Day 1078: Decorating underway!

The Quest parent meeting was very disappointing.  Only ten came today and twenty-six on Tuesday.  We expected a total of 70 since this is the largest 8th grade class in many years at 138.  Andy would not mail the parent letters this year as we usually do.  Instead, letters were handed out in homerooms and then again in social studies when we met with the kids.  It may be that the kids never took them home.  We should have just paid for the mailing ourselves.  Andy announced the meetings at least twenty times, but they just forget.  At this rate, we'll have more supervisors than students.  It seems to me that five meetings are enough, but perhaps we should hold another in January.

We planned to go see Wild this afternoon, but it is not playing in any of the nearby theaters.  That's surprising.  There are a half dozen films being released this month that we want to see.  Instead, I tackled my closet, worked for four hours and finished repacking it.  Huge bags of shoes, belts, purses, trousers, sweaters and shirts are ready to deliver to the Salvation Army.

Next, we worked on the garland.  While we watched the original Miracle on 34th Street, Steve hung it  and I decorated the front window garland.  That old classic is delightful, far better than any of the remakes.  We can barely walk through the living room.  Once the tree is up and I finish decorating, we'll clear out the boxes.

My favorite Christmas movie is Love, Actually.   The characters and situations are quirky and heart warming.  I especially like the scenes filmed in airports where families and loved ones are greeting each other.  A couple of my happiest moments have been the greetings after long trips.  In 2000, after a month in Uzbekistan, a thirty hour return trip, I ran off the plane to greet Steve and the boys.  Then, when Colin came home from training in Georgia and when he returned from Korea, we exploded in joy.

Decorating is underway!