This week has been conference week, which means I have each set of my kindergartners for a measly hour and a half each day. Unless it's late-start Thursday, on which I got each set for a whole hour and fifteen minutes. We got a lot done that day. It has flown by, especially since my mentor teacher left for Hawaii at 6:00am on Thursday morning, leaving a sub and I for the last two days of the week. It was glorious. By the end of today, most of the kids had a serious case of the giggles. I love hearing them laugh.
I told myself I wouldn't think about next year until the TPA (Teacher Performance Assessment... a gigantic portfolio we completed) was over.. Well, I turned it in on Monday (which brought about much celebration!) and now I have to think about it. SHOOT.
What I do know is that I will be spending the summer in Seattle working as a Special Needs Youth Counselor for Seattle Parks and Rec. I am STOKED and so excited to a) be at camp and b) be working with kids with disabilities! I miss both of these things so much and I cannot wait to spend a summer outside! I don't know where I will be living yet, whether it be at home or closer to Seattle, but miss Anna Gailey will be home planning her wedding and I am beyond excited to spend a few months close to her before she marries the man of her dreams (September 2nd... It will be a glorious day!).
If It were to start a summer bucket list, it would currently look like this:
CAMPING with Caty
CAMPING with Caty
CAMPING with Caty (yes, I put this three times. It's important!!)
Crashing on Tricia and Devin's floor in Spokane (both during the summer and once Devin gets back)
Staying with Randi in Montana
Play in Spike and Dig
Spend 4th of July watching fireworks over a body of water
Go to the Oregon Coast and let the waves wash over my feet
Visit my Grandparents in Ocean Shores and walk on the beach with my grandma
Spend time with the newlywed Alyssa and Karl, as well as cry my eyes out at their wedding
Go to Carkeek Park
Go to the zoo... Oh wait! I get to do that every Friday and get PAID to do it! :)
Go Whale Watching in Port Townsand
Go to Canada with Anna
SWIM as much as possible
Get a YMCA membership
Spend time with Sean and Matthew
Love.
I realized that most of these things have to do with people... But that's what I want. I know I will be tired, but I pray that I remember to invest in the people I love.
One month and fourteen days until my college graduation... Now that's just crazy.
Tomorrow I have a 6:10am flight to New York City to spend 6 days with Anna and then continue on to Providence for a day in the life of Erik Ymeraga. What a glorious spring break it will be!
PS- Happy birthday dear Erik :)
30 March 2012
08 March 2012
Happiness
Me: "How do you plan for a life of meaning? A life that's worth something?"
Friend: "I think you just try and make every day happy."
Wise words, sweet friend. Wise words.
Friend: "I think you just try and make every day happy."
Wise words, sweet friend. Wise words.
06 March 2012
Happy Today
"This too shall pass."
Last week was... hard.
But this morning I woke up, decided not to shower, and stayed in bed until 6:51 when I realized I needed to leave in exactly 24 minutes if I were to go to Pleasant Blends and get coffee before school.
Well, I left my house at 7:21, but I still went.
At Pleasant Blends, I almost always run into someone that I love (besides Louise, the cute old lady who owns it). However, it was 7:25 in the morning, so I wasn't expecting much... Until I found both Kaitlyn Rebbe (who I lived with my sophomore year and love to play cribbage with and TBR [taco bell run] with and talk about teaching with and just love life with) and Callie Gordon (whom I lived with last fall and is one of my most favorite people, and whom I have found that I admire for a million different awesome qualities about her that are all so simple but so great) at this tiny little coffee shop. Best start to a morning ever.
So then I decided it was a very happy day.
And then I proceeded to think of all the reasons that today is a happy day on my way to school.
First staff meeting. Best day.
Library in the afternoon. Best day.
Didiers tonight. Best day.
Getting to plan for my lesson tomorrow. Best day.
Not having to test all morning. Best day.
Having A.L. and K.D. and K.C. as students. Best day.
Having coffee for the staff meeting. Best day.
Think about Callie Bergstrom like I do every time anyone mentions a Vicki's Special. Best day.
Going skiing on Saturday with Will Horlbeck and hopefully many others. Best day.
Babysitting Saturday evening for two awesome kids. Best day.
Being in New York in 25 days. Best day.
Talking to Anna Lee Gailey yesterday for the first time in a while. Best day.
Having dinner with Callie Gordon tomorrow after taking Connie Lieseke to the airport. Best day.
Thinking about going to Water Aerobics on Thursday. Best day.
Knowing I have a volleyball game Thursday. Best day.
Today was just a happy day. I taught some, did some Animal Boogying with my kindergartners, prepped for an hour and a half after school in a quiet classroom, ate frozen yogurt with wonderful people, got excited for my supervisor to come in tomorrow, and just smiled.
Thank goodness.
"This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24 <3
Last week was... hard.
But this morning I woke up, decided not to shower, and stayed in bed until 6:51 when I realized I needed to leave in exactly 24 minutes if I were to go to Pleasant Blends and get coffee before school.
Well, I left my house at 7:21, but I still went.
At Pleasant Blends, I almost always run into someone that I love (besides Louise, the cute old lady who owns it). However, it was 7:25 in the morning, so I wasn't expecting much... Until I found both Kaitlyn Rebbe (who I lived with my sophomore year and love to play cribbage with and TBR [taco bell run] with and talk about teaching with and just love life with) and Callie Gordon (whom I lived with last fall and is one of my most favorite people, and whom I have found that I admire for a million different awesome qualities about her that are all so simple but so great) at this tiny little coffee shop. Best start to a morning ever.
So then I decided it was a very happy day.
And then I proceeded to think of all the reasons that today is a happy day on my way to school.
First staff meeting. Best day.
Library in the afternoon. Best day.
Didiers tonight. Best day.
Getting to plan for my lesson tomorrow. Best day.
Not having to test all morning. Best day.
Having A.L. and K.D. and K.C. as students. Best day.
Having coffee for the staff meeting. Best day.
Think about Callie Bergstrom like I do every time anyone mentions a Vicki's Special. Best day.
Going skiing on Saturday with Will Horlbeck and hopefully many others. Best day.
Babysitting Saturday evening for two awesome kids. Best day.
Being in New York in 25 days. Best day.
Talking to Anna Lee Gailey yesterday for the first time in a while. Best day.
Having dinner with Callie Gordon tomorrow after taking Connie Lieseke to the airport. Best day.
Thinking about going to Water Aerobics on Thursday. Best day.
Knowing I have a volleyball game Thursday. Best day.
Today was just a happy day. I taught some, did some Animal Boogying with my kindergartners, prepped for an hour and a half after school in a quiet classroom, ate frozen yogurt with wonderful people, got excited for my supervisor to come in tomorrow, and just smiled.
Thank goodness.
"This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24 <3
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