. She said there was only one question that at first glance threw her off, then once she re-read it she was fine.

Day three of enriching Aggie went well- the kong with the cookie in it won out over the ball and frisbee rubbed in bacon.....yes, it was scent day. I think it just means that Aggie isn't stupid- she choose the actual food source rather than large toys that she knew couldn't possibly be bacon. Tomorrow is the great toy-off. I'll let you know the ultimate winner tomorrow.....bet you are on the edge of your seat!

Ellie worked more on her science project tonight. Did a great job pasting and trimming. It looks like it will all fit nicely.

I don't think I mentioned it earlier in the week- I know I said they did well at the swim meet on the weekend, but I never said that Ellie was the third high scorer in her age group. Very proud of her.

Oh, and you gotta see these cute bananas- Marcie from Kevin's work sent them home with him, she grows them!

My school is gearing up for accreditation next week. Very stressful as our school has never been fully accredited, only consistantly on probation. The accreditation team arrives this weekend and will be at our school Monday. I am scheduled with my committee to meet them Monday at 9am for questioning .........did I mention stressful? They will be doing classroom visits as well. I knew this was coming months ago, so I scheduled my classes to be presenting their yearly projects on those two days. Lets me off the hook a bit but still not looking forward to the whole thing, and will feel much better come Tuesday at 2:45.

Tuesday.

Sorry about Monday- fell asleep on the couch, but in my defense I was doing some serious waiting for Kevin to get off my computer!

Madison has completed day two of her standardized testing. So far so good, only three more days to go. Tomorrow is math...... that'll be her hump to get over, then its clear sailing straight through sociology and geography ( I think?)

Ellie is very anxious for St Patrick's Day tomorrow- picking out her green accessories to go with her uniform so she won't get "pinched by a leprechaun". I think she is excited to see if her trap at school caught a leprechaun. She worked hard on her science fair project over the weekend, didn't even lose focus during the less than fun research part.

Madison has started her actual experiment part of hers- 3 days of giving Aggie toys to choose from in the categories of texture, sound and smell......then the fourth day is the toy-off where the top three square off. All this in the name of "environmental enrichment" which is apparently something animal husbandry experts do with their animals- I think she will have a neat project when she is done. I can tell you Aggie is "enriched" already- she is loving having three toys placed in front of her each morning- so cute to watch her actually contemplate and pick out her favorite. You should have seen Aggie on the weekend when she accidentally came across Madison preparing for the experiment and had 9 toys all over the floor- Aggie did a double take and went after the first two toys she could reach.

Remember the baby/flour sack project with my second year nursing students? Well this week the babies will finally pay their way....... we are busting them open to make home made play dough out of them. The students are making models of wounds and most couldn't afford to get clay for making them- so we are going old school and what better use of resources then to crack open a baby-flour sack or two? The one we won't break open..........by special request the boy who had drawn the baby face on his has asked that his baby be spared.

Such a contrast between my students as I know them to be and the heinous things that sometimes go on at the school- this week 5 of our Southern High students have been charged with murder. I just can't fathom it. What kind of life do these kids lead that would end in them murdering someone? I just can't fathom it.

Happy Birthday Graeme!

Wish we were there to say it in person- we love you and miss you!

Love from Ellie, Maddie, Uncle Kevin and Aunty Sam

Saturday Done.

Busy day.

The girls had the short course championship meet today- did very well. Maddie had one first place in the 50m free and a second in the 50m back. Ellie had second place in all five of her events. Both girls relay teams came in first. Best times in everything. Great day for both.

Kevin stayed home (as I mentioned yesterday) to be part of the window exchange. Brand new windows throughout the whole house- we are ready now for nuclear attack because our windows are up to snuff. This is what I came home from the meet to:

The only benefit was that all the furniture was moved around and vacuumed behind. Not the impetus I would choose for house cleaning but got the job done nonetheless. We've decided that we'll just get them to change the windows out every few months instead of cleaning them. Pretty sure they will be changing out the windows in the house next door too- so it will be all ready for you Melda! :)

Finished grading all my sensory system papers today while the workmen did their thing. Ellie worked on her "Leprechaun Trap" project, its really cute- I will put in a picture of it tomorrow if she finishes it up. Tonight as a first we did take-out Thai food.

Made for a nice ending to a day that just didn't quit!

Tomorrow will be church- teaching 2nd grade Sunday School again this week which just makes Ellie's day. The afternoon will be a homework day as both girls have science fair projects to get going on, and I have lesson plans that won't plan themselves! Followed closely by a bonus swim practice in the evening. I can already see myself asking "where did my weekend go?"

Oh and for Julie.... thanks again for my t-shirt.

Maddie has adopted it as her pj's seeing how it was indecently tight on me (not sure what you think is appropriate Julie....... ) Not sure even WHY you would send a Twilight t-shirt to me (ok, so I read the fourth book twice......) and even more unsure why it would say Edward on it! (those of you who don't read Twilight, just know that Jacob is the character of choice..... trust me).

The funny part is that Maddie has always said she didn't like Edward, never having read the books but kids at school talk. She claims Edward punches like a "pixie". So when I told her that I was giving the t-shirt to Ellie to sleep in- she piped up with "well since Aunt Julie gave it to you, I guess I would like to have it...." and has worn it constantly since.

All this as a tribute and a thank you for my friend Julie- thanks for thinking of me :) - sorry about your shortsightedness regarding Edward......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSS!

I wanted to do a special addition blog so that it is almost like I sent a card (which I didn't) and I figured if I added a cartoon then it is like a funny card! So my card would say something like this:

Hope you have a really happy birthday Ross, we wish we were there with you. We are so happy to have you in our lives- you are the right kinda "tuna"!

We love you Ross, and again Happy Birthday!

Feet.

First you will notice in the picture of Maddie's feet that her toe is healed up nicely. I know it looks red but that is all the new tissue coming in- I swear that looks 100% better!

Then you will notice a blue blur on the top of her other foot. That's my cellphone number - I blurred it out because there is just something about posting your contact information online that isn't right...... Why is there a phone number on Maddie's foot, one might ask. Well just so you know the extent of worry I go through- I wrote my number on Madison's foot this morning before she left for the field trip. She didn't have any pockets, she wasn't bringing a bag- so what choice did I have? It was just a safety net in case she was separated from the class- safety, not paranoia. And don't worry, she was wearing socks and crocs so none of her classmates know what a lunatic she has for a mom!

Beyond all that the field trip went really well- she had a great time, and didn't have to take off her shoe to call her mom even once!

Now Ellie's feet:

Really, nothing much about them except she wanted a picture taken of her feet too. She is sporting new flip flops that have a brillo pad feel to the bottom of them- personally can't see how they would be comfy......

Swim meet in the morning. This time I have to go alone. Kevin will be staying home to be with the workers who are replacing our windows. Apparently we are in the blast zone of Kilo Wharf so the safety standards say we need a higher grade window to withstand the blast should it occur- not enough miles/feet away from the dock that sometimes has explosives parked there. ? ...... ? Really. The windows are the issue when you are worrying about a blast zone? I gotta say, I am a layman but you put the words blast and zone in the same sentence when referring to the house we are living in- I get uncomfortable.

Just sayin'.

Long weekend ahead of us, jam packed full of busy-ness......which I am sure will make for extensive blogging :)

Big Day Tomorrow

Maddie is going on her first field trip tomorrow without me. I know, she is ten and this should have happened a long time ago. The thing is I have always been the stay at home mom who volunteered for all classroom goings on.

The good thing is that she is completely fine with this. The only tense one is me. She is going to some sort of Chamorro singing show and then to lunch. Madison is really excited. Its nice to see her excited for a school activity rather than planning a protest for it. Now if I can just get her through the standardized tests she has next week with a positive attitude I'll consider these weeks a victory.

Ellie is great- thats all. School is fun, friends are great, swim championships are this weekend and she has the world by the tail, as usual.

I have survived March- yes I realize that March is not even half way over, but I am calling it. My hard core unit stuff for my classes is complete- their tests are tomorrow. That takes me into next week which are midterms. Then straight into accreditation, project presentations and sailing straight into my March break. I can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel! So if you guys catch me not blogging, it is sheer laziness and has nothing to do with my workload- hold me to that.

Honestly!

It feels like it should be Friday- but the calendar clearly says Tuesday?

Huh, thats weird!

Things seem overly busy right now (as you can tell from my lack of blogging). The girls are still fine and well. Maddie made it back in tonight for her first swim practice after "the toe" incident. It has healed up nicely and looks like all new skin is coming in! My senior nurses were treated to pictures of the toe at its worst for our unit on wound care. I am not sure how the girls swam tonight as Kevin came home on time and took them to practice. I spent the whole two and a half hours at this computer finishing up my units for this week. Leaving just enough left over time to blog!

I wanted to add some "morning" pictures of the girls for you. Almost every morning that I come down the hall this is what I see:

The girls get up in the morning, get dressed and carry their blankets and books down to the living room to wait for breakfast. Such a nice, comforting routine. One of my favorite times of the day- seeing my girls content to be in the same room together, enjoying a good book. Of course the sun beaming in on them helps to give the whole scene a "warm, fuzzy" feel to it :)

What's cute too is that they usually continue the book reading at the table with breakfast:

Really makes for nice mornings.

Don't hate me....

I need one more night to do yet MORE school work (wounds and sensory systems and such) and maybe a little extra caffeine to get through it!

Its an honor....

Sorry for missing yesterday- ran out of time and energy last night..... does anyone get sick of my excuses for the nights I miss or can I count on your pity for my busy life?

I made it to Madison's school for the giving of the honor role certificate.

My students sincerely didn't mind having a school aide babysitting them for an hour.... not to mention that they are used to absent teachers- I think teacher attendance is an issue at this school (one of many that the administration has to deal with).

Madison was very happy to have me there (I can tell the level of appreciation by the amount of "I love you"'s that I got). She missed the Principal's List because of her B+ in math- and apparently her friends were asking her how she ended up on just the honor role..... maybe that kind of feedback will be more effective than my harping at report card time? Anyway- really so proud of her for the grades that she is getting and so grateful that her learning ability isn't an issue........ the emotional side is enough to deal with :p Love Maddie, but OH the drama!

Ellie is doing well all round. She worked hard this past week at swim team, having Maddie out seems to have agreed with her. She said last night "Does Maddie have to come back? Its been peaceful without her...." Ellie went through a short phase of crying at swim team practices (getting out of the water saying "I miss my family and friends back home") but knock on wood that seems to have resolved itself. She is doing well at school as well. This week I had a spontaneous comment in an email from her teacher that said this:

Ellie is a remarkable student who demonstrates enthusiasm and is highly motivated in class..

Have a great day!

So glad that the way I know her to be at home spills over into her school life.

Honestly can't tell you how blessed I feel for being given the chance to raise them both. Truly an honor.

I find that so easy to think right now....... mostly because they are both outside playing nicely- ask me again in half an hour.

Thursday

Really thats all I can say- its Thursday.

As you can see above, Madison is still out of the pool..... though I think tonight will be the last of that. Her pus is all oozed out, her skin has peeled off and left a big hardened scab looking thing. She is definitely past the worst of it. Its kinda embarrassing for me that she ended up with such a horrendous infection...... I know its not my fault, but when your child is getting dressing changes done daily with the school nurse, you can't help but feel you did something wrong- right? Even worse- the school nurse is on car-line duty this week, so I have had to face her everyday....... discussing the progress of Maddie's toe. All the while she is thinking that I must have rubbed the toe in a cesspool to get it to be so bad.......

Madison came home today with the news that she made the honor role...... and that the ceremony is tomorrow at 2:15. Really, we don't need any notice, one day is fine- Anyway, I decided I am going. They give me something called "parental leave" for just such a thing, and since its the end of the day, my students won't miss out on much. They will probably love the break from me!

I am sure tomorrow's blog will have pictures of Maddie making the honor role and me playing hooky :)

Ever had one of those days?

This is SO me today- I am exhausted and going to sleep!

Usual Day

Nothing unusual about today............ except maybe that our hockey team has the gold! Way to go Canada!

Maddie came home from school today pretty excited. Her poem (which I have yet to hear) was chosen to be read in front of the school today. A proud moment for her, if I get a copy of it I will add it in the blog so you can read it......hopefully it was in good taste, she does have a sarcastic side to her writing.....

Both girls are very focused on doing a science fair project. Madison is doing it on "Why Bedlington Terriers are Faster than Fox Terriers"- to end the suspense for you, it has something to do with their bone structure- I'll let you know when I know :) Ellie is doing "Body Systems in a Food Chain" which will include information and a model of a hunter's muscle, a bear's digestive system, a fish's respiratory/gill system, and how algae grows. I thought that was pretty inventive for a second grader. I am sure I will have pictures of both projects when they are done in the next week or so.

Madison missed swim practice again tonight. Her toe is on the mend but you wouldn't know from looking at it- it is UGLY! Still with pus, but chunks of the skin are coming off now- I am sorry to be so graphic, I only wish I could post a picture of it without gagging you. I think she may be out of swimming for the week- or for as long as she continues to be a biohazard anyway.

Gotta go finish up my 70 progress reports- oy - I swear with this block/semester system I am submitting grades or writing progress reports every 3 weeks...... I am sure my teachers never did this much work :p

Going to say it one more time-

Yay for Canada!- seriously, so proud.

Go Canada!

Off for tonight- watching the big game! Don't tell who won.....