Spring+Break

== Okay, we made plans for spring break, but how many of us actually did what we said? Reread what you wrote about spring break on the Friday before (mine is below), and now think about what you actually did. How was the reality different from the plan, and/or how was it the same? How do you feel about it? == Wow, was my reality different from what I thought it would be, although it was still spring break, and it was still great. I DID sleep in that first morning, although most mornings I didn't sleep in much at all, and never made it past 8:30 on any morning. In fact, one morning I got up at 5:00 just because I was awake already! I did get a lot done that day, though. Like I planned, I had very little school work to do. I finished the spelling tests right away and entered them so that I wouldn't have it hanging over my head the whole time, which was awesome. But then I really procrastinated getting my lesson plans ready for the rest of the school year. I finally did it in bits and pieces, but I sure did stress a lot before I got it done. I guess I might never learn to stop procrastinating. Maybe tomorrow. :) I was far busier than I thought I would be this break. Having company come hang out motivated me to clean my house. Vinnie's birthday party was a source of a LOT of extra planning and preparing (cakes, pinata, favor bags, presents, games, etc.) and THEN I thought I'd be Super Mom and decorate the boys' bedroom for Vin's birthday while they were gone to grandma's overnight. It turned out amazing, but what a busy couple of days! Thank goodness my brother came over and helped me.  It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun. However, I feel like coming back to school is almost the break this time. I need to stop planning so much, but what rewards I got. The boys loved their room, Vin's party was awesome, and the Easter Bunny had an epic hunt this year. (QR Codes for a scavenger hunt? Why yes, I didn't have enough to do, so that sounds great.)

What are your plans for spring break? Describe them.
You don't need to be going on a cruise to have a great break. I am planning to stay at home, with very little to do, and just enjoy being there. Sleeping in is going to be the VERY FIRST THING I DO tomorrow, on my first day off. I made sure that I didn't have a lot of papers to grade (What writing assessment? I don't know what you're thinking of.) nor too much planning to do for the final eight weeks of school.

In a strange way, spring break is really prepping us to get through that last stretch of school (the one that's typically without any snow day relief) before the REAL bonus - summer break. Spring break gives us a hint of what we miss when we're at home, reminds us why we work so hard to provide ourselves with those comforts, and helps us remember how wonderful our families can be when we're not all stressed about the tasks at hand.

So, my spring break will be relaxing and lazy. That's all I want. I want most of all to do what I want. I want to do what I want, when I want, with whom I want, in the manner I want, just to make me happy. I want to see how many times I can correctly use the word "want" in one short paragraph. Whew! I'm done! I don't want to write anymore!

HAVE A WONDERFUL, RELAXING, LAZY SPRING BREAK!!