The Roller Coaster of Life

Since Friday, I have been on an emotional roller coaster. There have been so many ups and downs that I hardly know where I am anymore.

THE UPS:
The basketball games this weekend were cancelled. Bad news for some, but I was scheduled to take admission at the door on Friday and wasn't particularly excited about it. I cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom instead - both were in desperate need of attention.

The weather cleared up on Monday, which meant planes were flying again.

IPT testing (the huge standardized test that I was coordinating for our site) went off without a hitch!

The sun was shining bright today! Not a cloud in the sky!

I took my kids outside this afternoon instead of going to the gym. It was bitterly cold (like 20 below), but it was so much fun to see my kids get to run and play. They were making snow angels, digging tunnels, and burying each other in the snow (like some kids do with sand at the beach).

I had 6 of the sweetest kids come to after-school tutoring today!

THE DOWNS:
My roommate is still gone. She left last Wednesday, leaving me a note that said she'd be back on Saturday and to call if I wanted anything from Anchorage. That was the last anybody has heard from her. At this point, I'm pretty convinced she's not coming back and I don't blame her. The principal did nothing but give her crap, and it was an unhealthy amount of stress for her. It's still a bummer that she's gone. I'm lonely!

The weather this weekend was awful. Planes weren't flying - that's why the basketball games were cancelled.

Friday was Valentine's Day. Enough said.

The days at school have been wearing me out, but I don't want to come home to an empty apartment.

I fully expected my roommate to be home this weekend. I was stressed out wondering who, if anyone, was flying and if she'd be back. I knew, though, that most likely no one was flying. I was super-alert at the times that planes normally come, listening for the drone of an engine. It was all in vain, though.

Sigh. . . .