A Labor of Love

I have never been more thankful for a labor day in my life. Monday was the first day in about 6 weeks that I have not been at work somewhere. Most days I'm working two jobs (not even counting Happy Jack) so having Monday off was like a gift from the Gods. We had a lovely breakfast, my girl and I did some number puzzles and watched a little TV, we went to the beach at beautiful Round Lake, came home and cooked dinner out on the grill, then took the loopy dog for a walk around the neighborhood. Other than some computer problems and a little extra curricular work I had to do for someone, it was a completely wonderful, relaxing day. I almost slipped and typed relaxing weekend, but alas, it was only one day. One nice thing about being so busy though, I'm losing a ton of weight. Some days eating just doesn't fit into the plan. lol

On a Happy Jack note, I have a few orders that have come in, and I've gotten clearance from the district to proceed with the second annual coloring contest. Now that I am a district employee I wasn't sure if I should present the coloring contest idea to these schools. I know there are a lot of kids looking forward to it though, so I was really hoping I could still do it up here. It is all on my own time and with my own funds, though, so I figured it shouldn't be an issue. I wanted to get it cleared though, just in case. This year's contest will run earlier...around Halloween. And the image will probably be from Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. I'm 95% positive that will be the theme this year. Keep watching for details.

Back to work!