bejeweledhope

So as you may have surmised from my most recent photo updates, I just got back from a vacation to California. I went out with my parents with two main goals in mind: to visit family that lives out there (my Mom was born and raised in San Diego and her siblings are still out there) and to drive down Pacific Coast Highway.  All in all, it was a pretty fantastic trip; lasting a grand total of 2 weeks. We flew into San Francisco first.  I usually like big cities (New York, Tokyo...) but, honestly, can't say that San Francisco appealed very much to me.  It was just crammed full of so many people, it seemed like you couldn't ever get anywhere eas

Well, the school year is finally coming to a close.  Students are finishing up their exams this week; 8th graders graduate on Wednesday and we throw the Seniors out (with much love and fond wishes, of course) on Friday.  As I teach both, I get the non-coveted "opportunity" to attend both.  Huzzah. My first year teaching sure has been interesting though.  Hired to teach Latin, I got thrown into teaching 8th grade Reading and 7th grade Religion as well.  There were some interesting moments.  For the Religion class, I was 100% using another teacher's lesson plans.  She was teaching the same class, and had taught it before so it rather made sens

Words cannot properly describe how horribly amused I am right now :giggle: Today is also the first day of Spring Break for the high school I teach at... Over a week off!  No getting up at 5:30 or staying out until 10 for play practice! Yay!!! New photos are pending :) For now though, I believe it is time to just relax. ... ~runs off to pin llama badges everywhere~