Update

Sorry that it has been some time since I last updated on here. The last two weeks have flown by. As I mentioned before I am now finished working with my students so I am filling in at a different middle school. It is interesting to not be in charge for once. At times it is a bit frustrating because I would do things differently but then I remind myself that I don't have to make those decisions anymore. I now have more time to talk with the students and yesterday I got to sit and play scrabble with a few. Before, students would ask me to play a game with them, but I would have to be keeping track of all the other kids at the same time so I was never really focused. It is a bit of an adjustment and I find myself wondering around the group and trying to keep track of all the students instead of focusing on a few which is more what I am supposed to be doing now. The kids are a lot of fun but now that I have had a bit of distance I find that I miss my other students.

As many of you know last Friday my sister Quinlan got married! It was a beautiful wedding and I had  a lot of fun. I flew into Iowa on Wednesday and back out on Sunday morning. It was a very exhausting few days. Wednesday night was the bachelorette party, Thursday was decorating the church and the rehearsal, Friday was full of pictures and the wedding, and Saturday they opened gifts and then in the evening I was with family. My flight on Sunday left at 7 out of Moline which meant that I had to be up and out the door by 4:30. I ended up sleeping on all my flights and the layover and still I took a nap that afternoon. Now I am back to work and don't know when I will get the next break. Although Monday is Memorial Day so I get a long weekend!