FALLING ACORNS, MIGHTY OAKS

Preparing for Next Year

It has been a busy, busy summer. When the summer started I thought I would have time to be bored. That was a lie. Between spending time with family, friends, and the class I am taking this summer I have not had nearly enough time to just “hang out”.

However, I have begun to plan for the new school year, as evidenced by the receipts from my shopping. After having the Erin Condren Teacher Planner in my cart for quite some time, I took the plunge and ordered it today. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on it. I’m incredibly impatient, so it is going to be a struggle. Next week I will be at a CodeVA event in Danville, so hopefully that will take my mind off waiting for it to arrive. Not sure why I am so pumped to get my hands on it, especially since it doesn’t start until August when my lesson planning begins. I’ll have all of this month to go before I can actually use it.

A screenshot of the planner I ordered

In between my plans, I have been watching The Originals on Netflix. I finished The Vampire Diaries and have moved into this spinoff series now. It’s been a good one to get sucked into, as there is a lot of content to watch. The Legacies is the next spinoff, so once I finish The Originals I will be diving into that. It will take a while though. With the wifi signal at my parents’ house (where I am spending most of the summer) being terrible, I have been able to download a lot of episodes to my iPad. That has been very nice.

I’ve been working my way through many, many things today. After lunch with my best friend Victoria, I have had plenty of quiet time to prepare my thoughts. I have neglected this blog all summer (as I neglect it all year, if we are being honest), so I wanted to take some time to dump my thoughts somewhere.

I am going to spend the evening with my favorite teacher friend, McHenry. I look forward to seeing what sort of trouble we get into. She’s one of those people that I could go 4 months without seeing, but yet we can just talk like we saw each other yesterday.

I’m going to dive into some of the fresh summer fruit that we have. I’ve spent some time reconnecting to nature recently, especially after seeing a hawk early one morning and then a beautiful white crane that evening. I’m thankful for what Mother Earth has provided us with and I’ve been enjoying the fruit.