Moving on

Football is officially over. The banquet this weekend went amazing. The decorations this year thanks to the team mom were outstanding and it was clearly, the best year I've ever had when it comes to the final banquet.

I arrived about 2 hours early to help set up. I was given one of my favorite tasks - balloon inflation duty. I had previously warned drill sergeant April that there is a strangely addictive thing about helium and no promises about all of it going into the balloons. Needless to say, she wasn't surprised when every so often she heard 'ding dong the witch is dead' in a high pitched voice coming out of the room I was in. In my defense, April was forewarned and I did complete all but one package of balloons before the banquet began.

The kids were shocked when former Buckeye football players showed up to sign autographs and give pep talks about school. It was great to see their faces light up.

I thought I was going to shoot myself during the trophy ceremony. I somehow became the babysitter of the night. The older kids were fine, my kids were awful - what else is new? Love all those kids, just not all at once. I certainly won't be opening up a daycare service any time in the near future.

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The anticipation of Black Friday is overwhelming. I think I'm more excited about it then Thanksgiving itself. I'm in the process of making a completely insane chart, graph and map of all the places we need to go, what toys we need to get and when the sales start so we can plan accordingly. Call me OCD. I wish I had this much enthusiasm towards working - or at the very least cleaning and laundry.

Thanks to a suggestion from my resident attorney... I'll be attempting to locate my volleyball knee pads from 5th grade. I have a hunch they'll come in handy when I need to slide across the floor and grab a toy off the shelf in a hurry. I wonder if I should wear a big sign with a disclaimer... 'will throw bows for toys.' Hopefully, I look as cool in person with my ninja moves as I do in my head.

Fingers crossed we can get the deals we want. I'm hoping everyone is going to be vying for those stupid hamsters and discounted TV's so I can grab my video games and My Little Ponies.

The major goal this year is to avoid getting arrested - I'll be wearing my running shoes. But just in case... if you see a number with a 614 area code or collect call please pick up and supply your credit card information. Thank you.