Celebrate Education!

I want to send a *huge* that you out to the King of Bahrain for making today an arbitrary Education holiday. What better way to celebrate education than by canceling school? No, really, I really want to thank whoever pulled this out of their ear at the eleventh hour. We get a text at 9pm informing us that there is no school on Thursday. Great.

You see, this was to be the first week in a month that the kids had school 5 days in one week. Due to Thanksgiving, Eid al-Adha, and Parent Teacher conferences, they haven't had a full week of school since the end of October. And next week, there is some random local holiday on Tuesday. And the next week, on Wednesday, Christmas vacation begins.

Let me preface all this by clarifying that I love my children. I do! But sometimes, we both need 'away time' so we can get the things we done done. The kids need to fill their little brains with knowledge and recess; I need to unpack boxes and start my first week of work.

Oh, did you not know? I started getting paid this week for my CLO services. (community liaison officer; the morale, education & events person for the embassy community) It's only part time, I set my own hours & I love it. I get all the kids off to school, then go into the embassy and am home before they do. I've been volunteering my time this past month because all the necessary papers weren't pushed or stamps stamped.

First event on the agenda? Coordinate a Meet & Greet for the embassy community with Secretary Hillary Clinton. Needless to say, we will all be a lot less busy next week. Today is the 'action' day; get the venue set up, iron out the last minute wrinkles, etc. *sigh* And today is the day the King decided the educators needed a break. Can we have a national "Lydia Does Nothing" day soon? Or "Lydia Takes a Nap All Day"?

Oh, and how is it already the second of December?? I had fun Christmas plans for the blog. Let's just repeat my current mantra, "It's never too late, it's never too late . . . "