Now a Trip Report!!! Will We Stay or Will We Go? A Thanksgiving Pre-Trip/Trip Report

[Charleston Princess]

Woo hoo for saving some on the trip! Every little bit counts!!!

 

[jillyb]

I finally had some time to get my computer set up but I'm missing all of my WDW wallpaper. I hate starting over from scratch!

I had a friend who just got back from WDW. Before she left I gave her some money and a list of some things to bring back for us. When I told Clay about it he said "Yeah, because it's not like we're going to be there in a few months to buy it ourself." I don't know why I bother sometimes. LOL My friend came by tonight and brought us a bag of goodies. Here's what we got:

Hannah picked this out and she was driving me crazy about getting it from my friend!

For Alison:

For me! I put the Sorcer Hat on my antenna.

For Clay:

I mentioned in a PP that I'd bought some Yellow Box flip flops. Here they are:

I love these things!!

I bought a pair of matching pjs for me and Alison at Wal-Mart. They didn't have them in Hannah's size. Alison really likes her pjs.

Here's the flower bed at the front door and some of the new flowers I planted.

The green plants in the corner are new. Think I'm going to buy a couple more to fill in the gaps back there.

These are new too. They were so pretty when I planted them but the blooms are starting to die. Time to do some dead heading!

So, that's my totally random stuff for tonight!

 

[micandminforever]

I love your Mickey pajamas. I need to get my DH the shirt you got for Clay.

 

[MeMom]

The Grumpy shirt fits John, too.
He is very smart.
He can be equally as grumpy.

I am not a plant person. I like them, but they view my home as a plant mortuary. They know that shortly after arrival, it's all over. I have silk flowers in my two pots out front. I look at it logically - I saved two perfectly good live plants from an early demise.

Minnie is cute. She should go on the trip with you to visit her old friends.

 

[Charleston Princess]

Charles needs a Grumpy t-shirt as well!

Love all the goodies and your flowers are just beautiful!

 

[jillyb]

Last weekend was Mother's Day and it was a busy weekend for us. Katie and Madison came up on Friday and stayed with us. It was nice having them here. Hannah and Madison had a good time playing with each other. Katie had to work on Sunday so didn't get to partake in all the Mother's Day festivities. I had to go to Wal-Mart to get groceries for my Mom so I got a card for Katie from Madison. The card was a picture frame so I took a picture of Madison to put in it. Katie liked the card/picture but the sparkle got a bit tarnished when we discovered that Madison, Hannah and one of Hannah's friends had gotten in the new bottle of gummy vitamins Katie had bought for Madison and they had eaten 45 out of the 60 that were in the bottle.

Saturday we met some friends at the North Carolina Zoo. We didn't get there until almost 10:30 and the ticket lines were crazy! Should have done rope drop! As we're standing in this extremely long line I notice there's a kiosk set up for people to sign up for a zoo membership. I had Clay hold our place in line and went over to check it out. Hmmmmm....I could get a family membership (2 adults and any children under 18) for two years or I could get a family plus membership (2 adults, any children under 18 plus a guest) for a year. Even though the two year membership was a better deal pricewise I went with the one year. That way we could go as a family and take one extra person with us. Plus, what I paid for the one year membership is about what I would have had to pay for a one day ticket for all of us so it worked out. As I was walking back, I saw Katie and Madison sitting on a bench in the shade. Madison was crying (which had Katie crying, which had me crying) because she was missing Howard. They had taken her to the zoo and I guess she was remembering that trip. After that brief interlude we headed inside, met up with our friends and had a great time!
Here's some pictures from our day:

Don't they look excited! Hannah was mad because I wouldn't let her buy anything yet.

First up....the giraffes!!

This giraffe kept sticking his tongue out and we were all laughing about it. I got a really good picture of it!

Hannah and Madison:

Clay and Katie:

The elephant was fully submerged in the water and I caught it as it was coming out. You can't even tell it's been in the water!

Katie and Madison:

Was I born or was I hatched?!

continued in next post

 

[jillyb]

Katie, Madison, Hannah, Ashley (purple shirt) and Brandon (yellow shirt):

Riding the carousel:

Big Pappa (as Madison calls him! ) and Madison:

WARNING: Bird picture!

Not a bird!

They were building this geyser last July when I took Hannah and my nephew. It made me think of the geyser at WL:

Doing this:

Made this move:

The girls were wiped out on the ride home. We had a great time at the zoo!

For Mother's Day we took our Mom's to lunch and then we all came back to our house for a bit.

Four generations: my Mom, me, Hannah and Madison:

Need to get one with Katie in the picture too.

My Mom and Madison:

Clay's sister and Hannah:

I've got pictures of Clay's Mom but I can't post them. His sister is currently a foster Mom to two very sweet and cute little girls. All the pictures I have with his Mom have the girls in them and I can't post pictures of them. I got some very cute pictures of his Mom with Hannah, Madison and the other two girls though!

Right now Hannah and Alison are washing my van. Although I think they're getting washed more than the van is! My Mom wants me to clean out her flower pots and some of her flower beds so I'll be doing that later. I have a friend that is graduating from college today and she's having a graduation party at her house tonight. Tomorrow will be spent trying to do some housework around here while Alison works on a school project and Hannah studies for her math assessment. Then it'll be back to the grindstone. *sigh*

I got an e-mail from our TA today about our dining reservations. My ADR window opens on the 24th. Now to figure out where we're going to be on what day so I can get our meals sorted!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Looks like a fun day at the zoo! What nice weather you had!
The flower pictures are beautiful and I love your generations photo!

 

[Charleston Princess]

What a wonderful time at the zoo! I love that picture of the elephant in the water!!! Too neat!

 

[jillyb]

Looks like a fun day at the zoo! What nice weather you had!
The flower pictures are beautiful and I love your generations photo!

It really was a fun day! I think we may go back in a couple of weeks. They have a lemur exhibit opening up next weekend. The weather was nice but it was very hot! We had lots of frozen lemonade and ice cream though to cool us off.

I like trying to get generations pictures. Somewhere I have a picture of my Great-Grandmother, my grandmother, my Mom, me and Katie when she was a baby.

What a wonderful time at the zoo! I love that picture of the elephant in the water!!! Too neat!

We had a great time! It's only an hour drive from our house to the zoo but we've only been a few times. Now that we have a membership we'll have to go more often. Plus, we can get discounts for NC aquariums and other places too. The elephant in the water was so cool! He was completely submerged and then he started coming up. I was trying to get a progression shot but there were too many other people trying to get the same shot! LOL

 

[jillyb]

We're at our 180 day mark today and I was up at 5:15 to make our ADRs. Now I'd like nothing better than to crawl back under the covers! I was able to get everything I wanted either at the exact time or within 15 minutes of the time I wanted. I'll need to set a reminder that 60 days out I need to call and make the reservation for Lunch with an Imagineer for Clay. Or, who knows, I may get a wild hair and make it sooner!

Here's what I got:

11/20: Rose & Crown - 5:30
11/21: Yak & Yeti - 5:15
11/22: Le Cellier - 11:35
11/23: Kona - 8:00
11/24: 50's Prime Time - 5:30
11/25: Ohana - 6:45
11/26: Cinderella's Royal Table - 5:15
11/27: Coral Reef - 11:30

I know we're going to have to pay OOP for at least one of these meals so I guess I better start saving my pennies!

Friday was my birthday and we went out to eat with my parents. We went to a place called Sogo. It's a Japanese steakhouse and it was very good. Hannah surprised me by eating her rice. When I cook it at home she turns her nose up at it and says she doesn't like rice. Clay got a cake for me and the cake topper was Mickey and Pluto in an airplane. It was very cute! The cake was delicious...chocolate!

Saturday Hannah went to church with her friend and spent the night. Clay and I went to see Ironman2 and then had a late dinner at O'Charley's. Yesterday was spent getting caught up on cleaning and re-working our ADRs.

There may be some changes to the cast of characters for our trip. We've known from Alison's progress reports that she's not been doing classwork and not turning in homework assignments. Clay has had several discussions with her about it but, when you're not there 24 hours a day to enforce it doesn't do much good. Her social studies teacher sent Clay an e-mail and told him that he'd told all his classes that if everyone in those classes did a certain assignment that he wouldn't give them homework for the rest of the year. Do you know that Alison was the only one who DIDN'T do the assignment??!! Seriously...what kid wouldn't jump at the chance to not have homework the rest of the year???!!! It's just pure laziness. The Ex told Clay that Alison wasn't allowed to watch her favorite shows as her punishment.

When Clay got home Friday he told me that the Ex had called him. Alison has gotten even worse as far as school goes and she was giving her a stronger punishment. But bottom line she really doesn't know what to do. Clay talked to Alison and told her the only reason he wasn't coming over there to give her a spanking was because it was my birthday. The Ex supposedly has taken away TV completely now, no visiting with friends and took away her cell phone. Well, Alison texted me on Friday night to wish me Happy Birthday. If the phone was taken away then she must have snuck it.

We have Alison this weekend and I'm thinking it's going to be ugly. He has told her repeatedly that if she doesn't shape up that she won't be going to Disney with us. At first I didn't really agree with that because that's like punishing her in the future for behavior now. So, I guess we're going to have to wait and see how she does the first nine weeks of school next year before making that decision. The problem is, that's going to leave me with an extra ticket. Guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

Hope everyone else had a good weekend!

 

[jillyb]

It's been a while since I've had any updates. Life has been busy busy! I'll try to get something up soon.

Meanwhile, I found this article in the Los Angeles Times and thought I'd share:

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-vacay-20100613,0,2600430.story

 

[Charleston Princess]

Interesting article! I guess our Disney Blues is not uncommon.

I, especially, like the fact that multiple trips are recommended.

 

[jillyb]

OK...so technically this isn't an update about what's been going on since my last post but I just have to share this because it's so good! I get daily reads from Books-A-Million. This book was featured a couple of weeks ago and I finally had time to read all five days. I laughed! I cried! I've got to buy this book (and I'm not a teacher!) Anyway...just wanted to share this with ya'll because I know that my dear DIS teacher friends will appreciate the humor and sentiments. I'll post the next installment tomorrow. Enjoy!

NONFICTION BOOK PREVIEW CLUB
======================================

This week's book:
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD-GRADE KIND
by Phillip Done

FROM THE BOOK JACKET:

"An award-winning veteran of the classroom for twenty-plus
years, Phillip Done chronicles a lively and unforgettable
year in third grade."

Phillip Done knows that children will always giggle more
when you tell them to stop, that broken candy canes do not
taste as good as unbroken ones, and that by spring there
will be more balls on the school roof than in the ball
box. From back-to-school shopping to the summer countdown,
Done offers parents, teachers, and anyone who works with
children--or remembers what it was like to be one--the
hilarity and wisdom that can come only from an elementary
school classroom.

In this collection of charming and touching tales, you'll
join twenty third-graders, class pets, and Mr. Done, as he
confiscates yardsticks that have magically turned into
swords, scoops goop out of pumpkins, holds on to newly
pulled baby teeth, follows mud tracks to students' desks,
and forgets to wear green on St. Patrick's Day.

With great warmth and wit, Done celebrates children and
that precious period in life when nothing is more
important than what you are going to wear for Halloween
and what animal you get in your box of animal crackers.
Sure to touch the heart, Done's priceless lessons in life
and learning remind us of playing Heads Up 7-Up during
rainy-day recess, decorating shoeboxes for valentine
mailboxes, and those special teachers in our lives who
made a difference.

==========================================================

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD-GRADE KIND
Thoughts on Teacherhood
by Phillip Done (nonfiction)

Published by Center Street,
a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9781599951485
Text Copyright (c) 2009 by Phillip Done

======================================

AUGUST

Now all I have to teach you is one word--everything.

"--The Miracle Worker"


TEACHERHOOD

On my desk at school there is a treasure chest. It is filled with
construction paper cards decorated with glitter glue, school photos
framed with Popsicle sticks, and pictures drawn with tropical marker
and colored pencil and love. If I'm in the drawings, I am usually as
tall as the schoolhouse in the background. My head is bigger than
the sun.

Next to parents, teachers are the most influential people in
children's lives. We love, care, guide, and nurture. We collect baby
teeth, check foreheads for fevers, and can punch the little silver
dots on top of juice boxes with one swift poke of the straw. We are
used to being called Mom and Dad. I wonder: Why don't we have a word
that captures the essence of being a teacher--a word that
encompasses the spirit of teaching? "Motherhood" and "fatherhood"
are words. "Parenthood" is a word. I think "teacherhood" should be a
word, too.

"Teacherhood" is knowing that softer voices are more effective than
louder ones, that students read better under their desks, that you
always hand out birthday treats at the end of the day, that kids
will not hear the difference between "than" and "then," that
children will always choose chocolate chip cookies before oatmeal
and raisin, and that if the office supply store is having a Back to
School sale on folders but will only let you purchase twenty folders
at a time--buy twenty, leave the store, return, grab another twenty,
and go to a new register.

"Teacherhood" is understanding that you should never try to teach
anything on Halloween, that when kids start learning cursive they
forget how to spell, that students who are usually quiet will become
chatty the week before Christmas break, that desks swallow papers,
that at any given moment a child could announce something random
like he's been to Denver and saw a banana slug, that the best
lessons on paper can tank in real life, that children who are about
to throw up get clingy, that reading nothing but comics is like
eating only pasta your whole life, and that for Show and Tell you do
not ask Sarah to bring in her cat and Trevor to share his dog on the
"same" day.

"Teacherhood" is knowing that when kids hold up their multiplication
flash cards to the light they can see the answers on the back, that
children will leave the "t" out of "watch" and the second "m" out of
"remember," that you always explain the instructions "before"
handing out the blocks (or beans or marshmallows), that cupcake
paper is edible, that the pile of red construction paper in the
supply room will be lowest in February, that when the air-
conditioner man comes into the classroom and starts removing the
ceiling tiles--stop teaching, and that when children see their
teacher burst out laughing or fight back tears while reading a
book--they witness two of reading's greatest rewards.

"Teacherhood" is prying staples out of the stapler with a pair of
scissors, following mud tracks to a student's desk, asking questions
about things when you already know the answers, laughing at knock-
knock jokes you've heard three hundred times, being able to make
thirty-seven different things out of a paper plate, locating the
exact book that a child is searching for when all she knows is that
it has a yellow cover, knowing that a storm is coming without
looking outside, pushing desks that have crept up throughout the day
back to their original places, finding yellow caps on blue markers,
and counting to five while each child takes a drink at the drinking
fountain so that no kid hogs all the water.

"Teacherhood" is correcting papers while watching "Letterman,"
calculating how many workdays are left till the middle of June,
singing the "ABC Song" out loud when looking up a word in the
dictionary, taking the 7:00 AM dentist appointment, asking the woman
at the dry cleaners if she can get out glue stick, unrolling a
brand-new package of paper towels because you need one more tube for
an art project, taking your students out for free play and calling
it PE, knowing that no matter how much food you have at the
Thanksgiving feast--kids will just grab the popcorn, and calling
your student three different names before finally getting it right.

"Teacherhood" is standing in the center of the dodgeball circle
while twenty children try to get you out, counting kids' heads on a
field trip, confiscating yardsticks that have magically turned into
swords, snitching candy from your own goody jar, collecting
abandoned bird nests, scooping goop out of pumpkins, understanding
that cursive "m" is easier to write than cursive "k," having ninety-
seven items in your emergency preparedness backpack but not being
able to find the Band-Aids, knowing all about Cabbage Patch Kids,
Beanie Babies, Pokemon, Smurfs, Elmo, Tamagotchis, Webkinz, and
Bakugan before they became hot, and sitting in the "barber's chair"
on Colonial Day while getting a shave with a Popsicle stick and Cool
Whip.

"Teacherhood" is writing "Do Not Touch!" on the tape dispenser then
hunting for it the very next day, sweating over not being able to
get the DVD player to work while twenty kids offer to "help,"
waiting out in front of Target the morning after Thanksgiving to
save fifty cents on ribbon, making rain parkas out of Hefty bags
when it starts pouring on the field trip, expecting more chase games
on the blacktop in spring than in fall, explaining that a rock is a
very important role in the school play, yanking so hard on the wall
map that it shoots up and jumps off the metal hooks, having
butterflies the night before school starts, and understanding that a
child may forget what you taught her--but will always remember how
you made her feel.

(continued on Tuesday)

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[jillyb]

Interesting article! I guess our Disney Blues is not uncommon.

I, especially, like the fact that multiple trips are recommended.

Isn't it nice to know that we're not all that crazy after all?!

I like the multiple trips recommendation too!

 

[jillyb]

(continued from Monday)

BACK TO SCHOOL

There is a moment in August when teachers everywhere experience the
same migratory call. This tug is always followed by a sigh, or a
shake of the head, or both. "Where did the summer go?" Eventually,
we make that first trip back to our classrooms. The key turns. The
door opens. Summer is officially over.

Inside, the tile floor around the sink shines with a new coat of
wax. The room smells like carpet cleaner. It is time to rebuild our
nests. So we unstack chairs, arrange desks, organize books, and
decorate bulletin boards. We make copies, sort through files, and
put a brand-new shoe-box house in the bunny cage. And best of all,
we get to visit the supply room again.

Teachers love school supplies. We thrill in taking the cellophane
off new boxes of markers, stacks of Post-it notes, and sticks of
modeling clay. We get tingly all over when we see cans full of newly
sharpened yellow pencils fanned out in a perfect circle. Squeezing
brand-new bottles of glue--better than chocolate.

I don't know a single grade school teacher who can make it through
the summer without checking out at least one Back to School sale. We
can't resist. But teachers must exercise caution whenever entering
any Back to School department. There is one very important rule that
we must follow: "Do not let on that you are a teacher." I made this
mistake recently in Office Depot.

When I arrived, the parking lot was full. Signs on the doors posted
extended hours. Lines at the registers stretched clear to the center
of the store. The Back to School section was packed with dazed moms
and dads with supply lists in hand hunting through shelves, rifling
through boxes, and fighting over the last Hannah Montana pencil
case. It looked like Toys R Us at Christmastime. A manager stood in
the aisle directing traffic. His forehead was sweaty. "You should
have a fast-track lane like they do at Disneyland," I joked. He
wasn't amused.

One woman was standing in front of the shelves talking to herself.
"What in the heck is a D-ring binder?" Another was trying to
convince her daughter that her pocket folders did not have to match
her notebooks. A third was holding up three backpacks while her
darling sat in the shopping cart.

"Do you want Tinker Bell, Scooby-Doo, or Little Mermaid?" the mom
asked.

The child slapped the handle on the cart. "I want Barbie."

As I made my way through the aisle, I spotted a mom staring blankly
at the pens. Poor gal. She looked like she was about to cry.

"Excuse me," I said. "Do you need some help?"

She turned to me. "I don't know what kind of markers I'm supposed to
get. The teacher just wrote 'one pack of colored washable markers.'"
The woman pointed to the racks. "There are 'twenty' different kinds
of markers here. Do I get Bold, Classic, or Techno Brite?" She threw
up her hands. "Do I get an eight-pack, ten-pack, or twelve-pack?"

"Well," I replied, pulling one of the boxes off the shelf, "I always
ask my students to bring in Crayola Classics. Eight-count."

The woman's eyes grew big. "Are you a 'teacher?'"

"Uh-huh."

She gasped and seized my arm. News spread like head lice that there
was a "real live teacher" in the store. Within seconds I was
surrounded by moms asking me questions:

"Is this the right paper for a first grader?"

"Does a kindergartner need a binder?"

"How many glue sticks should I buy?"

"What the heck is a protractor?"

I doled out advice on calculators and scissors, lunch bags and hand
sanitizer, composition books and facial tissue. The mommies thanked
me as they checked the items off their lists. Finally, after about
half an hour, I said good-bye to my new friends, made my purchases,
and left the store.

(continued on Wednesday)

====ABOUT THE AUTHOR==================

Phillip Done is the recipient of the prestigious Charles Schwab
Distinguished Teacher Award and was nominated for the Disney Teacher
of the Year Award. He is the author of "32 Third Graders and One
Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching." Phil lives in Mountain
View, California.

 

[mousescrapper]

HI

thought I'd pop on over and say hello and see what other Diser's are planning for Disney during Thanksgiving week...

we are going the 19-28 and are super excited too...

plus we have a friend in common CP

looking forward to more...

Scrappie

 

[jillyb]

Sorry it's a bit boring over here right now.

Any friend of CP is a friend of mine! Where are ya'll staying?

 

[jillyb]

(continued from Tuesday)

Every year, it seems like stores put their Back to School supplies
out earlier and earlier. It's bad enough that I have to sift through
Christmas wrap to get to the Halloween candy and that shelves are
full of valentines before New Year's, but setting up Back to School
displays in June is just plain wrong! Teachers haven't even had a
chance to write thank-you cards for their end-of-the-year gifts. The
class pets that we just took home to care for over vacation are
still wondering why it's so quiet.

Other professions aren't taunted when "they" go shopping. Doctors
don't walk into Walgreens and find displays full of tongue
depressors at half off. Dentists don't have to listen to blue-light
special announcements for toothbrushes and dental floss.

At the end of June, I was pushing my cart down an aisle in Wal-Mart
looking for some flip-flops and sunscreen when I stopped dead in my
tracks. "No!" I cried out loud. "It can't be. Not already!" There in
the center of the aisle sat enormous bins full of Elmer's glue and
Bic pens and Scotch tape and one-size-fits-all book covers.
Immediately I whipped my cart around and raced away like I was being
chased by the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park." I dodged into the
Housewares Department. After catching my breath, I quickly slipped
out.

So how can a teacher avoid this slap of reality in the middle of
summer? The trick is knowing exactly where a store's Back to School
aisle is located so that you do not suddenly find yourself
surrounded by "High School Musical" backpacks. After careful
investigation of three major retailers, here is what I discovered:

Wal-Mart's Back to School section begins exactly one hundred twenty-
three steps from the front door (I paced it off). If you stay within
one hundred twenty-two paces from the entrance, you'll be safe.
"Warning:" If you step past the Home and Office Department, you have
gone too far. I repeat--do "not" pass Home and Office. The school
supplies are in the next aisle.

Target is trickier than Wal-Mart. When walking into Target, you will
"feel" safe. You won't see any cardboard buses at the entrance
loaded with binders and folders plastered with the Jonas Brothers.
But don't be fooled. Above you hang dozens of giant banners with
oversize smiling pencils and rulers and students. (There are never
teachers in these posters.) These signs hang ten feet apart and lead
the customers right to the Back to School aisle. Do not look up.
Look straight ahead. Do "not" look up!

Safeway stores are sneaky, too. Be careful. Their Back to School
items are always placed close to the front of the store. But the
good thing is that you will only find them near "one" of their two
entrances, behind Door Number 1 (by the meat section) or Door Number
2 (close to the produce). If you choose wisely, you will avoid their
Back to School display completely.

One evening, I stopped at Safeway to pick up some food for dinner.
Inside the store, I spotted a young woman stacking bags of Tootsie
Rolls and Kit Kats and Starburst and Skittles on shelves by the
entrance. "She's not putting Halloween candy out already," I
thought. "It's only August." I walked up to the clerk and pointed to
the display.

"Uh...Is this for Halloween?"

"Nope," she answered. "For Back to School."

"She must be joking."

I half laughed. "You're pulling my leg."

"It's true."

I had never heard of Back to School candy before. "What's it for?
Treats from the teachers?"

"No. For the kids' lunches."

My jaw dropped. "You...you mean to tell me that you're selling candy
for kids' 'lunches?'"

She nodded.

"How long has this been going on?" I asked, raising my voice.

"A couple of years. Everyone's doing it."

I rubbed my forehead in disbelief. "I'm surprised you don't have
Back to School soda pop," I muttered.

She pointed. "Aisle four."


FLY ON THE WALL

Everyone knows that the person who really runs a school is the
secretary. If you have questions, ask the secretary. If you lose
something, see the secretary. If the copier is jammed, get the
secretary. If a child throws up, send her to the secretary.

Ellen has been our school secretary for more than twenty years. Her
computer is covered with Far Side cartoons and kids' photos and
inspirational quotes to get her through the day. The sign over her
desk says, "Ask not what your secretary can do for you, but what you
can do for your secretary!"

The day before school begins, Ellen posts the class lists on the
library windows at 3:00 PM. All the teachers try to be off campus
when those lists go up. If they stay at school, they are sure to be
bombarded by students and parents who just want to stop by and say
h ello. For three hours.

This year my friend Sandy, who also teaches third grade, stopped by
my room at two forty-five.

"It's almost three," Sandy said. "You're leaving, aren't you?"

I sighed. "I can't. I have too much to do."

"Make sure you lock your door and shut the blinds," she warned.

I laughed. "I'm going to hide out in the library." I figured I'd be
safe there.

"Whatever you do, don't let anyone see you."

"I won't. I'll stay out of sight."

(continued on Thursday)

 

[mousescrapper]

Sorry it's a bit boring over here right now.

Any friend of CP is a friend of mine! Where are ya'll staying?

no worries...I enjoy good read from anywhere


Pop Century for just 1 night on the 19th and then BLT for the rest of our stay thru the 28th...

1st trip home and 1st trip during Thanksgiving Break...should be good

and yes gotta love CP