South Dakota

Sunday night before my last week of school is finding me quite reluctant to grade or prepare for this week. It is now 20:21 and I still haven't opened my school bag to grade or check what I'm doing this week. My grades are due by Wednesday at the latest, so I can finish grading tomorrow, right?

Most teachers have only one week off for spring break, but I have the luxury of teaching at a year around school and get three weeks off for spring break. The first thing most people ask is, "What are you doing for break?" My answer to that is: going to South Dakota. We want to go through Deadwood (like the TV show) and see Mt. Rushmore, and many other sites. We plan on staying on Air Force bases so the housing will be about $20 a night. The funny part of going to South Dakota is that Ted Frymier and I used to discuss how it would be to live in South Dakota. If anyone has his home address or e-mail you should send it to me so I can send him pictures.

If we feel up to it and have enough time, we may enter through North Dakota and circle back on around to Indianapolis. This trip will be fun because we'll get to see many sights and not feel rushed. Most vacations I've been on just seem as though I'm rushed and have to see this, see that, and oh we can't just relax. So, hopefully this vacation will prove rather relaxing and fun. I'll post photos of the vacation when we get back.

Currently, the TiVo is set to record our Sunday night shows and we're going to watch some more episodes of the Soprano's. Since all the screen writers went on strike and none of our shows have been new, we decided to find a show to watch and this was it. It's so addicting. Any other Soprano's lovers?

Other than that, Dustin and I are thinking about the summer and all that it entails. May is a really busy month as it is our wedding anniversary, the Dayton Hamfest, Indy 500, and the oh so necessary license plates due!! There are many weddings coming up this summer too: Christie Yates & Rick Wysong, Leah Fleetwood & Matt Mutton, and Molly Hunteman & Ben Shover just to name a few. Weddings make me realize how much we've all grown up and become adults. It's fun and very exciting.