Playing Catch-Up

I can only begin with an apology. I am so incredibly sorry that I have been absent from blogging for almost 3 months! Yes, we all know that the end of the year is chaos for everyone, but I am finally getting a short, well-deserved break since May has ended.

Since school's been out, I've cleaned out my classroom, because.... I'M CHANGING SCHOOLS!! I have really been troubled over this decision since December, but I finally took the leap. I will miss my friends terribly but I will be so thankful that I won't be traveling during the school day. I am confident that I can make it work anywhere and teach how I love to at any school. However, I don't think I'll be complaining about the few extra breaks during my weekly schedule or the PTA support.

My brain is overflowing with new ideas, and I've already been planning my new year! (Yes, I am still thinking about school and researching new things, going to workshops, etc. over my summer "break." It happens.)

Other happenings since cleaning out my classroom:

1. The weekend after my classroom clean-up, my family entered a local softball tournament and WON! (We've participated the past 3 years now, and have won 2... My brother -the college QB- tends to stack the team with talent, but still manages to invite me.)

2. Memorial Day Week, our church hosted it's annual summer VBS. Last year, we weren't official members yet, but our friends talked me into being a small group leader. I gotta say, I liked that job sooo much better. I was an FCA Camp huddle leader for about 6 years, and I could never get enough of it! However, this year at VBS, I was co-in charge of all things involving music - including (but not limited to) 4 daily sessions of music with each group, the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the program for the families on the last day. I was more than exhausted, and didn't honestly like it all that much. (I would've been fine if it was just the 4 music sessions... the impromptu skits are what killed me. That's not my strong suit.)

3. These past 2 weeks, I've worked in an office. A phone-answering, stock-selling, 8 to 5 office. What cracked me up is that I had multiple people ask me if I would ever work there and make it a career. I simply said, I have a career and I seem to be pretty good at it. If I wasn't a music teacher, and I wasn't online during boring blocks of time researching and getting new ideas, I don't think I could make it the whole day. It is such an easy job!! (You hear that! I'm complaining about a job being too easy... What has teaching done to me??)

4. Lastly, I have a Great Expectations workshop from Tuesday - Friday this week. I'll be up at school by 6:15, ready to depart with a small group of the new teachers I'm working with next year. Wish me luck!

Hopefully, I'll come back with a few new ideas that I'll be ready to add to next year's agenda! (That and anything that gives me the excuse to take a trip to our closest office supply store (and spend entirely more than necessary). Yay!