spring!

today it really hit me, spring is here! while it was chilly today, only like 55, the sun was mostly out and it turned out to be a great day! and i'm just really enjoying life. and loving that spring is here!

i had a great day teaching. my students were pretty good and into what we were doing. a few funny jokes and an idea for a project from my juniors. we were talking about the cuban missile crisis and i mentioned that khruschev contacted jfk, and a student jokes - email. i laughed and said, not quite. so he goes, oh yea, he totally facebooks him. so i respond nah, he tweeted him. they thought that was funny, and a few of them jokingly said what the conversation would have been like. so that gave me the idea for a small project i'm gonna have them deal with an international issue in the 1970/80s and have them pick their media (fbook/twitter/gchat.. whatever) and create a dialogue similar to the pride & prejudice one or the romeo & juliet one. it is something fun and i think they will enjoy. and my sophomores today created plans for reconstruction and how to bring the south back after the civil war, each class had some good ideas. so yay that all is going well. and my supervisor gave me my end of year evaluation and it was super positive! and my last observation last week also got a fabulous review. i must continue to saw how lucky i am that i am having a great first year teaching! so yay for that!

and after school today i timed at the track meet, which was a lot of fun. and it made me miss coaching, so hopefully next year i can assistant coach for something else because i really love sports and being involved. and i made a rocking dinner tonight. i absolutely love rice and every time i pull out the box i see a few recipes that look amazing, so i finally made one tonight. it was a simple stir-fry, but sooo good. some chicken, garlic, veggies (i went with peppers & peas), soy sauce and rice. next time i'm going to throw carrots in too.

and look how gorgeous and springy it is here! this was taken sunday when matt and i went hiking at one of my favorite places - the delaware water gap.

annnnd glee is on in 29 minutes!!!!!! eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! i listened to the soundtrack while driving home and singing out to my heart's content and i also had a great phone call with one of my best friends. and i think i decided what i want to do this summer, so right now life is pretty awesome! and thanks for all the comments about my trip it was a complete blast and i will be framing the family one, because it is rare for us all to be looking and smiling in a photo

anything you are excited about? or loving life?