Hopefully your week is off to a stellar start!
Words can't begin to describe how much I love this song. It came out 4 years ago and I'm sure I've played it a couple hundred times, easy. This version was one of the first ones released online and it's probably my favorite. I love the rawness of it. It just sounds untouched, if that makes sense. Please tell me everyone has that one song they play over and over to the point of your friends and family asking you to kindly turn it off? No, just mine. Alright.
Hopefully your week is off to a stellar start!
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Tomorrow is my last day with my adorable Kinders. I decided I want to take them a little something special. I was searching Pinterest for ideas and came across this one and I knew it was the winner: There are a few things I liked about this: it wasn't a pencil my CT would have to sharpen (KInders love extra sharp pencils and they will mob you if they see you sharpening someone's pencil but not theirs), it wasn't food (I am extra cautious about snacks as there are sooo many food allergies out there), and it had a cute message. I really am going to miss them! I went hunting for the krazy straws today. Dollar Tree had lovely red, white and blue straws that turned out to be perfect and easy on the checkbook at 6/$1. Side note: I FaceTimed by mom while I was at the Dollar Tree today to show her the Hawaiian decor they had. We are always on the lookout for party supplies for my brother's Hawaiian grad party. I think my mom is really having a fun time planning all the details. I must say I like to pitch in some too as a nice break from school work. Anyway, Dollar Tree had a ton of really neat Hawaiian decor. I called her to tell her about it, but she wanted to see it. So there in the entry way of Dollar Tree I was Facetiming my mom. I was trying to show her everything I thought we might need. One of the employees overheard my mom ask how much something was. Silly mom, it's the Dollar Tree. Everything's a dollar. We all had a good laugh. I didn't see a good template online for the straws so I crafted my own. I'm really happy with how they turned out! Take a look for yourself: I'm still getting over writing and answering to "Miss Gathman". Starting to feel like a real teacher now after hearing students call me that for a few weeks. So when does the pretty teacher handwriting kick in? Soon I hope. If you have any questions or want the template to make your own, let me know. I'd be happy to share! That's all I have for now folks. I better get some sleep before seeing the energetic Kinders tomorrow.
I know your mind is overflowing with end of the semester projects and papers, but we need to talk about something. You have had an awful sense of motivation the last couple weeks. You are only making things more difficult on yourself. Please pull it together! The fact that you are most productive after 8PM is a majooorrr problem, especially since that's when all the TV is on. Which you don't have any business watching with the size of your to do list. Your semester is not over yet so get your head on straight. Got it? Good. Now go eat your ice cream and go to bed, that Math quiz tomorrow is gonna require you to get some sleep tonight. ********************************************************* I was working on a fairly lengthy project tonight and feel sooo much better now that one thing is off my plate. I'm not letting myself get too wrapped up in the work load that I have left before the semester ends. What I am doing is enjoying the beautiful weather, reasons to paint my toes, new NEEDTOBREATHE music and leftover Easter candy. I never said what goes on in my mind makes any sense. To everyone nearing the end of the semester or just in need of a pick me up, hang in there! Everything will get better in time. I can't promise you it will be soon, but it will happen. That I know. Great things take time. Take that time to prove it to yourself. Go for that new job, try a new recipe or a bold haircut. You pick something and go after it.
Today was the 118th annual Boston Marathon. This race is always a big deal for the city of Boston, but even more so after the events of last year's race. People say that their will be certain events in history that you will never forget. Last year's Boston Marathon will be something I will never forget. I was in class all morning last year, but was able to stream the race on my phone. I was able to watch the very first moments of the race all the way to the elite athletes crossing the finish line. I was glued to the action. I wasn't following any particular athletes, more watching to see the emotion, passion and determination to give this race their all. I had just sat down in my last class when a tweet popped up on my feed: there was trouble at the finish line. My heart sank. I felt sick. Last year, I was just a college girl with marathon dreams. This year I am a marathoner. I know the hours and miles it takes to even get to the start line. The early mornings, turning down late night party invitations and planning every minute of your week to make sure you can carve out time for a long run. I am very lucky to be able to be able to focus on school right now and not have to worry about working to put myself through school. Running has turned into my outlet for bad days and even celebrating the good days. It's something I do solely for myself. When I crossed the start line, I knew I wouldn't be the same person when I crossed the finish line. I promise you if you asked a group of people why they trained for a marathon, their answers who all vary. Walking up to the start line can be a terrifying task. I don't think my mind fully knew what was about to go down in the next few hours to follow. It's a feeling that's hard to explain, but to those people who are crazy enough to complete the 26.2 miles. My mom tagged me in this photo on Facebook: Source In some weird way, I think this makes perfect sense. I realize that running 26.2 miles is slightly crazy and people ask me all the time why I like to run so much. I run because it makes me happy. It's as simple as that. Shout out to Meb for running a 2:08:37 marathon today and being the first American to win the Boston title since 1983. This was a very emotional win for him and the city of Boston. "When the bomb exploded, every day since I've wanted to come back and win it. When the Red Sox won it and put the trophy right there," he said, pointing to the finish line, "I wanted to win it for the people of Boston. It's beyond words. The laurel wreath, the trophy." You can read the rest of the article from USA Today on his historic win. Photo: Greg M. Cooper, USA TODAY Sports The people of Boston really rallied together to show the world how much this race really meant to them. The support of this town is unheard of. I have a long term goal of someday being able to run Boston, but for now I will read the articles and stories of athletes making their dreams come true, one step at a time.
Hola! Can you believe it's April already? ME either. On Friday night my best friend, her mom, my mom and I went to Pinot's Palette. We attended a three hour painting class to learn how to paint a canvas to take home at the end of the night. I'm no artist, but I sure tried my best to keep up with our teacher. We were celebrating my birthday that night so I got some cool shades. Not to worry, I did not paint in them. The class started with a quick introduction about Pinot's Palette and our painting instructor for the evening. I was surprised to find out there are multiple locations of Pinot's Palette around the US. We were allowed to bring in outside snacks and My mom surprised me with Nothing Bundt Cakes! And yes, they are fantastic. My favorite would have to be red velvet or white chocolate. I have little to no artistic skill. The nice thing about the class was that each step was not only told to us, but also painted for us visual learners (like me!). The first picture is what my painting looked like a 1/3 of the way through the class. And the second is the finished project, I really like how mine looks (from far away). It will definitely be a nice, colorful addition to our apartment at school. Yesterday (3/31) was my actual birthday so today I went to get my big girl license. Believe it or not I kept my eyes open for the picture. I was actually really proud of my first license picture so I was kinda sad to surrender it. On to bigger and better things I am!
Those April showers will be here in full force tomorrow, I can feel it. Luckily I have a shiny new Vera Bradley umbrella waiting to be used. Thanks to this guy :) |
AshlynI'm a college student pursuing my dreams of being a teacher. When I'm not in the classroom observing or writing lesson plans I love to run! Follow me along for the ride. Archives
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