Rain Movie and Hot Days and Lots of Grading

For some reason, this past week seemed to crawl by. (Except for the weekend. As always, it went too fast!) We picniced last Sunday for Easter, which was not the original idea that we thought it was. The park was packed! It took Rob and I a lil while to realize that picnics for Memorial Day, Labor Day and July 4th aren't so popular out here because it's so hot. Easter, however, is prime time for a picnic. Even though it was crowded, we found a nice lil spot and had a lovely picnic afternoon. I have spent the better part of this week grading research papers and am finally nearly done! I have about 15 left and I can't grade them until the kids upload them on turnitin.com so I can catch all their plagiarizing. They all need to be done by Thursday when Rob is going to help me carry all the boxes of papers into school. (The kids turned in their final paper and a ton of writing in in folders and I needed boxes to carry them home in.)

This week I also had a few phone calls home to parents who wanted to yell at me a lot and also the joy of discussing the sex scene in 1984 with some of the most immature freshman ever. Eek. Luckily, Rob recognized that it was a stressful week and brought me Starbucks one morning on his way home from work/my way to work! I had time that morning to enter in grades and get some work done in the peace and quiet with coffee. Best morning of the week :)

We also used the gift card Kristi gave us for Christmas (we're a lil slow) to Applebees for half price drinks and appetizers one night. It was a nice break from all the craziness of the week :) Believe it or not, I have only three weeks left of student teaching! I can't believe how fast time has gone.

The video from the rain last Saturday is posted below. I sound like a maniac on it; enjoy that. The rain seems like so long ago now. It was cool last week and today jumped up to be in the 90's. It's going to be in the upper 90's/low 100's all week. I guess it is summer now. Not sure yet how I feel about all this heat. Looking forward to our trip home in June! Hope all is well with you all and to see you in June :) Love, Sarah and Rob