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My first week of "taking over" part of my internship has been going well so far. We are making it like the first day of school, which is great. I started them on Interactive Notebooks, a creative way of organizing notes. They write a journal entry everyday and take notes and practice a new skill or social studies knowledge in it everyday ( Read more... ) -
sunflowers
At the end of my summer class, I gave a presentation based on an idea in a book I read for that class and gave everyone sunflower seeds. I told them to take care of them and be patient because they take their time to bloom, and you can't just go into that seed and force a flower out of it. Only waiting and the right care for that particular ( Read more... ) -
amazing weekend....
I am very exhausted right now but this was just a very good weekend. :-)
Swimming: Captain Craig 1 mile ocean swim (13/110, 4th in open women's)
some more time with someone :-)
lots of swim lessons
fluting and even some piano playing.....
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Great Cheapeake Bay Swim!!!
And the results are in ( Read more... ) -
just a few days left...
Only a few more days, hours almost, until it is time for the Chespeake Bay Swim. After some over-excitedness and nerves at the beginning of the week, I am confident and ready to go. I have a race strategy, I am well trained, resting, and have all the logistics worked out. So that is how things stand on the swimming front ( Read more... ) -
nekedschwimmen für mich!!!
Okay well I am not going to swim naked, but I have decided that I am not going to swim with my wetsuit in the bay swim. I am going to do this real swimmer style! I did a 2 1/2 mile ocean swim today...60 degree water, 65-70 degree air, and high winds (which really cool your arms when you lift them out!). The bay is 68 on the edges and should drop ( Read more... ) -
great morning practice!
Practice this morning was really good...I had a hard time sleeping last night because I was excited falling asleep, and once I did fall asleep I was dreaming that I was out for an ocean swim, but in shark-infested waters. I was sure that sharks were going to come and eat me up, and my dad insisted that if I stayed near the kayak then I would be ( Read more... ) -
Assawoman Bay Picture
I found a decent picture of the distance I swam yesterday. The houses in the front are part of Ocean Pines (where I live...only I don't live on the waterfront, hahaha) and then there are the two parts of Rt. 90, which stop over on the Isle of Wight. You can't see the entire distance of the bridge span/swim distance, but you get an idea because in ( Read more... ) -
Assawoman Bay Swim
I swam across the Assawoman Bay today! 6 miles total, 3 miles from Ocean Pines-Ocean City and 3 miles back. The entire swim took just over 2 and a half hours. It took nearly 20 minutes longer to get back though because there were really strong winds that had picked up (it wasn't like that on the way there) and some boats had come out, leaving ( Read more... ) -
bay swim prep
Tomorrow I am going to swim across the Assawoman Bay, the big body of water that separates Ocean Pines from Ocean City. The bay is about 4 miles long, so it will be pretty similar to the swim across the Chesapeake, minus the hundreds of other people (and their thrashing arms and legs!) and the currents will be different...easier I think. I will ( Read more... )