Sunday, March 13, 2011

Springing Forward...

In the next hour or so, cutting a precious hour from our weekend. Daylight saving time is clearly an invention of the bosses, trying to cut down on that "non-productive" time that makes life bearable for the rest of us...just kiddin'.

We had a busy day yesterday, running errands to Bethel to pick up pop for Student Council (the seniors sold it all at the basketball games), and supplies for my lovely bride's cooking class. It was a nice day for a ride on the little machine, although a tad on the cold side. One of the reasons why winter is so much more bearable out here is the fact that we have so many glorious, sunny days as it goes on. This is especially true when it is cold, as the air tends to be dry on those days. We are gaining daylight at nearly six minutes per day, which makes the fact even more noticeable now.

My seniors put on a movie matinee, and managed to pick up a few bucks in a short time, and also give my boss's wife a chance to park their youngster and pick up an hour or so of sleep to help her with her bronchitis. My lovely is laboring under a cold herself, and was feeling noticeably worse at every stop yesterday, so I took her back here, sent her in with our box of groceries, and dispatched her off to nap land while I hauled cases of pop into the school. Lest I be thought of as too heroic, she has kept me in the game for the first two often difficult years of this endeavor, and took very conscientious care of me during my bout with pneumonia. Turnabout is clearly fair play in this instance. She showed up at school a short while after our movie ended, feeling better, and ready to do a little exercise. She is in training for sleeveless blouse season, which means lots of weight lifting.

I am back on fish feeding detail, while Sara heads off to Kotlik for her grandma's funeral. I hope that all is as well as it can be under the circumstances, and will keep the little salmon healthy until her return. Of course, her kids will do the honors during the day.

We will be giving our kids some preliminary testing in advance of the dreaded SBAs this week. We spent a chunk of our Friday meeting devising tests in a program called Skills Alaska that we hope will measure some of their necessary skills, and determine what we need to supplement them with as Test Week approaches. We will give these to them this week, and will hope to learn some useful information.

The third quarter ends this week, and there are only nine weeks to go from this Thursday. Signs of spring and summer are approaching quickly, and Lent is in the beginning of its second week under the Orthodox calendar. The new teacher housing is moving along, with roofs and windows appearing. It would be great if we were able to move our stores in at the end of the school year. Otherwise, August will be very busy when we return. I will get some updated photos here in the next day or so.

All is well, and it is time to get back to sleep and enjoy some pleasant dreams of sunshine and warm days to come...

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