Two and a half months went quickly, as I knew it would. It was lovely to travel home to Southern Nevada and then (finally!) to the Olympic Peninsula with Peter.Moapa Valley was hot and I had a fabulous time playing with nieces, nephews, siblings and parents. My family really is fabulous, and I'm getting better at just relaxing and enjoying. Radical acceptance is such an amazing concept.
The Lyle's pool was refreshing, and I am graciously
refraining from posting a fab little video I've got of
these two bathing beauties doing some hilarious
"water aerobics"
It was great to see Cholie
I am so proud of Jes and her fabulous first novel. Seriously, I tried to write a novel last year for nanowrimo and failed miserably. But Dead Ringer is a juicy pulp that maintained a clear narrative strand, had vibrant purple details of teenage interaction with believable dialog, and the end was totally dark. Love Dad's influence! :)
Now I am scrambling to be ready for school. I realized yesterday at 8pm as I was leaving my classroom after a nine hour work binge that I will NEVER be done. I could work all day everyday and still want more because I just...can't...let...things...alone! A perfectly fine syllabus must be edited and re-edited and perfected ten million times. With the schedule change to a traditional 6-period day this year I have to let things go in order to survive. Especially if I'm going to complete my National Boards certification! Ahhh, national boards. I hope that I can make this process bend to my own goals that are very much in line with a language arts classroom yet possibly take a bit more time to explain or justify. Oh yeah, and I need to take care of myself in here somewhere! Me and my lovely crippled hip. These physical therapy exercises are such a freakin' pain. I'm trying really hard to enjoy the process and get all meditative as I become more mindfully aware of my core muscles...but I'd rather be sprinting my butt around a track and doing bounding drills. *sigh*
refraining from posting a fab little video I've got of
these two bathing beauties doing some hilarious
"water aerobics"
It was great to see Cholie
I am so proud of Jes and her fabulous first novel. Seriously, I tried to write a novel last year for nanowrimo and failed miserably. But Dead Ringer is a juicy pulp that maintained a clear narrative strand, had vibrant purple details of teenage interaction with believable dialog, and the end was totally dark. Love Dad's influence! :)
Now I am scrambling to be ready for school. I realized yesterday at 8pm as I was leaving my classroom after a nine hour work binge that I will NEVER be done. I could work all day everyday and still want more because I just...can't...let...things...alone! A perfectly fine syllabus must be edited and re-edited and perfected ten million times. With the schedule change to a traditional 6-period day this year I have to let things go in order to survive. Especially if I'm going to complete my National Boards certification! Ahhh, national boards. I hope that I can make this process bend to my own goals that are very much in line with a language arts classroom yet possibly take a bit more time to explain or justify. Oh yeah, and I need to take care of myself in here somewhere! Me and my lovely crippled hip. These physical therapy exercises are such a freakin' pain. I'm trying really hard to enjoy the process and get all meditative as I become more mindfully aware of my core muscles...but I'd rather be sprinting my butt around a track and doing bounding drills. *sigh*
Hooray for a new post! It was so much fun to visit with you while you were here. You are such an adorable gal and I am so lucky to know you.
ReplyDeleteGood Luck with all that you have going on...you busy lady.
And make sure you make a little time for a good mouthful of roll-baco. :)
Love ya loads, Em
Thank you sooo much for refraining from posting the "water aerobics":). I have loved this summer, I've gotten to se eyou so much it has felt like we live closer:(.
ReplyDeleteI love you darlin'!!
Hi Heather girl!! Thanks so much for the birthday wishes! I often wish we were still girls walking to Price Squeezers and buying a {root} beer in the middle of the hot summer. Those were the good old days! I miss you.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful day!
Be well.
Love ya loads.