Intentions

I'm not the biggest procrastinator that I know. But...I always have the intention that I'll write in my blog and then I think, nahhhh...I've got nothing, good or bad to say. Which is funny because my brain never stops and there is always a conversation going on in there. I see that it's exactly one month since the last time I blogged. So much happens in a month...attended a fun wedding, 2 graduations, one was my own son Ryan's graduation and the other was Orchard View Alternative High School's, which also was the very last day I worked at Orchard View. After the ceremony we enjoyed a lovely luncheon at St. Andrew's Cafe in the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. The next day I hosted a fantastic graduation party at my house for my son. The weather was perfect, the food was plentiful and delicious (hint: aworldoffood.com) and the beer was flowing. It was a great day. I began my new job in a different school in our school district. Now I am the Principal's Secretary at Sheafe Road Elementary School. This is a big change for me, but there may be more changes so I'll try to get back here before another month has elapsed to write about it. We had our CSEA luncheon at Christo's in Poughkeepsie. It's a beautiful catering facility but the food was not up to par. I don't know why. I bought a new gas grill that has an infrared searer. A new grill is just as exciting to me as a new car would be to someone else. I spend a lot of time grilling, so I like my grill to be just so. And it's hunter green, which makes me even happier! I went to the movies and saw "Rock of Ages." I absolutely loved this movie! It was fun and silly and just what my brain needed...a mindless, guilty pleasure. It even made me like Tom Cruise again. The weather has been soooo hot that I've been lazing in my pool every chance I get. I have gotten extremely tan. I'm tanner than people who have spent a week or two in the Bahamas! My glasses broke & I got them fixed. The assisted living facility that kicked my Dad out to a nursing home told my sister that he had clothes that needed to be picked up. So I go and there were 3 humongous and ridiculously heavy bags of clothes I had to drag out of there. My sister Kathy came over yesterday and went through those bags. One sweater was my Dad's and nothing else! Needless to say, those bags are all ready at GoodWill! I BBQ'd and sweated bullets on the 4th of July (yesterday). Finally cooled off in my pool and then hung out on my deck enjoying whoever was shooting off fireworks in our vicinity. It was awesome. I took a vacation day today, tomorrow & Monday. A mini staycation. I cleaned out my old mail, my pocketbook and my bag that I bring to work everyday. And now here I am. I'm getting ready to do some shopping and then we are going to RiverStation on the waterfront in Poughkeepsie for a scrumptious dinner. After dinner we'll sit out and watch the fireflies (biggest I've ever seen in my life) and I'm sure they'll be some remnants of fireworks from yesterday that will light up my night. Tomorrow I have to tackle cleaning out my closet, dresser and bedroom. I've probably left a few things out. The moral to this story is: I must not let a whole month go by without writing down my thoughts!