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Welcome to the sidebar, Wierengas and Ammanns!!!

I've been distracted. . .

. . .Tim is home for one more day on his between-rotations break. Needless to say, I haven't been in front of the computer much lately. When I have been on the computer, I have been feverishly loading music and pictures on to my brand new iPod (finally!).

Here are the 10-day highlights:

--500+ songs on the Pod.
--Trivia night - the fearsome foursome took the first game and scored a gift certificate!
--My first visit to Ocean City, complete with Skee-Ball, Family Guy Pinball, lemonade, Thrasher's Fries, caramel popcorn, and THREE rounds of mini golf. I got three holes in one and Tim still managed to beat me each game.
--Friday night theatre: we saw "Sweeney Todd" and I now have a deep skepticism of meat pies.
--Mario Party 8 is so addictive
--The new Camaro featured in "Transformers" may be the most amazing car ever besides the Corvette. I would do bad things to get me one of those.

That's about it - catch you in a few days with a review of the newest Harry Potter flick.

Greece in three pictures.

I got back this afternoon from the Greece adventure. At this point, I have been up for almost twenty-four straight hours so the typing is not coming easy. Suffice to say that Greece is an amazing country with beauty and history all around. The people are incredibly friendly, the food is absolutely delectable, and the memories will be with me a lifetime.

Leaving in an hour!!!

It is almost time to head to the airport. I have packed everything I can think of that I may need, the house is clean and all we need is to have the crew get here so we can head out. Say a prayer for safe travel - we are almost out of here!!!

Exhausted.

We did Busch Gardens all day yesterday and I'm still exhausted. The tiredness is completely worth it because we had a fantastic time. Roller coasters, bumper cars, good food, beautiful day. . .can't beat it.

Good sleep tonight, crazy packing and prepping tomorrow, and then GREECE on Tuesday for two weeks! I'll leave you with some pictures from yesterday to tide you over until my return.

Whipped cream fight - making trouble at lunch.

The newest foal at Busch Gardens with its mommy.

Hanging out with the official mascot of the park.

Fun things to do while school is out. . .

1.) Work out on the elliptical while watching the glory that is daytime TV. Tomorrow will be especially poignant as Bob Barker says goodbye to "The Price is Right."
2.) Use mobile17.com to turn my favorite songs in to ringtones. Warning: this site it addictive!!!
3.) Shop!!!
4.) Consider creating a facebook account to go along with the myspace account
5.) Detail the car, then detail Tim's car. (He's so lucky he has me!)
6.) Get a tan.
7.) Use OnDemand to check out all the shows I never get to watch during the school year.
8.) Read some good books - finally!!!

It's going to be a fantastic summer. Next stop Busch Gardens on Saturday, then Greece next week!!!

I just read through my yearbook. . .

Every year I create a little yearbook for my students to sign. I never read it until after all the students have left for the summer, so tonight I sat down and had the first read. I am always amazed by what kids remember from my classroom, and I always have to smile. No matter how long and stressful the year, these kids are the reason I get up every morning.