Welcome Summer!

Hello, blog world!  I have missed you!  I thankfully made it through my intense, crazy semester of "school" and "school" (graduate and teaching) and am so happy it's over.  Of course, one school is about to start up again this week, but that's much better than doing both at the same time.  Thus, I can finally reenter the blogging world again after a semester-long hiatus.

Of course, it's sort of like when you need to catch up with a good friend that you haven't talked to in several months.  Where do you even start?  with the trivial?  the profound? a long detailed list of events or just a short summary?  Well, I think it is sometimes best to break back into things slowly so I'm just going to list a few of my favorite things from this first week of summer...

• a day trip to the lake
• seeing fireflies at twilight
• the sheer delight on Sunday evenings, knowing that I can linger over dinner with friends and not have to worry about getting to bed on time or finishing up a lesson plan
• spending time with my parents in Florida
• going out to lunch
• catching up with dear friends
• riding bikes
• watching TV/movies during the day and not feeling guilty
• indulging in popsicles or root beer floats