4/6/07

Friday...Facing the End of Spring Break ! :(


Well, It is the last official day of Spring Break. I do not want to think about that. Luckily, I still have the weekend.

I hope you like that beautiful picture on the right. That is what I look like as I blog today. I am still in my pajamas at 11am. Nice. You can also see into my not so clean room. I thought about cleaning it during my time off but didn't have any motivation follow the thought. That happens sometimes.

Today, I will go to a funeral. I almost said get to go to a funeral, but going to funerals is not something I feel is a good opportunity. I guess death is a natural part of life, but I really do not enjoy going to the "party" for it. It depresses me. The funeral today is for the father of one of our students. He committed suicide after being confronted about his behavior, specifically about not treating the student's mother very well. I just feel bad for my student and how he now has to deal with all the aftermath of this tragedy. I guess sacrificing an hour of my time to support the family of this child is worth it. I am lucky and get to leave the service knowing my father is still alive and well, and I have had the opportunity to make it to adulthood with both of my parents. I am very blessed.

I have been grading papers a bit this morning too. I haven't had much motivation to do this either. It is interesting to see how my motivation seems to dwindle out at the end of the year just like students motivation starts to lack too.

Later today, I will head up to Salt Lake City and hang out with some of the Bills kids(for those of you who do not know the Bills-they are my adopted family. The introduce me as their daughter and have done so for the last 12 years. They live in the Salt Lake Valley and it is nice to have "family" so close. The Bills used to live in Wisconsin, that is where I met them. They are awesome!). We are planning on hitting a matinee movie and grabbing dinner. If I can convince them, I hope we go to Su Casa, my favorite restaurant in Salt Lake. Great, fast, and reasonably priced food.

Tomorrow I head to Delta, Utah. My friend, Megan, invited me to the Easter festivities that go on there each year. Basically, you can buy lots of food for 10 cents per item. There is also rumor of an Easter egg hunt at her house sometime during the day. It will be very adventurous and I am excited to go.

I should start a countdown of days left until the last day of school. That always puts things into perspective. Maybe I will hold off on that until there is only like 15....right now it is somewhere in the thirties, I think. I will keep you posted. Less than two months and I will head to Wisconsin. That makes me smile.

I hope this Easter weekend brings all of you much fun. Remember the reason for this holiday. Christ did die for us, and he rose again after three days, proving to the world that we too can have eternal life. I am very thankful for that and wish that all of you will feel that power in your lives as you reflect this Easter season.

Love ya,
Alice