Uh-Oh!

I have a problem here.  Things have taken a rather ugly turn and I fear that I shall not come out of it well.  

No, no.  It's not what you think.  Sure, getting a phone call from the school secretary last night telling me that there would be no sub in my classroom tomorrow whilst I sit at home and wait for the Hot Water Heater Inspector Guy was a bit of a shock.  But there really wasn't much I could do about it.  And the Cheerful Teaching Assistant is pretty resourceful when push comes to shove.  Of course, I was a bit put out by the fact that I'd made any number of arrangements before I left to ensure that the classroom would be well-covered in my absence and that it all had fallen apart without my knowledge or input.  But it's not like I could flake out on something so important as my hot water heater inspection.  They were all just going to have to make do.

And it isn't that there was a problem with the hot water heater inspection either.  That, in fact, went quite well.  Apparently I passed with flying colors.  The Hot Water Heater Inspector Guy was quite impressed with the craftsmanship of my hot water heater and its overall hotness.  Or, as he put it:  It ain't one 'o them cheapies like you git down t' the Home Depot or nuthin'. "  It is a fairly new piece of hot water heating technology and chosen by Daddy Sheep for my hot water heating needs.  As I had taken the initiative to replace it myself rather than wait for some inspector to come around and tell me that I had to, I'd no doubts about my ability to pass this inspection.  But a girl still likes to hear it when her hot water heater is something which can turn heads.  

The heat and humidity made the knitting pretty much impossible.  But that wasn't really the problem either.  Heat and humidity happen sometimes.  I simply put on the fans, wore some cute little sandals and sipped can after can of nice, cold Mountain Dew all day.  It was really rather nice to not be at school in this kind of weather.  I relaxed with a little TV and a book...most delightful.

We are getting a little closer to the problem.  It is right around the corner now...

But it's not that I blew off the dieting for today and that I have opted to take the week off from workouts.  I do that every so often.  It is good for a body to take a rest from the routine every now and again.  It helps with the motivation if you can remember that it is just a short break.  I'll get back on track next week.  

Boy, we sure are in range now.  The problem is staring us all right in the face.  I guess I can no longer avoid it...

My brain, my body, my sense of time and space, my whole entire being is telling me lies.  Great big, huge gi-normous lies.  And tomorrow, those lies will smack me hard in the face.  They will do so at a very early hour.  

Today, my internal clocks all said, "summer vacation."  Being able to rise a bit later this morning, a day spent lolling about in the steamy heat, the nap I took after the Hot Water Heater Inspector Guy shook my hand in thanks for all my hot water heater diligence as he was taking his leave...all were indications that I was on summer vacation.  

This is a lie.  A big one.  I have 14.5 school days left.  14.5 days through which I must toil.  14.5 days with children who no longer wish to be in my presence, much less hear my words of wisdom.  14.5 days with a Cheerful Teaching Assistant who was left all alone today and is probably going to mess with my salads when I am not looking as a way of saying, "thanks for that, Ms. Sheep."  14.5 days.  It is not summer vacation.  But my mind is soooo already there now.

And that is going to be something of a problem...

SA