Goodbyes

This weekend's big event was my little sister's high school graduation. The St. Charles County Home Educators like to celebrate with not a little pomp and circumstance and the ceremony was quite serious. As you can imagine, about halfway through the festivities I got a little antsy and began a quest to make Sarah laugh as she sat among the fifty or so other graduates on stage. My mission was successful as I saw her hiding a smile behind her hand. Sarah and I are pictured below after she was officially deemed a high school graduate. Funny, I remember the day she was born!


Anyway, I guess I have to be a little more careful about my antics as one of the homeschooling moms at our church (and mother of one of this year's CYIAers) caught me in the hall in church on Sunday and told me she noticed my little show from her vantage point in the seat behind me. My only plea was the fact that everyone was way too serious and, for pity sakes', it was only high school, and also, didn't she think they had such a long way to go? She laughed and her husband beside her looked as if he quite agreed with me. I like them. They're from the East Coast.

I enjoyed my weekend way too much as today I am so tired my eyes hurt! I am, however, glad to be back to the routines of work. The pleasures of a long weekend would be greatly diminished if there was no work from which to rest! It was hard saying goodbye to a few of my kids this afternoon. Tomorrow is our last official day together, but some of them left the program today. A little kindergartner would not stop hugging me on her way out the door and I had to pry her off of me and tell her she must stop hugging me or "Miss Jeanne will start crying". Most of them know I won't be back next year and my ego is pleased that they all seem disappointed. I don't know how I got so attached to this particular set of kids so fast (or they to me), but I sure did.

Well, there is always more to be said but enough is a good as a feast. Goodnight!