"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others." Buddah

What a great weekend! I went to visit a friend in STL with another friend from our college days. My friend, E, that lives there works at the Fox Theatre and she had free tickets to see Kristin Chenoweth. In case you are not sure who she is, here is a brief rundown...

As Glinda the Good Witch on Broadway

In 4 Christmases

So...I am only going to post those 2, as those are my favorites. Anyways, great time seeing her this weekend. We went to the show and as we are walking up there are 2 women wanting their picture taken. So we stop and try to get it just the way they want it, they can't get the flash figured out, and we can't get the moving billboard where we need it...then it works! Next they start asking us how much we like Kristin and I thought they were signing us up to be on a mailing list...no, they weren't. The woman goes, "Well, I am her manager, find me after the show and I will take you back to meet her." Meet her? Meet Glinda? Oh dear! so...we watch the show with excitment, go back after the show, end up in the private party area, and bam! we meet her!!! She signed our tickets and took a group photo with us (coming later). She is so sweet and funny! It was so much fun!

The weekend, overall, even without meeting Glinda...I mean, Kristin...was awesome! I slept in a great apartment on the 14th floor overlooking this beautiful cathedral, went to some really fun places, and had really good dinner thanks to the hostess. It was just great.

Then a LONG drive home Sunday. And now it is time to begin Monday. I need a cappuccino.

"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory." Albert Schweitzer

Exciting time! I get to go hang out with 2 of my lovely and wonderful girlfriends this weekend! We haven't seen each other in awhile so this should be pretty fun! One of our other friend's mom just had a stroke, so she can't join us this weekend. Though I am bummed, I definitely understand. I am pretty psyched about this weekend though. Think about it...no dog = sleep, girls weekend = complete craziness and fun. Yes, good weekend ahead.

So...Truman is going to school on Monday. We signed him up for obedience classes last night. He heads to his first class on Monday night. I can't wait!! He learns so quick that this should be perfect for him (and us!).

My students have been such rockstars this week! I love it! They have been read to come in and work and they have done such a great job. I love the change in them right after Christmas break. They come back rested and almost more mature. It is so great! 

There is a little girl at our school that has cerebral palsy. When she gets sick often times she ends up in the hospital so that she can get constant care for her breathing. She landed back in there after Christmas after her family had the flu. The family was concerned because she falls behind easily in school, so they were going to have the hospital come in and do school with her for an hour a day. They were going to charge...get this...$80! For an hour! Needless to say, when the school found out about this, they decided to help and they are taking care of it and sending a teacher and paying them (less) through the school to go and help the family. I am one of the two volunteers that has stepped in to do this. It works out because there are only a handful of us that live in the city that the hospital is in (we commute to work). I went last night and I am just amazed at what a ray of sunshine she is. With the situation that she is in, she is still the happiest little girl I have ever seen. She doesn't look like life has handed her sour lemons or that life is hard on her. She looks like a little girl that is just happy to exist. She is so funny and we had such a good time. I can't wait to go back on Tuesday to see her!