Good god, this week flew by. Directing the community theater play in the evenings has taken up all my time - I get home after school, try to crank out some miles on the treadmill, get dinner to the table, get the kids off to their various activities they might have, and then get to the playhouse by 6:45. I'm there until 9:30, at which point I come home and pretty much go right to bed.
I got no schoolwork done, meaning I spend a big chunk of weekend time doing it.
Honestly, though, no complaints because I had a pretty good weekend. First of all, on Friday night, we went to a banquet put on by the FFA. Smoked pork loin, potatoes, corn, beans, and a variety of breads and desserts. One thing about the Future Farmers of America - they know all about the feeding people and hospitality.

Then held a pie auction...made-from-scratch pies! I was able to effectively resist the apple, cherry, and peach pies...but then the banana cream came up on the block - and I was lost.
Thirty-five dollars for a banana cream pie. But. It was really effing good. I still have some in my fridge.
Saturday we schlepped all the kids to the Science Center of Iowa. I have not been in there in years, and not at all since they relocated. It is a very nice and well worth the $8 admission price. Spencer liked making racing cars out of Legos, Elliot liked the bubble wands, and Kirby liked wrapping and dropping the "egg" to see if it would break. Personally, I had a good time too, and usually I tend to tolerate those type of things because "it's for the kids". We ate lunch at Spaghetti Works, and despite the wait, it was AWESOME.
Even though we were having all this fun, I still got a lot of papers graded on the ride. We got home, made dinner, watched "Adventures in Babysitting", and got the kids in bed. I stayed up a bit late grading more papers.
Yesterday we skipped church to go to Brent's grandma's auction. She is showing the signs of Alzheimer's and was recently moved into assisted living. So the family sold the stuff they couldn't fit into the apartment. We got a really nice, barely used loveseat for $50, some sweet vintage disease signs, and a Cyclone figurine that belonged to Brent's grandpa.
Then we went out for dinner with the whole family, and got home around 7:30. I got on the treadmill, finished entering grades, and went to bed about 9:30.
All in all, fairly serviceable weekend.