I just realized that I screwed up the dates of the last two entries. Ah well. Shows how discombobulated I really am.

So for the record, today is Monday.

Today got off to a swell start.

The phone rang at 5:21 (a.m.) and there was a colleague on the other end telling me that there was a power outage at school and that we had a two-hour delay!

Wahoo!!

I called the person I have to notify on the phone chain, reset the alarm for seven thirty and went back to sleep. Well, I didn’t manage to fall asleep right away, I think it took about 20 minutes, but that still meant an extra hour and a half of sleep.

It was such a pleasant treat!

I did have weird dreams when I fell back to sleep. I dreamt that a colleague was moving to Virginia and I was teaching on a cruise ship. Sounds swell, huh? One problem. The ship was sinking.

I’m wondering how symbolic this is of my waking life?

Normally if we have a delay I get up and get ready the way I always do, as all the delay means is nasty driving and a commute that will take twice the amount of time it usually does. But today was bright and sunny. I didn’t have to dig my car out of a snow bank or worry about icy roads. I could get ready, watch the "Today" show and not even have to deal with the traffic that I normally face.

It was quite nice.

School then ended up being a non-stressful place, because we missed a big chunk of the morning classes, had lunch, had a couple more hours of class then left.

I could learn to like working part time. Too bad I wouldn’t earn enough to support myself.

This is a crazy week, anyways, with projects and parties leading up to the holidays. The kids are quite wired knowing that they have ten days off coming up.

I’ve been working like a busy little beaver trying to get all my Christmas cards made, and all the little crafty things done. I’ve actually made good progress.

My Christmas card is a wonderful Santa face, and I’ve made matching pins to accompany the cards. I like how all this has turned out. I still need to make a couple cards of winter scenes for a couple of my non-Christian friends. But for the most part I’m done.

I’ve also made glass ornaments. Well, I didn’t actually make the glass. What I did was take clear glass ornaments and coat them with clear varnish. Then I cut out images that I had stamped on tissue paper and colored, and put them inside the glass ball. When I had all that done I then poured in some very fine glitter to cover the rest of the glass.

They are quite pretty, but….man this was a pain to do! The tissue would rip when I tried to insert the image, or it would land in the wring spot and I wouldn’t be able to move it. Or it would stick to my fingers because I’d managed to get varnish on them.

I’m not sure I’ll tackle this one again.

I still haven’t finished my paper mache and porcelain boxes, but they were being done on a whim and were just extras. The same for the pins I made using floral glass. I want to try to make the pushpins too, but that can wait until vacation.

As I write this Ally McBeal is on, and I’m crushed that it’s a re-run. I have developed a massive crush on Robert Downey Jr.

I know he has major problems, but my god, he’s a hell of an actor! He has created a wonderfully gentle character on this show, and the chemistry between his character and Ally is great. I love to watch him, because I have the impression that he is really listening to what the other characters have to say. I don’t’ se him thinking of his next lines.

He could come live with me and I could help him through his drug rehab.

The fact that he’s ten years younger than me shouldn’t matter.

I wish I could meet a man in real life who has that same kind of gentleness.

Sigh.

Guess I should try to design a couple more cards before I hit the sack.