Back to work... blah blah blah... what am I supposed to write about? Hmmmm.... Lots on my mind, but I'm too impatient to write any of it down. I'm trying some new things in the classroom this year, looking for some new reads for my students, frustrated with trying to figure out what's important and what's not. That seems to be a common thing with me I'm noticing. Love having a job where you get to start fresh every year and try new things, though.
Last weekend we went camping up at Bear Lake. It was super. It rained on us Friday night and part of Saturday, but we just sat inside our awesome new trailer. Normally that would be considered bragging to say that, and I would find me annoying, but since usually I go around calling it our stupid gigantic trailer I figure I should say something nice about it once in a while. We were sitting under the awning relaxing, and Sean said, "Ahhhh, now this is what I call camping." I was like... um... technically, seeing as how I watched Live With Kelly on TV this morning, I don't think this can be called camping. I think it's more like Outdoor Living. We were adamant when we were shopping for a trailer about getting the outdoor kitchen feature. It's just something we knew we would use. And sure enough, we haven't cooked inside once, except when we had to microwave our hot dogs because it was raining outside. See? Not camping. Anyway, we haven't cooked once on the stove inside. It's so nice not to get the smells and grease from cooking bacon and eggs inside. But it gets awkward, because everyone passing by on their way to the bathroom or wherever comments about how much they like that kitchen and they come over to check it out. I just pretend I don't notice and keep reading my book while Sean talks to them because it embarasses me.
If I could go anywhere this week, I'd go to Charlotte and the DNC. I wish I could have heard Mrs. Obama and President Clinton speak live. I wish I could see the President speak live tonight. For me, political speeches are like church is for other people. Going to the state convention is like going to General Conference is for some LDS people. It energizes me and touches me and makes me feel all patriotically warm and fuzzy and inspires me to want to do better and be better and make a difference in the world. President Obama's "Yes We Can" speech made me teary-eyed in 2008. Cheesy? Why yes. But that's me.
I have my Obama-Biden yard sign in my yard, and Josh told me tonight with a little concern in his voice that several of the neighbor kids that have come over have made derisive comments about it. He said that they say, "Oh, you shouldn't vote for Obama. I hope the other guy wins," and that he just kinda says, "Well, I don't know, my mom likes Obama." I told him that they don't know anything about it except what their parents say, and to just tell them, "No, we like Obama," and leave it at that. Josh said, "Next time, I'm going to ask them, 'What do YOU know about Obama? Nothing.'" That's right. You tell em Josh.
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I love the pictures of Josh with his arm around Lexi and them holding hands on the beach. How cute! I'm glad you captured that.
I want more pictures of the trailer!
An outdoor kitchen sounds like a great idea. Then you're also not stuck inside cooking if the weather is nice and everyone else is outside playing.
I can't believe that kids would say stuff about your Obama sign!! That cracks me up. Oh, brother.
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