of epic proportions

I just got back from spending the last few days at Girl's Camp. It was dirty and exhausting, but so fun. The 12- and 13-year olds I work with are the sweetest, most conscientious girls in the world. The funniest part was when we were hiking. We took a break to observe nature and write our feelings, but the poor girls were being attacked by bugs nonstop, so finally they say "we're really glad you took us up here, but we're having a hard time feeling at one with nature right now," as they duck out of the way of divebombing giant flies and try not to scream. Amen, sistas! Those bugs were of epic proportions, and ridiculously aggressive. We felt at one with nature back in our cabin looking out the window instead :)


Here are a few other things I've been up to lately:

 being outside

 summer weddings

with the fam // outdoor theaters and tie tying practice

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And now I'm back and into what feels like my last few weeks of summer (AH! Don't say that!). I went back to my classroom for the first time, and I didn't dread it like I thought I would. I was getting excited while making to-do lists and measuring bulletin boards and thinking about new units. I'm still passionate about my work, and it's good to know if summer has to end, it's to go back to doing something I love.


PS Loved the comments from this last post. You guys are awesome, and I loved everyone's different point of view. I'm going to be more brave about it from now on :)