Hit and Run

The last 2 days have been pretty good....I've had both afternoons off work, so that was nice. I didn't do too much though during my free time, ran a few errands and went for my jog tonight. Yesterday I had aerobics, which was good. I was 15 minutes late, so I only got 45 minutes in. At school there was the annual "police everywhere giving all the parents parking tickets" day...so I got a 35 Euro parking ticket for being in the bus' spot, along with 6 other mothers. I'm not kidding when I say probably 30 cars got tickets. Apparently this only happens once a year....the police KNOW that there is NO WHERE to park along the 4 schools in this neighborhood....I mean, it's just neighborhoods, and some places require this "disk" you have in the car to set the time and can only stay for an hour...some places are for buses (even though they never park there). Basically it's all about parking quick for 5 mintues just to walk the kids to class......otherwise we have to park a mile away and the kids walk so slow, it takes 20 minutes to walk to class. SOO I didn't feel too bad about it, called Virginie and they will pay the ticket, knowing how awful it is...and I guess we'll buy this clock disk thing to keep in the car.. whatever. Not my deal really, I just have to get the kids to school safe. Speaking of which, today I almost got hit by a car!!!! Yep, I was getting the kids in the car, thank God they were all seated w/belts attached...I was putting Matt's shoe on, the car door was open as I was standing outside the car, and out of nowhere a car drives by quick and HITS THE CAR DOOR HARD AND FAST....scared the crap out of me, although I didn't realize what happened until a woman near me kind of shrieked and people came to ask if we were okay. The car kept driving, never stopped....I'm SURE their car had a knick in it....I think the door is okay, it seems to be.....but thankfully I wasn't standing 6 inches further out, as I would have been hit too........anyways, I used this as a great example to explain to the kids on the entire way home how dangerous the cars are, whether inside or out, and how careful and calm we must be in the car (since they like to play a lot in the car, etc...which I keep trying to fix.....) But I think they were shocked too.......

I am officially on a mission to lose some weight.....so cheer me on! I have my first trip in 3 weeks, and visitors will be starting to come in about 2 months so this will be my first major deadline......Don't worry, not planning anything drastic, just to get back to where I was about 2 years ago and approximately 10 pounds less......so we'll see. I've been jogging/walking, and now the classes are kicking in.......right now I can still jog after getting off work just as the sun is going down, it's a little chilly but not terribly cold. Once the real cold kicks in, I'll start jogging in the afternoon while the kids are at school.....

Well, I need to do a small worksheet for my French homework for class tomorrow.......
"Cabaret" on Saturday!!!!