16 Candles? How about 54...

Today , my friends, is my birthday. Yahoo! 54 years ago I arrived 2 1/2 weeks late much to my poor mom's chagrin. Today was also the first day of school and my class came tumbling into the room full of enthusiasm and just a little wide eyed with what to expect from the 4th grade. Today was also our Back to School orientation with parents. I made my 30 minute presentation assuring the parents that I don't eat children, assign pages and pages of homework, or make their lives miserable on purpose. I do use hundreds of cartoon voices, act out most new concepts, tell wonderful and witty stories about my family in order to teach a life skill, and generally "edutain". Yes, I will lay on a desk, do a quick chortle dance, or tell jokes to keep them focused and learning. It's my birthday and the Mister gave me a funny card and beautiful gold earrings. My oldest surprised me and called me on the way to school this morning. I love to hear his voice and know he's got a show tonight with his band and hear that work is going okay. The teenager who is now officially known as the college guy, forgot. He's a little busy at water polo hell week. He's got 4 practices a day for a total of 10 hours, so....he gets grace. We had fresh tomatoes in our salad tonight and my new laptop for school arrived via our wonderful Parents/Teachers Club. All in all, I think I love being 54, more than being flippin' 53. Here's looking at you, watermom, you're okay.