Day 2 of in-service is complete! One more day of in-service. Then it’s the first day of school! YIKES!
I love blogging. I love getting to connect with people who become my friends. I love getting to share ideas and experiences and my teaching journey with others. I love hearing your thoughts and ideas. I can honestly say you have all made me a better teacher! I seriously love all of the friends I’ve made through this little manly blog!
I get really excited when I get to meet my blog friends in person! This summer I’ve had the chance to meet lots of my blog friends! And that makes me very happy!!! But it makes my sister a nervous wreck. She is convinced I’m going to get cut up into little pieces by a serial killer! I assure her it’s OK because we’re all teachers! She ain’t buying it!
First, I hit the road to the ATL to meet up with a bunch of my Georgia blog friends! Can I just tell you how excited I was to meet these ladies?! We had a great lunch (with questionable service…I mean who spills dressing on a customer?!?!) with lots of laughs and fun! After lunch, we headed to Ikea. Yes. IKEA! I’m not sure they knew what hit them when a group of 10 teachers stormed in! We had a blast at Ikea and we all got some good deals. Head over to Teaching With Grace and ask Jennifer about her timer disaster!
Of course, if Mr. Greg is involved, there must be a silly hat. Or two. And yes, I’m riding a stick horse!!
Can I just say how excited I was to meet Nicole from Lanier’s Lions?! She was one of my first blog friends!!!!
IKEA purchases! I lugged that desk home and the mister and I assembled that thing. And we only had to take it apart once and fix it!
Question: how many teachers fit inside the kids circus tent?! We got 3 in before it get really hot in there!
What a day it was! 3.5 hour drive to ATL. Spending the day with my teacher pals. 3.5 hour drive home. And worth every minute of it!
And then I got to meet some more blog friends when I was home visiting my family! The Kentucky Girls were so kind to let me crash their meet up last week!
How cute are these?! Crystal Fox made these custom graphics for each person at the Kentucky meet up!
People, I got to meet one of my FAVORITES! Seriously, I have stalked this talented clip artist for a year. She is super talented and I just love her work! I am also excited that she’s going to be teaching Kindergarten this year! And seriously, she’s even more beautiful in person! Yes, I met Ashley Hughes. And yes it was amazing. Seriously. It was like a celebrity moment for me. Almost an Oprah moment.
And I have one more meet up to share. This one was totally cool and unexpected! I got an email from a follower of this little blog and she said she was going to be in Nashville to spend some time with her son before he deployed to Afghanistan. She was looking for some ideas for things to do. I shared some of my favorite touristy things to do. I then mentioned we should meet for lunch or dinner! So I met Robin and Kevin and they treated to be a fantastic lunch! It was so much fun being able to put a face with the person leaving all the sweet comments and make a face to face connection with someone who reads my blog. Her son was also a lot of fun and a total good sport for sharing his mom with me and listening to all of our crazy teacher stories! Kevin is now in Afghanistan so keep him and his family in your thoughts! Thank you for your service, Kevin! Stay safe!
Again, a huge thank you to everyone who reads my insanity and ramblings and leaves great comments and feedback! Ya’ll are the best. And I truly consider you each a friend. Ya’ll inspire me to be better everyday! Now, come to Nashville and let’s party Kindergarten Smorgasboard style!
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