with the end of school and the beginning of summer there comes the opportunity for ample amounts of free time. i'm not particularly used to free time considering the education program has pretty much robbed me of that over the last two years. well, with this sudden free time we have taken it upon ourselves to do anything but spend it at home on the ( Read more... )

today is a great day for many reasons ( Read more... )

elizabeth and i took a trip to savannah for a few days during the beginning of spring break. when we planned this mini trip we were expecting a comfortable 72 degrees the entire three days. however, when we left for this trip it was an unbearable 40 degrees and snowing. driving with golf ball size snowflakes flying at your windshield for an hour ( Read more... )

i started my 1st grade placement this week & i'm trying to get back into the swing of things. no human being should ever be required to be up at six a.m. i highly consider that a form of torture. first graders definitely don't hold back their thoughts on any situation. we were discussing sound as part of our science lesson for the day & my teacher ( Read more... )

i finished this last semester with four A's and one B. there was no better way to end the long and sleepless semester than with a full blown cinco de mayo celebration overfilled with texas margaritas & 31 year old lawyers. apparently 4 pitchers of margaritas can be a bad idea. somehow school starts again in five days. how did that happen ( Read more... )

it's strange how a few years added to your life can change how you perceive yourself & the world around you. my exboss's 4 year old daughter was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer last summer. i was wondering how you would tell someone that young about the magnitude of what was going on inside them. or how does the little girl perceive the things ( Read more... )

truth be told, i think i'm meant to be a west coast girl.

that stain defines my personality.

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in the past week i've ( Read more... )

the fair is tomorrow. this means overloading on funnel cake & that continuous nauseating feeling you experience while being at the fair. i can't waaaait ( Read more... )