I can't believe my vacation week is over. I had the most wonderful time staying at Emily's this week and it is going to be very hard not see her every day now. Britt and Andy's wedding was amazing. As my dad said, there were a lot of "dos." The church was beautiful, the bride was beautiful, and the day was a little bit warm - but beautiful! I thought it was amazing that we got to see Monets and Renoirs at the rehearsal dinner - pretty high class for Winona!

Now I actually have to finish my homework for class this weekend. I still have a lot to do, but there are so many other things that keep distracting me. I want to go through my classroom and clean it up a bit. I want to work on my classroom library. I want to decorate!! I hope I can get it all done and still have time to do the things I want to do.

I am continuing to look at a lot of the social media tools we learned about during class. I hope I still have time to explore them all even after the busy school year starts. I think having my implementation plan in place will help me make sure I am using the things I learned. The English Companion continues to be my favorite site to visit every day. How exciting to find a place where other English teachers are always trying to improve their practice just like me. There are some pictures of some really cool classrooms on there, which just makes me want to decorate even more.

I just have to keep telling myself that there are still a couple of weeks left before I actually have to be ready and after this weekend, I should have more time to work on what I really want to.