Thursday, January 31, 2008

Happy Days

So it is obvious that one of the perks of teaching is the time off, but the SNOW DAYS is a wonderful unexpected perk! My weekend was short, due to a Saturday professional development thing, so I was feeling stretched this week anyway. And now a snow day! Could anything be better? I even watched a movie this afternoon, without grading papers!

That's all. Just a happy day.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Europe Anyone?

With the line of work I'm in, I have the wonderful benefit of extensive time off. The two weeks of winter break were absolutely wonderful. In college, I typically became bored with the month+ breaks at Christmas time, but this was just right.

After 3 days in Tulsa with the fam, we drove to Colorado for some of the best skiing of my life. A great wedding/New Year's party and a quick trip to Dallas completed my traveling of the break. I finally came back home on Thursday, giving myself a full 3-day weekend to rest and catch up.

This brings me to my current quest: Summer Break. I really want to travel. Specifically to Europe, but I don't want to go alone. Partially for safety, partially to keep myself sane. If anyone is traveling in June/July ....