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What I Did Over My Summer Vacation…

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 | Random Thoughts

It has been a relaxing summer indeed!  What a joy!

I spent a weekend at my Grandma’s house with my cousin in June.  And enjoyed the entire month of July with my love, Nate.  He was on sabbatical.  It was quite wonderful to spend the days together.  We spent the first 2 weeks of the month in Germany.  What a trip!  We got to see our friends, Dan and Sandra, visit Amsterdam, Salzburg, Nuremberg, Dachau, the Rhine Valley, Rothenburg, and a lot more!  We blogged daily about our many adventures. It was truly a trip of a lifetime.

We spent a nice long weekend in San Jose with Nate’s family where we enjoyed good food and the Marin Headlands.  Its always relaxing to spend time with Mom and Dad Jones.  At the end of July, my sister-in-law and two nieces took the Metrolink to the city for the day.  We ate at Clifton’s Cafeteria, spent a good two hours in the children’s room of the Los Angeles Public Library, visited Olvera Street, and had dinner in North Hollywood with cousin Emily.

At the beginning of August, Nate headed back to work and I went to my classroom.  I’ve been asked to move classrooms this year to accomodate for the larger class sizes I’ll be teaching (twice as many students!).  I will also be teaching 3 different classes; I’ve always taught 5 sections of the same class, Introduction to Algebra.  Needless to say, this is going to be a challenging year for Mrs. Jones.  Surprisingly, I’m not too anxious about it.  After reading my previous post, I think I may be ready for a different challenge in the classroom.  I’ll have 3 classes of Introduction to Algebra, 1 class of ELD Math with 6th and 7th graders, and 1 class of regular 8th grade math.  Is it weird to actually be excited about the new challenge?  Last time I did something crazy (go from teaching 1st grade to 8th grade), I fell in love with it.  I don’t want to get my hopes up, but I think this will be a good year.

As I was saying, at the beginning of August, I moved my classroom from Room 303 to Room 225.  A new room for a new year!  Last week I sat on an interview panel for a new vice principal for our school.  I was the only teacher in the group (2 principals, 3 vice principals, 2 administrative assitants, and 1 teacher).  It was quite an honor.  The experience was a good one and I’m grateful for our new VP.

This past weekend we spent some time with the Wallace family.  It’s always fun to go shopping with my mom while Nate hangs out at home on the computer with my dad.  I’m glad they enjoy each others’ company.

In addition to all of this, I’ve also spent a lot of time on Facebook, playing my DS, going for runs, and taking care of our home.

It’s been a good summer.

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