This is my 11th year of teaching, and each year always feels the same during the first couple weeks. I call it a “back to school” feeling. It’s a composite of things I remember from my own school days, along with some of the things I experience being on the other side of the desk.
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School Days Are Here Again . . .
Today I completed my second day of school, and I left the school building feeling rejuvenated and full of excitement.
Oh, I can hear it now — you former or current teachers are screaming, “LIE!”
And you’d be right.
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On the road again
It is frustrating to let so many days go by in between posts, only to write and be totally repetitive. “Hey, I’m traveling!” “Oh, I went on this trip too.” “Yep — going places — again!”
Shaddup, already, girl!
Well, I went on another little trip — a mini one this time in order to visit my sister at her lake cabin. I don’t know if visiting relatives can necessarily constitute a trip, especially when those relatives are a handful of hours away, but hey, I left home (again) and returned a few days later, hence a trip . . . no?
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Travelin’ the Midwest
As if my last vacation didn’t make me road-weary enough, my hubby and I decided to hit to road again for our own vacation. The kids were shipped off to Grandma’s, and we headed east. Beyond that, we didn’t have much of an idea of where we were going, but we certainly knew why: to get the heck out of Dodge for a few days.
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