Celebrating Early!

We met two other couples last night at Red Robin up in Shoreview for an early New Year's Eve celebration.  We didn't party hardy - one coffee, one white wine, one Coke and three waters; but we shared from the heart.  Each couple is going through tough stuff.  Sam's school closing, while difficult, does not involve his health like everyone else's does.  We laughed, we talked, we joked, we shared life.  It was good.

"Friends, we believe in you,

think of you,

and pray for you.

And when another day is through

we'll still be friends with you."

Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA  

Sweet, Slippery Saturday!

A little sheer ice did not stop our students from bringing in their leftover holiday sweets to class on Saturday!  I say, that ice stopped a lot of people from moving as multiple cars, SUVs, semi's, etc. were found in the ditches on my way to work - fortunately, I wasn't one of them!  And I was one of the staff that got the two-hour late start notification - unlike Sonja who slid into the parking lot and then found her text!

Thankful Thursday!

I finally have a chance to write my post today because - THANKFULLY - we have a two-hour late start.  I'm over at ISD 196 teaching students how to be Water Safety Aides Thursday through today, now until 5:30 p.m. rather than 3:30 p.m.  

I have to say, on Thursday, I was thankful for such a wonderful class.  We have twelve students, not a one with a bubbly, outgoing personality . . . not a one who can do the side stroke . . . but positive, kind, pleasant, easy to work with, willing to take instruction . . . for that I am thankful!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas with the Dureys . . .

. . . was fun as always!

No One There . . .

I was encouraged by the lifeguards to swim this morning because there would be NO ONE there!  After all, it IS Christmas Eve!  WRONG.  At one point it was so busy I had to share my lane . . .