I’m beginning to think there’s some truth to the old wives’ tale that things happen in threes.
We built our current home 11 years ago. This the longest we’ve lived in any one place. To celebrate:
(1) The garage door springs broke and we were housebound until the repair guys could come the next day.
(2) The ice & water dispenser in our fridge has gone haywire, so that’s on the schedule for next Monday.
(3) The plumber was here today to replace the sink stopper & drain assembly in the main bathroom.
Insects love me. So far I’ve been bitten/stung by:
(1) Many, many mosquitos – annoying and itchy
(2) A spider – on my finger
(3) A bee – on the back of my arm and very painful
I am now “officially” retired. First real paycheck in two years hit the bank account today. Two more things left to follow up on (health insurance premium adjustment and sick leave add-on) until everything is done. The mental load I’ve carried for the past two years as we navigated uncharted waters can finally be thrown overboard. I’m past ready.
The third time trying to get reading dogs in my former school district was not the charm. We meet all the requirements under the new Animals in Schools policy, yet the AAI focus is so narrow all we can do is show up and get petted under the guise of mental health services rather than help with reading intervention. I’ve decided to just move on. We have as small city school district inside the larger county one. Sadie and I may be taking over an existing program there.
My desire to teach sewing classes at Monday enrichment did not materialize for yet the third semester. Initially, there wasn’t going to be a sewing class. Now we have someone doing fashion design and sewing with machines. Guess I’ll have most of the boys again in my classes since I’m opposite the sewing class on the selection menu. The sewing instructor had a lot of interest during meet & greet and she’s definitely more talented than moi when it comes to garment sewing. She did seem open to collaboration between our classes. We’ll see how it goes.
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