All of vacation I don't feel like blogging and then, when things are getting really busy...
Back to the Grind Stone
I'm sure you are familiar with the 'carrying on'; the lighthearted banter that happens among colleagues of all occupations. I guess it's back to the grind stone. Back to real life. I'm not ready, I need a vacation from my vacation, It wasn't long enough. These statements are often accompanied by sighs, and groans.
I may have been participating in a bit of that, following, last week's, 10 day fall break.
But then,... Saying goodbye, we each head to our individual classrooms. I turn the key and nob simultaneously, opening the door in the way only me and the maids know how to do, I flip on the lights and catch my breath.
Oh.
That's.
Right.
I like this organized, clutter of color. This is my place. Where I get to be silly, stern and sappy all within the matter of seconds. The place I get to choose what kind of a teacher, and human, I am going to be. Everyday. The place where I get to hang out with its tiny, adorable, annoying inhabitants for several hours each day.
This is the place I'm loved and scowled at, hugged and, ever so often, given looks of defiance. I love this place! I get to love, in this place. We love in this place.
I planned this trip. I knew where I wanted to go, so I made the necessary plans to do it. I was willing to go alone. That would have made it my first solo vacation. But in hindsight, I'm thrilled that a friend inquired if I wouldn't mind an accomplice.
Santorini was even more beautiful than I anticipated it to be.
A Little More about E break
Back to the Grind Stone
I'm sure you are familiar with the 'carrying on'; the lighthearted banter that happens among colleagues of all occupations. I guess it's back to the grind stone. Back to real life. I'm not ready, I need a vacation from my vacation, It wasn't long enough. These statements are often accompanied by sighs, and groans.
I may have been participating in a bit of that, following, last week's, 10 day fall break.
But then,... Saying goodbye, we each head to our individual classrooms. I turn the key and nob simultaneously, opening the door in the way only me and the maids know how to do, I flip on the lights and catch my breath.
Oh.
That's.
Right.
I like this organized, clutter of color. This is my place. Where I get to be silly, stern and sappy all within the matter of seconds. The place I get to choose what kind of a teacher, and human, I am going to be. Everyday. The place where I get to hang out with its tiny, adorable, annoying inhabitants for several hours each day.
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| Niece and nephews, you are famous in 3A. |
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| We each decorated a puzzle piece. We fit together to make a complete classroom community. |
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| We all love to dance in 3A. |
Greece
Santorini has been a place I have wanted to see for a few years now. In fact, out of all the amazing places I've been to over the years, it may be one of the few I actually wanted to go to before the opportunity presented itself. That makes it sound like I stumbled into the 27 other countries I've been to and well, that's not completely inaccurate. I planned this trip. I knew where I wanted to go, so I made the necessary plans to do it. I was willing to go alone. That would have made it my first solo vacation. But in hindsight, I'm thrilled that a friend inquired if I wouldn't mind an accomplice.
Santorini was even more beautiful than I anticipated it to be.
Photo Dump
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| My signature shot. |
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| I flew through I-STAN-bul. (My dad lives in TriniDAD and his name is prominent in ISTANbul.) |
A Little More about E break
Someone asked me recently if all I do is travel. The answer is no, though, I did return from summer break, turn around and have fall break. The reason our fall break was so early is because our holidays, at school, correlate with holidays on the Islamic calendar. We took our break during Eid Al-Adha. We (teachers and maybe others) sometimes refer to this as E break. The photo below is from last year. Last year the break fell a little later in our school calendar. This year we got 10 days off though.
