My school year finished out well. Almost two weeks ago now we (53 kids and 4 chaperones, including me) went on senior trip. We drove to California during the day (on a charter bus, thankfully), stayed up all night at Disneyland, and drove back during the day on Friday. I was brave and even rode a few rollercoasters. After Thunder Mountain I decided I had it in me to ride Space Mountain, but the line was too long for the amount of time we had left. I think I was a little bit relieved! I was able to get a little bit of sleep on the bus ride home, but not much. I was exhausted that Friday night! Then, last Thursday was graduation. We had rehearsal in the morning, followed by a breakfast that I organized (with much help from Costco and a handful of volunteer parents) and the actual ceremony on the football field that evening. It went really well. I was responsible for reading names, which was a little daunting given many of the Hispanic names, but I think I did alright.
Despite the break, this summer will be fairly busy with school work. I start my Master's classes in June, have AP training in July and was asked during my end of the year check-out to be department head, which means some meetings over the summer as well. Our previous department head took a job at another school, so I'll also be sitting in on interviews as early as next week to fill his position. I'm weirdly excited about that part. I really like being on the other side of interviews.
Right now, Rob is in Vegas. He's been flying 3-4 flights a day (with the max they can do being 4), so he has been keeping busy working long days. When he comes back we have lots of summer plans...like camping, taking Hunter to the day care where he will stay when we are home for a test run and replacing the tub in our bathroom with a shower (so we have a real shower with a door and not a converted one with a curtain). I think that last one might be a bit of a project, but I'm excited for it. I'm liking home improvement projects more than I thought I would. And, I bet you all get pictures of our handiness as we get started :)
One kind of big piece of excitement out here....we have new neighbors and friends! A couple with three kids and a golden retriever moved into the house across the street. We had talked a little here and there when we were both outside, and then we went over for dinner last weekend and had an awesome time! I really like having people we know better in the neighborhood. I think we will be pet-sitting, flower watering, drinking wine on the weekend kind of friends :) High five!
And, here are a few pictures of the backyard. I realized that the last time I really updated you with any pictures of it was when the grass was just starting to grow. It's all grown in now and probably in need of being mowed.
And here is a picture of my little potted garden. In the big flower pot are gerber daises and some sort of other daises as well, but I just plucked off all their dead buds and so there aren't too many blooms right now. And in the smaller pot, I have planted zucchini that is growing like crazy. There's also cilantro and basil, but they are growing a little bit slower. I'm hoping the zucchini isn't stealing all the space and water and keeping the herbs from growing. Realistically, this is all an experiment because I'm not sure how well anything is going to do when it really warms up.
Hunter is there to say hello as well :) He loves the backyard and is always chasing the lizards. Yesterday he nabbed one! Usually they are way too fast for him, but this guy was in the grass, which I guess slowed him down. Hunter came running over to me with a dead lizard in his mouth! I screamed and Hunter dropped it and we both ran inside. I ended up sneaking out back without him later and burying the stupid lizard. Gross! How is Rob always in Vegas when things like this happen?!?!
Last thing! I made over my food blog and bought out the domain name! If you haven't been there lately, check it out! The address is now: www.bakingserendipity.com. The process of redesigning was a pretty big challenge for me. I pasted the template I was going to use into this blog to make all the updates in the HTML coding, which means if you were here yesterday, you probably saw lots of crazy stuff. It was easier to use this blog because fewer people visit it and I knew that you all would understand the weird transition. Everything should be back to normal here and updated on the food blog now :)
Okay, it's a little later than usual, but dinner is about to come out of the oven. (Buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese!) Hope you all are doing well :) Miss and love you and can't wait to see many of you in June! (I think I've passed the word on to many, but I will be home June 21-July 9 and Rob will be home about June 21-28...depending on the standby flights. I bought regular tickets because Rob's flight benefits don't carry over to me until later in July, so my flights are set in stone.) Mark your calendars and let's make plans!
Love,
Sarah, Rob and Hunter :)
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