back to the blogging world!

i'm baaaaaaaaaaack! :)  i go through these periodic lapses in my blogging life and have to apologize for it. i love to find new posts on friend's blogs and know how frustrating it is to check & check again, only to find the same old post! sorry folks! :o

well, summer vacation has officially begun! i left the primary school today at 11:15, having my first year of teaching completely under my belt! (yay!) kindergarten was everything i thought it would be and everything i could have never imagined. the paperwork was endless, the 12 hour days spent in room 130 incessant, the tears & tattling continuous; yet the nonstop hugs, boundless love and seeing the world daily through the eyes of a 5-year-old made up for all of the challenges that i faced. teaching children to read is one of the most rewarding experiences in my life thus far; i challenge any other career to top it. as much as i can't wait for next year, i'm totally stoked that IT'S SUMMER! 

so, now it's time for wedding planning in overdrive! although mom & i have spent many a late night doing wedding things, there is still a lot left to get done. i'm off to blacksburg tomorrow after my fourth and final shower for another weekend of WEDDING PLANNING! then monday i will leave the burg and head for willow spring and a week with these kids! 

i will try to fill in the many missed blogs since my last post. stay tuned! 

"schoooooooools out! for! summer!" 

(you know, the song by alice cooper. i'm singing it loudly as you read this.) :)