Effective use of the weekend

I was a good girl yesterday and worked  at the school from 10 AM til about 4:30. I have to admit I was not wanting to go, even though I knew I NEEDED to go. I spent the first 20 minutues wandering about my room, tidying, trying to find a focus to get started. When you teach many different subjects, there are always things to mark and prep and plan for  and sometimes it gets hard to pick one to start on.

So my self talk was firm. very firm. Start with Science. Sit down, sh*t up and get all marking done and enter those scores in the system. sometimes you just have to be blunt and forceful with people, especially in self talk. heh.  My friend was also in working and was doing much of the same.

Before I left yesterday I made myself a list so that when I go in today (more likely tomorrow) I can just go, sit down and get started right away.

DS2 was gone skiing from just after 8 AM and didn't get home til after 10. he was exhausted and then woke up sick later in the night. It was a long night. I don't expect much for productivity from him today.

DS1 learned a powerful lesson last night. He'd gone out for coffee with friends and was home by curfew but came in with 'You're going to be mad'. He got a speeding ticket. Doing 100 K in an 80 K spot. It's an easy spot to speed. It's on the highway and going down a hill and I'd be lying if I said I'd never exceeded the limit there. Fine was  $120. I'm not paying that. He can't work til playoffs are done so I am not sure how he is going to come up with the money. I'm tempted to have him explore working community service for fine options. I'm not sure how many hours it would be and the time frame it would have to be done by. Very expensive night out for coffee. He's never been stopped before and I have been telling (nagging) at him to watch his speed, so being the loving parent I am, I hope he sh*t his pants when those lights came out behind him in the darkness and he got pulled over. 

Our RCMP have been out religiously since Xmas, literally counting how many seconds ppl come to full complete stops at signs etc. I can't help but wonder where these folks were though when we had road construction on the highway in the fall and most every day I almost got hit coming home where the road suddenly stopped. People were passing where there were no roads anymore. It was crazy. They could have made a fortune just parking there and giving out tickets.  A good lesson for DS1 and while I'm not paying the fine for him, it still feels like yet another curve ball thrown at us.

We were supposed to go into the city today to shop but there is a blizzard en route so we decided to stay home. That means I now have time to clean out my fridge, do laundry, clean bathrooms, do my taxes and get some school work done.  Curling up, reading, sounds far more appealing after a late night, but it would not be an effective use of my time and I will not be happy with myself if I don't become productive toute suite.

Happy Saturday.