There is not enough money in the world to compensate kindergarten teachers for what they do. I teach high school juvinile delinquints and I bow down to anyone who can entertain 20 five and six year olds and still remain sane.

Yes, I realize I should be talking about writing, or passing on what pearls of wisdom I’ve accumulated since I started writing, but honestly this bears mention. Today I gave a party for my middle daughter’s kindergarten class. A pool party. There were 18 children there. I had only invited the girls in the class, but a few extra siblings joined in. Do you have any idea how much noise 18 five and six year olds can make in a pool?????

Now, least you think I’m insane, the reason I did this is because when my oldest daughter finished kindergarten I had a party for the girls in her class. Including my daughter there were 7. Unfortunately, my middle daughter’s class had 12 girls in it. Not only that, several of them have sisters that are friends with my other daughters, so they came along too. The result? 18 children to 5 adults.

We were completely out gunned.

On a positive note, they all had a good time and my children collapsed early in sheer exhaustion. Talk about your silver linings!!!

Okay, I’m going to bed now, I’ll look for pearls of wisdom when I get back from my mini vacation (2 days). I may have to look very hard, I’m not sure how much wisdom I actually have, except, never invite 18 children to your house for a pool party. . .

Good night!
Ari

Wow! It’s been a long time since I blogged! Can you tell I’ve been running a million miles an hour lately?

Let’s see, what’s up with my life. . .
Well, my dad came home from the hospital Monday YAAAAAAAAAY! I’m so glad he’s home again. I don’t know what I would have done without all the support I get from my on line buddies. I really appreciate you all so very much!

Okay, in addition to running around like a lunatic with my darling daughters, I did manage to finish another book. YAYAYAYAYAY! It feels so good to finish one off. I’ll miss the characters, but it’s almost like they bang around in my head until I get them on paper, then once I’m done they quiet down a bit. Until the next set of characters wants their story told. I still need to go over it carefully because I have bad habits, but once I’ve gone through it a few times I’ll send it to a friend of mine to see what she thinks. After I make the corrections she suggests, I’ll send it on to my editor and hopefully she’ll like it!

This weekend is Father’s day and boy am I going to be busy. Go figure. . . I’m so glad I get to go see my dad at home instead of in the hospital.

I guess that’s all that’s going on in Ari World. Hope y’all haven’t forgotten me since it’s been forever since I’ve blogged! Take care!

Ari