Quick weekend

So I had PTCs last Thursday until late in the evening so I was so happy that I didn't have to go into work on Friday. I had a teacher's conference down in St. George fri-sat and Jakob decided to come with me. It was a good experience for both of us. There were a few of the sessions that really helped me with stuff, but others really didn't do much. I don't think it was that well planned out, so at the end when we had a chance to give some feedback I did give some plus some suggestions to help with the planning for next year.

It was nice to get away for the weekend, even if it was a rushed weekend. I did bring the camera, but totally forgot to pull it out. Friday started off with Jakob waking up really sick. Then we went to get the oil changed in his car and they found 2 other things wrong with it . . . $500 bucks to finish everything. Since his car was just a bit more "fixed" than mine, we decided to take it down. The drive down there wasn't that bad. There is just a whole lot of nothing on that stretch of road. There were some beautiful scenery places, but I was either driving or asleep. If I'm not driving and there is no one else in the car, I tend to fall asleep. On the way down we decided to try something new and get an audiobook to listen to. I'm not too sure what I feel about audiobooks, but I think it'll get some getting used to. We got Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Percy Jackson Book 1. The Alice in Wonderland/Alice Through the Looking Glass cds are the ones we got through. I had read the books a long time ago, but Jakob had never read them so he found them kind of wacky and strange. We kept thinking that Lewis Caroll was high on something when he was writing those considering how many strange changes and quick location changes there were without really explaining how you got there. I remember an old BBC collection (I think) of films that dealt with the two books.

On the way back I was driving. We left Saturday right after the conference ended and there wasn't any weather problems. We were fine until we hit Nephi, then it was WHITE OUT! I mean it was just there and then gone when we reached the edge of Nephi. Really odd and really hard to drive through in the dark when there aren't any lights on the side of the road to see by. But other than that, no problems to report.

One thing I do like about the teacher's conferences, is the so-called "Trade Show" that goes on. This one wasn't all that great, but I did get a few free textbook samples out of it. I was really surprised when the guy said I could take it and look at it. I took 3 text books that are big possibilities for me to use. I wanted to check out the other text book group that was there, but I ended up not having that much time. I did get the catalogs though and I can request a teacher's sample. Nice huh?

But it was nice to be able to spend a bit of time with Jakob. Friday night we went out to dinner--something we haven't done in a long time. Also, right before we left I got a half-dozen blood red roses from him for my birthday/valentines day. Yay! Although Jimmy had a really interesting reaction to the red carnations that were with the roses. He wanted to eat them! He kept biting at them and when I was gone one day he actually bit off a bud and tried to eat it. Odd cat.

Mike did some house sitting for us over the weekend and the cats really seemed to enjoy it! They followed him around and he played with them. It seems that they didn't have any separation anxiety (something I was kind of worried about) and it is good to know that they are okay with having him around since Jakob and I are going to try and go on more weekend outings. Jakob is going to have a show in the evenings until June, but we're going to try a few things and see if we can do it. Nothing elaborate, but something fun. I think we're even going to try and grab a few friends to come with us and try some new things.

But overall, Thanks Mike! You were the greatest!