And Today Is Saturday

Hip hip hooray!

As a working mom, I truly adore, no love, waking up to the thought "and today is Saturday"! 

Back in the old days, when I was a stay-at-home mom, Saturdays were nice, but they held a strong resemblance to all the other days of the week.  Not so now.

In my current life, Saturdays can come in all shapes and sizes. Some Saturdays, find me putting in another full day at work prepping and grading (like last Saturday). I become total sports mom on other Saturdays (like next week). 

Today was neither. 

But, instead of telling you, allow me to show you...

Coffee and home made muffins!

Carl and I headed off to school.

Carl led a casual practice for some of the girls on his basketball team. He rewarded those who came with some of the fresh muffins.

I decided to spend some time in my classroom. Next weekend will find us at opposite ends of the island for basketball tournaments. Carl and Abbi will be in Taipei (north) while Jacob and I will be in Kaohsiung (south). My hope was to use some time this weekend to get ahead in writing lesson plans. For some reason, I don't mind working when I don't have to be working!

A working selfie!

I graded papers and wrote lesson plans.

It was a beautiful day with plenty of bright sunshine. 

Carl, Ben and I headed over to the elementary school behind our apartment.

As part of Ben's application for a ROTC scholarship, he had to run a mile and half, as well as complete a series of push-ups and sit-ups. While Carl was timing, I ran off some of those extra Christmas pounds I found.

Meanwhile Abbi was back at school working on a school project. For physics, her team is building a catapult. When finished, it should be able to toss a melon at least ten meters.

Carl spent some time with the group offering wise advice.

At this point, you may be wondering about the youngest member of the Dingus family. Why haven't I taken any pictures of him?

Well, one must physically be with a person in order to take a picture of that person. Jacob literally disappeared Saturday. I saw him briefly after school Friday when he asked to spend the night with his friend and every time he spends the night with this friend, it becomes two nights instead of one. 

Luckily, I ran into Jacob and his friends at school. They had been shooting basketballs in the gym.

After his run, Ben got his haircut (only $3 US) and then went to see Taken 3 with a group of friends. I wasn't there, so no pictures to share! 

I can tell you, though, his hair looked great!

Saturday was a success. 

How about you?