Adjusting to Winter

AHHHH!!! It is Friday night. I am finally home. I was able to leave school on time tonight and my neighbor friend took me to a new restaurant. Only a 45 min. drive from my house (that is close in North Dakota). The food was good at a reasonable price. I am back home trying to warm up from standing outside talking and saying good bye to my neighbor. We exchanged small tokens of appreciation known as early Christmas presents. I bought her a couple of things to show how much I appreciate all she has done for me this year. She took me under her wing, helped me set-up my classroom and get the kids somewhat under control. She knew exactly when I needed a break and would pop into my room at the end of the day to chat and wisk me out of town. We have become good friends. We had been talking about unusual foods when we first met. I told her I had some chocolate covered potatoe chips and I really liked them but they were hard to find. Today I opened the present she gave me and she had found chocolate covered potatoe chips!!! I offered her some but she refused to be adventurous. Oh well more for me. Hehehe.

So here I sit curled up under a blanket all cozy while the temperature drops and the clear sky shows tiny diamond stars in the sky that look so close you could reach up and grab them. I have a nice pot of hot tea and I am enjoying my chocolate covered chips. I thought about saving them and sharing them with my class or bringing them home to share with my family but they are real good. I don't think the tin will last that long. They taste a lot like Nestle Crisps. I have six more days till I am on my way home for a wirldwind break in Oregon.