Summer is Here!

Summer is finally here (and it is so stinking HOT today!) With summer comes an end to college classes and the beginning of working with K-6th graders full-time. I am so glad! By the end of spring term, I was struggling to keep the motivation to study and get to bed at a reasonable hour. I procrastinated and I crammed like crazy those last few weeks. Part of the reason was the weather (who wants to study when it's sunny and warm outside?), and the other part was that I had friends from other schools who were already done and wanting to visit. Despite those reasons, I somehow managed to get everything done (on time!) and did well on my finals...and now it's over!

Now I am back at the Child Development Center where I worked for a couple years before I started school last fall. It's been super busy and crazy, but lots of fun so far. My friend and co-worker, Chelsea, and I came up with the idea of having "themed weeks" as part of the program, which has been both good and bad. Good, because it has been easier to plan some fun crafts and activities that are centered around a theme, and I think it's been fun. Bad, because the other staff members have not taken any initiative to help and plan things themselves, so bascically Chelsea and I are expected to plan and carry out all of the crafts and activities. This week is "Jungle/Safari Week" and I had the kids do a sponge-painting jungle craft on Monday (that turned out so cute!) and today they made snakes out of construction paper and use balloons to paint them. :)

Another thing that we do at my work is to go on a field trip nearly every day, which I love because it breaks up the day and keeps the kids busy. Every Tuesday and Thursday we go swimming at a public pool and every Friday we go to a park. Mondays and Wednesdays we go to various different places. This Monday we went ice skating, which was fun for everyone except the 6-year old who fell and chipped his front tooth completely in half (although he went to the dentist the same day and they fixed it, and now he has a cool story to tell, so I'm not so sure it was such of a bad thing.) Today we went roller skating, and luckily no one fell and chipped or broke anything (but we did have one little girl get sick a few times, in a few places. Poor girl.)

Anyway, so that's my update. (My step-sister, Bethany, has been asking me to continue blogging, and since I have more time this summer and because Bethany makes up roughly 33% of the people who read this, I figured I might as well write another post.) I'll try to write again soon, so I hope you are excited at the prospect of reading another long, uninteresting, and rambling post about my life again soon! :)

12:00 a.m.

Yes, it is 12:00 a.m., and I'm on the internet writing on my blog. I'm usually asleep by now, but I'm not because it's SPRING BREAK and I have been staying up later because I can.

So far it's been lovely. I painted my nails, watched movies with a friend, and went shopping (more like window shopping...or whatever you call it when you have no money and just go to look at stuff.) The only thing that would make it better would be if the weather would cooperate and start acting like spring instead of being cloudy and rainy.

Another thing I've done is read 2 books and 2 magazines that I actually wanted to read, not ones I had to read for a class. One of the books was Rachel's Tears, a book about the life of one of the girls killed at Columbine. It was such of a sad book, one of those books where the story stays in your mind for days after you read it. But it was also very inspirational. It was a book that touched my heart and deeply challenged me to examine my life and to make some changes.

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I am thankful for all that God has been teaching me.

Dancing

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Yep, that's pretty much how I feel today.
Why, you ask?
Well, let me enlighten you!

Reason I Feel Like Dancing #1:
I only can find jeans that fit me at Old Navy for some reason, and lately I've discovered that they also have "tall" sized shirts and sweatshirts and everything, which is great because a lot of the time when I buy normal clothes they end up shrinking and having sleeves that are too short. ANYWAY, so I'm super excited and want to dance today because of my purchases on OldNavy.com yesterday. I bought:

2 pairs of jeans
Regular price: $29.99 each
Sale price: $19 each
Price with coupon: $ 13.30 each
Total for 2 pairs: $26.60, less than the price of one would regularly cost

2 sweatshirts
Regular price: $15 each
Sale price: $10 each
Price with coupon: $7 each
Total for 2: $14, less than the normal price for 1

1 other sweatshirt
Regular Price: $19.50
Sale price: $12.99
Price with coupon: $9.10

2 shirts
Regular Price: $12.50
Sale Prices: one of them was on sale for $5 and the other was $10
Prices with coupon: $3.50 and $7

Total Spent: $60.20
Total Saved: $74.28

I saved more than I spent!!
AND, my mom bought some items too, so our total was over $75, so we got free shipping!! Is that a deal or what?
BTW-The reason I bought multiples of stuff was because they were so cheap, normally I wouldn't spend so much on clothes. But, I needed them, the prices were right, and I'm getting a tax refund. Yeah!

Reason I Feel Like Dancing #2:

It's Friday, but not just any Friday, it's also the Friday of the LAST WEEK OF CLASSES! That means all of my homework is turned in, my projects are done, my speeches are over with, and all I have to do is study for 3 tests. I'm not too worried about the finals, either. I have pretty strong grades right now, I'm just hoping the finals will bump one up just a bit. :)

Reason I Feel Like Dancing #3:

It's sunny outside. Need I say more?