Sara's Birthday

So, this week has been a very busy week for the Price family. It started with PD on Monday and Tuesday. For those of you that don't know I got a new job this year, PYP Coordinator and ICT teacher. With this new position comes a different perspective on PD days. I get to help facilitate and run them. So now those PD days require a lot of work, attention, and brain activity for me. Needless to say at the end of the school day on Tuesday I was exhausted...but this was just the start of the week.

Wednesday was Sara's Dora birthday party. I'm not quite sure I always feel obligated to throw big parties, but I always enjoyed them as kids and know that my kids look forward to them. So, Darren spent a lot of Tuesday night cutting up fruits and vegetables while I spent the majority of Tuesday night making a map, coloring boots, and creating other fun activities. Thank goodness for my mom who made the cake...it was awesome as always!

So, Wednesday night I was ready to crash and tried to go to bed early. That never seems to happen. It wasn't long after I fell asleep that we got a phone call that one of the teachers at our sister school, GSIS, had passed away. This meant that Darren would have to get up at 4:30 the next morning to drive to Suwon to be there for a crisis management team, and meant that I was on my own with the kids. Something I'm quite used to when I'm prepared, but I wasn't prepared...so my Thursday got off to a shaky start.

We spent the rest of the week celebrating...Halloween on Friday, Kirk Hawkins B-day on Friday, celebration for another friend's birthday on Saturday, and so it goes. I do feel rested after the weekend and ready for another week...Hopefully at a slower pace than last weeks.