Almost to the Finish Line

I didn't grade much today but my brain needed the break.    Starting this week and through the rest of the summer I am only supposed to work 20 hours a week but I can tell this week will easily be 40+ with the remaining grading I have plus I need to do some work with the summer program for kids.    The good news is DMACC grading is done.    I have one more class to completing grading for and I'll be done.    Only 50 more items to review. 

It was nice to just be at home and do some odds and ends.    I had Jude all weekend as Dan worked and we spent some good time together.    He had never seen the "Wizard of Oz" or "The Sandlot" so we watched those while graded.   We also watched "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" too.    I spent time cleaning up our kitchen and dining room as it became a "catch-all" for a lot of papers and mail.    We went to Ankeny today and I brought more from the apartment so all my cleaning went to hell as now I have boxes in the kitchen sitting around.     I have a lot of work to do with figuring out how to best organize the kitchen and deciding what needs to get stored in the basement.   

Dan and I got some black-out curtains for the two upstairs bedrooms.    They aren't to truly black-out light but to keep the sun out at the end of the day.    Both bedrooms have windows that face the west and when the sun is setting, it bakes the rooms.    It's already been quite warm.    We are hoping the new curtains keep the rays out and help us better control the temperature.    I am getting a little excited as we'll need to mow the lawn for the first time soon.    We'll likely only need to mow the front and side as our backyard grass doesn't grow much.    Mowing is supposedly Dan's job.   We'll see how often he does it with his work schedule.     He barely has any time off in May.    It's ridiculous but he also chose to pick up extra shifts on his days off.   

When I wasn't watching child-friendly movies with Jude, I watched "Vanilla Sky" with Tom Cruise.   I've tried to watch it in the past (usually edited on cable) and never fully understood the story line.    I watched it start to finish yesterday and was actually impressed by the story line.    I usually don't like movies with 'Tom Cruise but I give this one two thumbs.    I need to make myself sit down and watch "Inception" too as that movie confuses me.   I've never been able to sit down and watch it fully. 

I guess I didn't have anything earth-shattering to blog about but I cannot sleep and didn't want to grade anything.