Fear and Loathing in Carmel

One day of testing down, five more to go. The testing doesn't even take all that long, but it sure throws a wrench into my system. It's okay, though. I am "being a feather" on this stuff, and luckily so are the kids. A few bullet points:

• It was good to see familiar faces at the Wellness Fair yesterday. I spotted Will Hurdle, John Keen, Caleb Vahle, Xavier Cocca, Alex Baldwin, Ally Eaton, and Maria Saam, who, along with her mom, manned the station for the Relay for Life sign-up. If you haven't signed up for Relay for Life, do it now! Click here!
  
• Speaking of Miss Maria Saam, she gave us a nice lesson today (with her hard-earned tickets) about Mr. Johnny Depp. That got me reminiscent about his glory days on 21 Jump Street, but all the kids know of that show is the goofy movie that came out a few months ago. Only my generation knows that was never meant to be a joke-show. But her lesson did lead us to realize that he really is a prolific actor, with roles such as Captain Jack Sparrow, Willy Wonka, Edward Scissorhands, and my personal favorite, Gilbert Grape.
  
• All this week is testing! Breakfast! Sleep! Honestly, their homework is to sleep and eat. What more can they want? Wish someone would give me that kind of "homework".
• Please please urge your children not to sweat over the testing. The more they worry, the more difficult it's going to be for them. And really, it's silly to worry about this kind of stuff because the worry does more harm than good.

Happy Monday, everyone. Have a good week!