115 Degrees Today

Well, we are in the heart of it now. Its summer in Las Vegas and record highs are scorching the Vegas Valley. Henderson is even hotter than Vegas so if you see the weather report on the news, tack on a few more degrees if you want to know what we are at. Its a mess and the only relief is to stay inside, which is doable since we are teachers and have the summer off, but sort of unfair. We have all day to do anything we want, but are confined inside unless we want to fend off heat stroke.

One relief from the torture is the movie theater, which suits me since I love my movies. So we saw 1408, a thriller from the mind of Stephen King two days ago, and today we saw Sicko. I recommend Sicko for anyone who has ever wondered why we are the only civilized country in the world without universal health care, this movie will answer that question.

The only activity we have even bothered trying to do outside when the sun is out is to go to the pool. My mom came down from Idaho last weekend and we spent the afternoon at the pool the other day. Niki's kids really enjoy it, and Caden seems to like it too. Sarah welcomes the zero gravity of the pool, it alleviates most of the pressure on her ever growing belly.





We had our final baby shower in Los Angeles two weekends ago. Nathan and Mel, Sarah's brother and sister in law, hosted it for us. It was a fun afternoon. Most of Sarah's southern California family showed up and I even had a few relatives come. We received some much needed gifts and donations, thank you to everyone who came. We have basically everything we need to get started except a baby and a clue.

We are at 35 Weeks tomorrow, so that's 2 weeks from full term. Its getting more and more real everyday because we are at the point that he could come any day and it wouldn't be a shock.

I'm heading out to San Diego this weekend. I have a conference to attend on working with At Risk students, kids who are at a high likelihood of not graduating HS, which is a majority of the population I teach. I'm staying in SD after the conference to attend a wedding of one of my best friends from HS. Most of my closest friends from HS are still in touch and will attend the wedding, so it will be a reunion of sorts; I'm really looking forward to it. But between the conference and the wedding, I'm leaving Sarah for a week, 4 weeks before the due date. While she is glad to get rid of me, its awfully close so its nice that Sarah's best friend Leslie is coming to town to stay with her while I'm gone.

For the most part there isn't anything going on right now. I will update you after SD. Until the next thought, c