This past week was the Technology in Education conference at Copper Mountain(TIE). My boss and I were scheduled to do a presentation on the Technology Fair that was held in March. Totally her idea-I hate presentations and I hate being high in the mountains-I never feel well). She put the whole presentation together( I feel a little bad about that). Anyway, one of the reasons I did not want to go is my cheapo department encourages people to go, but will not pay for lodging. My boss has a friend with a condo in Frisco(about 10 minutes away) and said we could stay there as. in. together. 24/7 with my boss for a week? No-way. I went up Tuesday for the keynote who was outstanding. Will Richardson-buy his book if you are interested in Web 2.0 or the interactive web. Anyway, since the presentation was 8:30 am on Friday, I said I would come back up Thurs night. Ok fine. I found someone else to use my registration for the other days. Thurs at 3 pm she calls me ands says "just so you know..", her friends who owned the condo and their children showed up for the weekend and my boss's husband would be bringing an aero bed for me to sleep on. and in case I pick up any vibes, her friends pretty much hate each other and are staying together for the kids. I have never met any of these people and these new dynamics were way too much. I chose the hotel route. Boss not happy but knew I would do this once I found out. She actually considered not telling me. I got up to Copper Mt, we practiced until 10pm and then I went back to the hotel. Everything worked out, but I am pretty beat.
The house is a mess, kids doing as little as they can get away with. Randy tolerates it until he can't find something and then it is a disaster of national proportions. No money for a maid. Randy weekly sends an email that should get him fired, but hopefully that will stop now that his smarmy "friend" doesn't have the "numbers" to offer him a job and Randy can say goodbye to his current employer. Next week he will be travelling to SLC and the following weekend we go camping. That should go swimmingly since Randy will be tired and stressed and he handles neither one at all.
Summer school is a cake walk. They watched Pale Rider for two hours yesterday. I am guessing that ties into Westward expansion. Am debating checking with the teacher/principal.
Matt is going to the movies with a friend tonight. Kristen is jealous. I have tried and tried and TRIED to get her together with her friends. It just never seems to work out. I hate that I have to work in the summer, but it can not be helped. Maybe I will take one day off next week and they can both have friends over. I feel like such a loser mom right now. The intense heat does not help. Lately it has been at least 95 degrees every day.
Randy's cousin sent us a care package! Thanks Donna! She was so grateful for lunch and us showing her and her then boyfriend around RMNP that she sent us tastykakes and OTC. Scalloped oysters for dinner tonight. I said then boyfriend because while in Jackson Hole, THEY GOT MARRIED! They got married on a deck and I am sure it overlooked the Tetons. How great.
Got to go use the inhaler again. Thanks Copper Mountain.
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