Overwhelming!

I attended training for summer school today and my brain is info-logged. Way too much thrown at me at once! Tomorrow we'll be working in our rooms and planning, as well as getting even more info at a summer school faculty meeting. I'm hoping that this will help ease the "I don't have a clue about what I'm doing" feeling. I hope. Today it was all about this module and that lesson and this web-based program and that online learning system. Good thing I'm not technology-challenged; but I don't know what the hell I learned today. All I really know right this second is that I have to teach it to a bunch of kids on Monday.

Mom is home from the in-patient place now. She continues to get better and improve every day, but there's a lot that goes into it. She, Dad, and Brother need a lot of help and support. So it looks like I'm rearranging my plans for my trip. I'll be heading east right after summer school is over so I can spend close to 3 weeks there instead of just over one week. Sister is there now doing her part, and come July it will be my turn. This means I have to cancel my plans to see my boys in Cali over the 4th of July weekend. Which sucks because I look forward to it every year. But that's what family does. Right? She has always taken care of us, it's our turn to take care of her. What's one weekend in comparison?

I hope 3 weeks is enough time. School starts in early August for us teachers! I'll need the time at the end of July to regroup and get ready and have some "vacation." And hopefully this will also allow Brother and Nephew to keep their plans to come here for a week mid-July for their vacation. They need it too!! We're going to see the canyon and Sedona and ride the train and take a helicopter ride! I hope we don't have to reschedule all that.

Well, it's been windy here so I need to go clean out the pool basket and the pool itself. It looks like a pool of flowers/leaves with a little bit of water. Ha. And the dogs could use the exercise. Panda and Bonnie run and swim non-stop then pass out later. That's always good. And me? Skinny dippin' is refreshing and it helps to clear my mind. Too many bats in the belfry.