2017. Wow, where did you come from? This past year has gone by faster than most. Maybe it's because there has been so many firsts that happened. I finished my first year of school. I moved into my first apartment. I had my first experience of working with exotic animals, including my all time favorite, sloths.I took my first professional development class in Atlanta, Georgia. My dad and I had our first Christmas on the beach. There were also many lasts. My last days with Rascal before she headed over the Rainbow Bridge. My last time ever sleeping in my childhood home. My last car payment. Lots of good things and bad things happened this year, just like any other. And just like any other year, there are things I look forward to in the coming year.
I am looking forward to one of my best friends getting married at the end of the month, and getting the opportunity to stand by her side when she says I do. Possibly getting a chance to visit friends in Toronto for Spring Break. Spending time in Myrtle Beach this summer with my dad. Spending as much time as I can with Andy. Ending my second year of teaching and starting my third, and everything in between. It's a new year for life to get in the way and I am ready.
As I write this on my last day of break, I think about all the new things I hope to try with my students this year. We are going to continue writing as much as we can, which is why I've decided that I am going to do a better job of blogging. Asking my kids to write and I don't write enough just doesn't seem very fair. So, we are all going to be writing more. My seventh graders are going to continue to work on their memoirs to perfect them, so that we can publish them. My eighth graders love to argue, so what better way to let them do that than with argumentative papers about topics they are interested in.
Even though this school year is half way over already, there is still so much ahead. Excited to see what the rest of the year holds.
Love from the girl who is procrastinating her planning to blog.
