Yep. Been a while.
I was covering the art teacher's class the other day, and she was having the class explore different uses for their sketchbooks. One of the explorations was: Artists use sketchbooks to write. They make lists, write stories, poems, gather ideas, etc. So I thought maybe I should make a list of things to write about, instead of freaking out about it and writing nothing...so here is my list of things I could write about because...writers make lists. (Astonishing, I know.)
I could write about:
1. The fact that my kids are school/office supply nerds, just like me. (Post-it Notes, journals, pens, and pencils, oh my!)
2. The long list of items I am "currently" sewing. ("Currently" meaning heaped in a pile next to my sewing machine.) 1 dress, 5 skirts, 4 tops, and a little girls' dress.
3. My son's daily craziness with diabetes.
4. How I have trained my kids to sit and be quiet during a car ride by using audiobooks. (We have listened to 6 books in 2 months.)
5. The lesson planner I created and am training my staff to use, which makes life soooo much easier.
6. My thoughts on new teachers. (They are very much like a dog at the park. Squirrel. Shiny things. Food. Ball. Run. Squirrel. Cat. Run.)
7. The books I want to read, but don't because I am still in heartbreak over reading Pandemonium.
8. My lack of motivation to run as a form of exercise.
9. The anxiety and fear I have about taking on an admistrative type position next school year. (My current position is grant funded, and the grant ends this year. Boo!)
10. The little gift boxes for the small bottles of hand sanitizer I want to make for people. (Although, I have no reason to make them. I just feel the need to make some because the boxes will be cute, and people will think I am awesome.)
11. The dinners I make in the crockpot, which are nothing fancy, but do make for a fast dinner.
12. Hmmm. I think I have exhausted my brain for the moment.
It does feel nice to get some ideas down. Now will I write about each of these? Don't know, but I have no reason to slack now.
Thought of number 12!
12. My efforts to raise money for JDRF in support of my munchkin. (So far this year, we have raised $2,200 dollars. Yay, us!)
Ah. A full dozen. Sweet.
