After I finish reading Ender's Shadow, I have a three book series to read. But after that I think I'm going to read Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. I have a couple copies of each of these, but I only remember bits and pieces from both books. I remember Tom white washing a fence, which inspired me to white wash something in my house as a child... My mother was not pleased. I remember Tom and Becky getting lost in a cave. I remember that Huck Finn overall made me very sad, not just because Jim dies, but it's just a rather sad story. I don't remember many of the details though. On TV shows and in movies people quote books they've only read once and everybody in the room also knows that quote. That never happens in real life. Except really out there quotes like Expelliarmus and Avada Kedavra, which have no real meaning in the real world anyways. So I'm trying to go back and read the classics to remember what happened. After those two the budget includes a few philosophical works by some of the greatest minds ever to walk the planet, and a few biographies of those few great men who rose to rule the world and then perished by their own power. Quite the book list. And that's only the beginning. There simply aren't enough hours in the day!

I've been deciding that I really don't want to get my Masters anymore. I probably will, but it's not a big deal to me. I would much rather stay working at the preschool and nannying in the afternoon with just my bachelor's and a happy heart. I have found a few more possible job opportunities, but I'm not super enthusiastic about any of them. A few jobs I've found would be excellent but I'd have to start right away. I really want to finish out the school year with my kids though. Life is so complicated and not fun sometimes. I should find a better paying job so we can really add into our savings, but part of me just doesn't care. Oh well, we'll see if I even get a call about these jobs anyways.

My cold is almost completely gone. Hoorah! My nose is still sore but I'm not having to blow it as often now so it should heal up pretty quickly. A lot of kids were out today with strep throat. I really don't want to come down with anything else now that I'm finally shaking this cold. All I can do is keep washing my hands, disinfecting the classroom and our house and keep taking my vitamins.

I'm nannying until 9 tonight. I don't know what we're going to do all night because Peter doesn't really like playing. He just watches TV all the time when his parents are home but I try to limit his TV time. He's playing on the computer right now. Maybe we'll watch a movie or something. I wish it was warmer out so we could go to the playground or park or take a walk or something. Oh well.

I plan on sleeping in ridiculously late tomorrow. I haven't been sleeping very well since I've been sick and it's catching up to me.

Cheers. Happy weekend.