My life is OBOB right now. Everyday I go to school and get the rooms set up for the battles. Today was the first day that parents came and watched the battles. Here’s the room, all set up and ready to go.
On a sadder OBOB note, today was the first day we had a kid cry. There are always tears at some point during OBOB, but it breaks my heart every time. They work so hard and then they lose. It’s disappointing, but hopefully they’ll forget about that part and even if they didn’t make it as far as they’d hoped in this year’s battles, maybe they will try again next year. They all know in the beginning that there is only going to be one team standing at the end, but the reality of that is hard.
This is what my Tuesday evenings look like. Colm has his group class and then Liam has his group class.
This is Panjur. We got him about 1 1/2 years ago when he was still pretty much a kitten. He LOVES to play and chase but you have to be super careful with him because he has all of his claws. You can’t go to sleep with him in the same room either because if you move even an inch he will attack. It’s just too much for him to stay still when there’s something moving under the covers. 🙂 Sleeper beware!
This is my newest read. I just started, but I am looking forward to seeing the movie after I am done with the book.
This is our sweet pup, Diarmaid. He is getting on in years and is having trouble walking, going up and down the stairs, etc, but he is still super lovable. We got him in 1999 (I think) and he was about a year old when we got him, so he’s about 14ish/15ish years old. He’s a great dog and a super important part of our family.
Book club is on Monday, so I need to finish this book before then. I only have one chapter left so I am sure I’ll get it done. This story is about two sisters whose parents die when they’re young and are raised by their aunt and uncle. Now that they’re adults they have taken two different paths in life. One is a HIGHLY successful news anchor and the other, after having to kind of find her way for a while, is a social worker who works with low-income women and children in New York. It’s definitely not a five star read, but I would give it a solid 3 1/2.
Colm finally finished his last piece to his Alexander Graham Bell assignment. (He had over a month to do this and he waited until the last minute to get it done and then he was sick. Good thing he stayed home sick today and had one extra day to get it done.)
Colm was down and out tonight. No fever, but he did get sick (hence the puke bowl) and he slept from 7pm-3am on the couch, woke up for about an hour and then slept again until 7:45am…and now he’s as good as new.
This is my box that carries in it all things OBOB…schedules, lists, forms, more lists, more schedules, more forms. If you see me going into school in the mornings I am probably carrying this box with me.
The boys are heading back to school which means it’s time to pack lunches again.