What's on your mind

 Every October the town of Chester, NH has hundreds of scarecrows on display. As a fundraiser the town sells the basic shell of a scarecrow and then the townspeople use their imagination. Each year my daughter and I take the 1.5 hour ride up there and then drive around town looking for hundreds of scarecrows. It amazes me how creative people are. Here are a few of my favorites from this year. and to get you in the Christmas spirit here is the Grinch and his dog Max. I highly recommend that you take this ride. I have gone two years in a row and I will definitely be back next year.

  The Holiday season is upon us. I love this time (October to January 1st) we have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. So many decorations go up and down in my house these 3 months. Right now all the Halloween decorations are up and have been up since October 1st. My favorite is my Disney Halloween tree which is pictured above. Of course the one decoration that stays out all year long is my 365 day countdown to Christmas. All of the holidays will be a little different this year with the Covid-19 still causing problems but I can still decorate my house and that always makes me happy. I also enjoy watching all the holiday specials on television. Here is the schedule of some specials coming up this week. On Thursday October 29th Syfy channel is having a nightmare on elm street marathon. I'm waiting to hear when my favorite is on television this year, "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown"

 Since this pandemic started I have put all my travel plans on hold. Well I am going t be brave and take a long weekend away. I'm sure the hotel clean the rooms thoroughly so it's safe. I just decided to go to the cape for a 3-day weekend.  I am going to take a personal day on a Friday because with all the added work and the stress of this hybrid schedule I need some down time. Every weekend I spend hours each day working on school work but not when I go away. I will take a complete break from school work. Now I am excited to plan my 3-days. The hotel is on the ocean in Yarmouth and I am getting an ocean view room. I still have a few weeks before I go but it's exciting to finally be planning a get away. I'm still not ready to eat inside at a restaurant so I will just do take out and eat at my hotel.  Now time to get back to planning. I hope everyone reading this post has found a way to relieve their stress that is related to covid.

 Four weeks of school complete! What? Only four weeks. Feels like 4 months. I have not changed my mind about hybrid schedule - way tooooooo much work. I spend a minimum of 60 hours per week on school work, but I'm still glad I get some in person time with my students.  The positivity rate is rising here in Massachusetts so I am a little concerned about going to school and being around so many different people (indoors). I don't want to get this virus. Thankfully Norton High has been staying healthy but now that I have put that in writing I have probably jinxed us. I wonder what the students think about the new school model. Some have told me it isn't bad, but they don't like that all their friends aren't in school on the same day. (every other day) I just hope the students are behaving and staying socially distant when they are out of school. Let's all stay healthy and get rid of this virus!!