playing hookie

I'm playing hookie today.

Well, I guess it's not really hookie if I straight up told my principal I needed a mental health day or else bodily harm to MANY 12 yr olds was IMMINENT.

So.

There's that.

I'm sitting on the couch, coffee in hand, fireplace roaring, with Pippi and a stack of essays at my feet. Guess I can't really get away from the 12 yr olds, but at least from here I can't do anything to them that will require I hire an attorney to help me keep my job.

What are you all doing this chilly weekend?

I'm heading to an annual retreat with my dad and grandparents that I LOVE - last year was my first year to go, and it was seriously a highlight of my YEAR.

Probably not many of you have heard of Dudley Hall (Successful Christian Living Ministries) - he is one of the best teachers of scripture that I have ever heard, bar none. And the music...oh, the music. I die. Let's just say it's a bluegrass lover's paradise.

This teaching and music is precisely what I need this weekend.

retreat ri -'trēt n: 1: an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable; 2: a place of privacy or safety; 3: a period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, study, or instruction under a director.

Yes please.

Hope you have a restful weekend.