School's out for Summer

So here I am. It's June 16. Almost two weeks since I last blogged. My posts are getting closer together, right? I'm into looking on the bright side of things. Like when I stated in my last post that I locked my keys in my car...on the bright side, it wasn't raining when we stood in the parking lot for an hour and a half waiting.

It's Monday morning. The sun is shining, which has been a rarity the last few weeks, and my boys are still sleeping. Mornings may be a good time to blog! At least for the summer. Or until my body realizes that I don't have to get up at 7:30, and soon I'll be sleeping in again.

My summer vacation has officially started! Summer school was over on Friday, and I also finished all of my continuing ed. classes, so I can move on to other things to cross off my summer "to-do" list. Usually it involves fun things like cleaning closets, water proofing the deck, and other really entertaining chores.

I also want to make note of a milestone that happened this spring. I completed my tenth year of teaching! A whole decade--that kind of makes me feel old. It's hard to believe it's been ten years and that nine of those ten years have been spent teaching seventh graders! Who would have predicted? Certainly not me. But in ten years the most important things I've learned are that a) aside from June, July, and August, the best part of teaching is actually teaching b) patience can be taught -- to me, not the students c) those rowdy little seventh graders really grow on a person. Ten years of lessons and learning have flown by, and the more I learn about teaching, the more I realize I still have plenty of learning to do.

btw - Cookie update: Upon further tasting examination of applesauce cookies, those puppies stayed moist for a whole week left out with just some tin foil covering the pan. Oh, and good news, the next morning the applesauce flavor had subsided.