The winter was, as winter is, long and cold. We had an extra lot of snow in January and February, so I have essentially Men In Black mind-erasered it.
Fast forward to May, when I finished my Master of Education degree. I had started it back in 2008, so it was pretty fantastic to get that sucker in the bag. It has freed up a bunch of time for other things, but more about that later.
My mom and stepdad got married in June and I also ran my second 5K. Those were both fun ways to spend the day. I will definitely do the 5K again and hope my parents can continue with their marathon. They seem to be having a pretty good time so far!
The rest of the summer I spent working, both at home and at school, mini-farming, gardening, and getting ready for my second year teaching fifth and sixth grade. I got really into networking and professional development (sort of for the first time, sort of again) and was able to be a part of some choice activities and events that I detailed in the blog I keep for my classroom:
Create Make Learn conference & media coverage for student work
Fun & games at the E21 Conference
I tried my hand at professional blogging a bit more seriously and felt like I had a certain knack, but could never find time when I had ideas and ideas when I had time. That's an excuse... I thought I was past it, but it turned out that it would take a few more months.
In October, I got a call from a nice lady in Culver City, Calif., who told me that, at long last, I was being called up from the contestant pool to compete on Jeopardy! and would be featured in an upcoming Teachers Tournament. Having auditioned almost two years ago, I figured that this particular (and Number One) item on my Bucket List was going to remain not in my bucket. Once again, though, the universe gave me a big ol' sloppy kiss straight out of nowhere. Universe! Where have you been? Yes, I will totally make out with you!
It would be about two months from the Jeopardy! call that Andy and I would find ourselves soaking up the SoCal sun and leaving behind a particularly gnarly Vermont blizzard to boot. Additional blogging (for my students) about the Jeopardy! experience and reading what some of the other teachers (got to love English majors, amiright?) had written about our Bucket List co-adventure, made me get once-and-for-all serious about maintaining a blog.
My mom agreed with me and, as many of you know, there's nothing like unbridled parental support to make you feel like you've so got this. And here I am.
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