GoodBye

Come say goodbye to Madissen on Saturday, June 17 between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Nothing formal...no dinner planned...just an opportunity to come see her and say goodbye before she flies back to Ohio on Monday.

She would love to see you!

Oh what a beautiful morning...

School's out! School's out! (accept if you're teaching summer school)
Teacher let the monkeys out...

Last day of school (of the regular school year)!

Time to put this year behind me and mark a new chapter in my life.

Although I am teaching summer school, I am not really worried about it. It's six hours in an air conditioned room for which I do not have to pay! :) That counts for something here in the valley.

Summer school runs from June 14th to July 25th. No Fridays. Very Doable.

We are leaving for Ohio on July 31. I am excited, yet scared. The scared part is mostly related to financial issues, but I have to jump sometime.

Today starts the "summer" which will bring significant change for me. Let it begin!

Whoo hoo!

Family BBQ

Yesterday at school, Stig and I were invited to a graduation party being dually thrown for whom to us would be volleyball players for Stig, and students for me.

We decided to go because the two boys in question are the kind of kids that keep you coming back to the job. Both have been very hard working, sweet, sound, respectful, intelligent, etc...you get the point.

Anyway, we get there and realized something. We had not been invited to a graduation party. We had been invited to a family BBQ.

What an honor it felt that these families felt it important for us to share this evening with them and wanted to invite us into their families.

I think it is safe to speak for Stig here in saying that we needed that.