This picture is from Wilderness Trek, which I never got around to blogging about, but could use many superlatives to describe how wonderful it was. I feel refreshed from being in the mountains. That is my place to feel refueled, re-energized, to reconnect with God. I suppose it is my retreat, if you will. So me, God, and a mountain made it wonderful, but that feeling was compounded by having my husband along with me, and a great group of high school graduates and seniors as well. This summer has been so good for Brandon and me to hang out together, to travel, to be with family and friends.And now school has begun again...I'm teaching freshman English again, and looking forward to getting to know my students personally. I've said this before, but I love that my job has beginnings and ends, so not only are my students starting fresh with a new year, but I am too. And it's been nice visiting with former students who have stopped by my room to say hi and tell me how their first weeks are going. It's encouraging to know that I'll have the same kind of relationships with this new group of students by the end of the year that I have with students from previous years. Although the shock of going from no schedule and no responsibilities to teaching full-time and taking graduate school in the same week is a difficult adjustment, I'm looking forward to this semester both at Abilene High and at ACU. And of course it's nice to get a holiday after just one week of school!
