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Happy Memorial Day!

As you go about your bar-b-q eating and family cookouts today, remember the real reason we celebrate Memorial Day.  It’s not just the official kickoff to summer, but it’s a remembrance of those who gave their lives for our freedom.

I’ll be spending the day with my family and will be back tomorrow with a recap!

Friday Favorites: End of the School Year!

Yesterday marked the end of another school year for me.  This past school year was pretty rough (remember grad school?) and I have been looking forward to this summer for a long time.  Today officially marks my first day of summer and that is my number one FAVORITE!!

Blogging

I took this week off from the blog because of the chaos of the end of the school year coupled with not feeling good–I’ve missed it!  I’ve missed reading my blog list each day and participating in the community that’s been created.  Not blogging this week has really made me appreciate the friendships I’ve formed through this!  It’s always a FAVORITE!


Bonus Questions

For my exam this year, I decided to give a really easy bonus question that everyone could answer.  I had my students tell me ONE thing they learned in English this year.
I got answers like this…

 …which made me laugh.  And then I got answers like, “Reading The Skin I’m In over the summer and talking about it at the beginning of school really helped me to be comfortable with who I am.”  And this was my most FAVORITE answer because I felt like I finally accomplished something this school year.  It may have taken the very last day to find out, but it made me happy because that was my goal with that novel!  And very happy for that student!


Awards

My mom was recognized yesterday for an award she had won earlier in the school year.  She’s the best teacher and mom ever and definitely my FAVORITE person!!


Summer Plans

I cannot wait to finally have a somewhat free summer!  I plan on establishing a daily routine of exercise, good eating, and reading/tv watching haha!  I wished the school year away because I knew that meant grad school would be over, so here’s to wishing for summer to crawl by!



Weekend Recap!

This weekend was somewhat busy and then somewhat laid-back.  However, I’m typing this bright and early Monday morning because I spent yesterday evening finishing up making my English exam to give today and tomorrow #procrastinatorforever.  I’ll see half of my classes today and the other half tomorrow and then that’s it with the kids!  It’s so crazy to think that this year has gone by so fast–although I did spend the majority of it wishing it away #gradschoolprobs

FRIDAY

 Friday night was Relay for Life in my town.  I was working my church booth from 9-10 PM, so I talked my sister into meeting me up there early so we could buy a piece of our favorite cake for $1 from our cousin’s booth.  And we showed up in the same shirt haha!  I laughed so hard because this was not planned at all!



 I got home about 10:15 that night and there was a package on the front door step that neither of us noticed earlier in the afternoon.  It was my diploma!  It’s official!



SATURDAY

 I woke up early Saturday morning because I guess my internal alarm clock is still working.  Because of that, I decided to catch up on some TV.  First up, #RichKids of Beverly Hills.  Morgan makes me laugh!



 Then I moved to the couch and decided to watch the second episode of Friday Night Lights.  I would have watched more, but it was time for me to get in the shower.



 ….because we had a wedding to attend!



 My niece, Alina, sat with me during the ceremony.



 And then I had our 15 year old nephew take pictures of us–naturally we ended up with about 15.  This one is the best and then a few candids 🙂


On Sunday, I went to church while D worked overtime, grocery shopped, watched Hallmark movies, walked, met up with him at Panera, and finished my exam.  

How was your weekend?  Was it like mine–lazy and busy all at the same time?

Linking up with Biana!