My Autumn front door.

This World

You know, if a person let themselves read about and think about all the awful things that happen in this world, it would make them really sad.  And if a person is alive, and living out amongst all the things in this world, it is nearly impossible not to read and think about it.  We are inundated with awfulness because, lets face it, this world is filled with awfulness.  I don't think I can take one more story right now about nice, good teenage boys dying tragically. I am sick to death of wonderful people being brought down by cancer, or heart disease, or lung disease...or any disease.  I am just done with it.

Tired

Well, I haven't posted in a while, and I only do so today to whine about how tired I am.  I swear, if I close my eyes, I will be asleep in minutes.  I just want a week where I can sleep to my hearts content.  Is that too much to ask?  Apparently, it is.

Dream

So, I am looking for a new house.  Exciting!  And nerve wracking.  And it has seeped into my dreams.  Last night I dreamed that I had moved into a new house, and my cats were there.  I was like, "Hey, Glen!  Hey, Ben!".  And then I saw a little kitten, and I was like "What?"  And then I saw another kitten and I was all "What's going on here?"  Then I saw another "kitten" but it was part rat, part kitten, and then another that was part guinea pig, part kitten.  And in my dream I thought "Ooooohhhhh, I know what's going on here.  The previous owner had that guinea pig that escaped, and Ben and Glen must have found her and mated with her and now I have these weird hybrid kittens."

My brain is a really scary place sometimes!

~Tonja

Time is flying by too quickly....

COMING SOON - REGISTRATION 2014-15

We are fast approaching our Jackson Middle School registration process and wanted to inform you of some important dates coming in January.  We ask our students to make some very important decisions at this time, and their choices guide our staffing and course offerings at Jackson and are often difficult to change at a later date.  Thank you for your support in this process.  Visit our Jackson webpage for more information and resources as they become available.

Incoming 6th Grade (Current 5th Grade):

JMS registration presentations at elementary schools – January 9 and 10

Instrument trial opportunities at JMS – January 9, 10, and 11

Registration sheets due to elementary teacher – January 15

6th to 7th, and 7th to 8th Grade Registration:

Registration presentations delivered in advisory – January 6 and 7

Registration sheets due – January 10

CPHS Registration for 8th to 9th Grade:

CPHS registration presentations in math classes – January 24

CPHS Parent Information Night – January 28

Registration sheets due – January 31

This email sent from my daughter's school made me bawl today.  Abbe will be going to High School, and Luke to Middle School.  My babies, growing up so fast.  I wish I could slow time down just a little.   

Darkness/Light

“There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” 
― C.G. Jung

The days are getting darker.  It is good to know that, brighter days WILL come.

~Tonja

Anxiety is such a strange thing.  It has been mostly gone from my life since I finished school.  Then today, poof.  Its back.  Why?  I really have no idea.  There is nothing different going on in my life than there was a month or two months ago.  So, why come back today?  I wish I understood it.  I hate these feelings.  I used to be able to will them away, but I can no longer do that.  *sigh*  Well, if you are reading this, could you just say a prayer for me that God will take away this anxiety?  Thanks.

~Tonja