I’m sitting here by the fire and I really need to go to bed, but I’m so warm here under my blanket and bed requires that I get up and move. I’m sure I’ll regret not following through on my original plan to go to bed super early when the alarm goes off tomorrow morning. And when I say I alarm, I mean when P wakes me up because the only time he ever sleeps until the alarm goes off is when he’s sick.
But while I’m being too lazy to get up and go to bed, I’ll share just a few things.
1. Please keep the South in your prayers. I know for a fact that Sophie and her family are all stuck at school and work right now along with hundreds of others who didn’t get home before the bad weather hit.
On the upside, I have faith that she’ll eventually write a hilarious blog post about it once she quits rocking back and forth.
Also, I have been slightly intrigued by the whole situation because one of my favorite episodes of Little House on the Prairie was the one where Miss Beatle sends the schoolchildren home early and they get caught in a blizzard and everyone has to take refuge in the school house. Of course things like this happened back then because the Weather Channel didn’t exist. Or television. But what happened today, meteorologists of the world?
2. Every week Caroline takes a math quiz and then has to bring it home for me to sign it. It’s rare that she doesn’t make a good grade on something and I honestly don’t get on her about grades because I don’t think the grade is as important as that she just performs to the best of her ability.
Which is why I was so tickled by the note she wrote on the quiz she brought home recently.
Perfect.
Now her math teacher thinks I’m Joan Crawford.
Also, I’m much more concerned about her spelling “does” as “dose” than I am about the math quiz because, well, it’s math. Those of us who live in glass houses and can’t add without a calculator can’t throw stones.
3. In case you’re interested, I wrote a post on Pioneer Woman’s blog about my thoughts on Downton Abbey this season. You can read it here.
4. I loved this post from Shaun Groves about What Good Dads Do. I know I’ve said this before, but it’s something I am passionate about. You will never regret sponsoring a child through Compassion International. It’s such a simple way to make a huge difference in a life.
5. Dave Barnes has a new album out called Golden Days. I am more than a little in love with the song “Good” already and I know it won’t be long before I know all the words to every song. Dave writes some great lyrics. You can find Golden Days on iTunes here.
Okay, the fire is dying down and I’m starting to feel the draft that blows in through our mail slot. And so I’m heading for my down comforter and hopefully some sleep.