Spring Fever

There is something about the ending of the 3rd Quarter that always stirs my spring fever. Suddenly, the school year is almost over and I find myself with a constant need to prepare for summer break. By summer break I don't mean scheduling swimming lessons or planning a family trip. I am not even thinking of popsicles and watermelon or cheap trips to the movies. No, not yet. Those are my rewards. My rewards for completing the monumental task in front of me. Right now all I am thinking about is how on earth I am going to once again squeeze all of my teacher belongings on to a tiny piece of linoleum. Really, the world's smallest piece of linoleum in any classroom E.V.E.R. For some reason the Monday before Spring Break I always seem to look around my classroom in both shock and wonder. Where did all of that come from? Where on earth am I going to put it all? How much of this am I going to haul home for the summer? And suddenly it becomes clear that Goodwill and the recycling bin are going to be my good friends once again. And thus the itch begins. The itch to purge and pack and clean. It is silly to give in so early because really we still have almost 2 months left. But truly, the last month doesn't count and April is a mess. So the time is now. Yikes! Where to start??? I think I am going to need a bigger recycling bin

P.S. Baptism pictures and thoughts and Florida recap to come---probably at some point when I am procrastinating cleaning something that I really don't want to. :)