I really don’t know where my summer went.

 Good things about the summer:

1. Went on a Caribbean cruise over my birthday and got to go to Jamaica, Grand Cayman Island, and Cozumel, Mexico. Which, by the way, was fantastic.

2. Got an all-expense paid training in Dallas for a week that was a great learning opportunity.

3.  Set up my NEW classroom in my brand-new school.

4. Getting to work with some awesome faculty/staff members at the new school.

5. Got a lot of writing and planning done for this next school year.

6. Got a brand new, darling dog to compliment my other darling dog.

Some not so great things about summer-

1. I had nearly 4 weeks of trainings for school. While some of those trainings were good, it was just a lot.

2. I didn’t get to read any of the books on my want list (though, Mockingjay doesn’t come out quite yet, so that doesn’t count against me!)

3.  I didn’t get to do much housework, like painting or major yard work. And I had a big list of  “would likes”.

Over all, I would have to say it was a good and productive summer, even if there was still  a lot I would have liked to accomplish.  I did a lot of trainings and activities that I think will make me a better person and teacher.

Despite how the summer flew by, I am excited to greet this new school year and the new opportunities that will be coming with it. I also will be able to try my hand at being the Student Council Adviser, and I think that will be a lot of fun and a good new challenge. It’s going to be so much smaller (not the class sizes, but just the overall amount of people there at the school) and that will be fun to see how that goes.

Everything starts tomorrow…. Fare thee well, summer days.