Rain rain

Funny, they have been predicting rain all week. It finally hit last night at about 3:30. Lots of lightning, thunder, torrential downpours. And it pretty much rained all through today. Which is also funny, as last night began the Memphis in May MusicFest. Or, as those here call it, Mudfest. Because it, without fail, rains for the three day weekend. Today would have been the day I would have attended (Elvis Costello was the prime performer for me) but I am too old to slog through rain and mud.

Instead got a haircut and took my oldest to Free Comic Book Day, an annual tradition for us. I go to my local store weekly, or used to until I cut WAY back on my comics. Now I might get one in a good week, and many weeks go where I don't buy any. Still, it is fun, and I grabbed up some for my nephew, as there are some kid-friendly things. One is printed on paper that resembles the old comic book paper that turns brown, and it features Nancy! Remember her? Super round head, Sluggo the boyfriend, hair like little squares sticking up from that round head?

T0morrow will be my prep day. Got some papers to grade, also some grades to input. Three weeks down and I have given 2 quizzes and one or two homeworks. Going to be a challenge. More so since one teacher will be out Thursday and Friday, which means we absorb his students and roll the time into our classes. I think I will be finding a decent short video on Escher and we will develop some tessellations over those days. Tuesday is a field trip (double dose of Xanax, thank you very much) to a roller rink/bowling alley. So, in a way the week is short, but challenging.

The week after I expect we will be instructed to collect textbooks (so they can determine which kids don't get report cards until they pay up), which gives the less responsible kids 2 weeks to locate them, with daily reminders. That will make the week a challenge too, although we can and will use a classroom set of books.