Disease and Pestilence

So much for updating more frequently! Our home has been ridden with disease and pestilence. They started dropping like flies during the last week of school. Strep throat. Yuck. So far, I have remained "strep free"! Dylan and Nathan both missed the last day of school. So sad, but they were both over it pretty quickly. The missing school, I mean. This particular strain of strep is a hanger-on-er.

My last few days of school were fantastic. I really enjoyed getting to know a group of students and then "sending them off" to junior high. Now comes the hardest part of my "becoming a teacher" journey. Landing a job. Good grief. What a process!! So many papers, essays, information, applications, you would think that I am trying to become President of the United States or something. Wait…that may not be such a bad idea.

We are beginning our plans for our big summer trip. We are continuing the tradition of the drive to Oregon in our giant van full of kids with stops this year in the Bay Area and maybe the NoCal coast or the redwoods, maybe even both! Later in the summer we plan on doing a Black River Camping trip which also is a big hit with the kiddos. Meanwhile, I just continue to look for work, and clean, clean, clean, trying to rid this house of GeRmS!