I had a rather “odd” birthday to say the least! It started out great! I got a great surprise gift from hubby. Lots of hugs, well wishes and cards at work. The kids sang to me. Nick was happy as could be because we were going swimming. We went swimming. We are all standing in the entry way of the pool, soggy and hungry, wondering why the bus isn’t waiting for us. Hmmm…. very odd. Ed (the bus driver) is never late! We waited, and waited…. and waited! Finally I suggested that Hazel call back to the school to get someone to call him on his cell phone. FINALLY a bus pulled up…. not Ed, but one of his other drivers that they’d managed to track down. 40 MINUTES late!!!! Accck! So we get back to school, bolt down our cold lunch (it was fat lunch day, so we had burgers and fries waiting us ladies), sent the kids outside for recess, they got as far as the boot room, and the bell rang and they had to come back inside! Talk about a great way to mess with the built in time-tables of the autistic!!! The stupid thing is Ed came to the school the day BEFORE and asked me, “Aren’t you going swimming??”, and I told him, “Yes…TOMORROW Ed!” He grinned and left. I’m thinking he “picked us up” that day too, and forgot on the actual day. So needless to say, I’m busy plotting my REVENGE on Ed.

The afternoon was also screwy, as we had the sub in again for the afternoon, and at last recess the Principal called us all down to the staff room for a meeting to inform us that she had been given a job at central office, so we would be getting another new principal next year! Uggghhhh! Another rookie.

Our good friends Carl and Marlene had us over for a weiner roast last night. This is an annual tradition, as Kyle, one of Ben’s best friends and teammates for MANY years shares the same birthday as me, and we’ve celebrated together for years now. It was a really nice evening, sitting out on the deck sharing laughs, eating good food, when all of a sudden, hubby shouts, “Look what’s coming down the street!” Of course like dopes we all look, just as a HUGE whirlwind came right at us! I covered my head up under my jacket, and when I finally peeked out, it was to see Ben go leaping by me, chasing the picnic table umbrella that was flying through the air, headed for the fence! What a mess! Needless to say, we all went back in the house, spitting dust out of our teeth. It’s still blowing like crazy out there, and the storm made a HUGE mess out of my pretty balconey renovations *sniff*. No point cleaning it up though until the wind dies down.

I finally took some picktures of Tony and Nick yesterday, and I’ll post them later on. Today I don’t have plans for too much.