Thanks to Hannah for taking this pic.
Believe it or not, I found all of the components for this particular outfit in my closet. I remember buying the flared skirt for a flamenco dancing class I had signed up for. I had to cancel because the weather was turning nasty. It hasn’t been offered again (sadly). I had been waiting for the chance to use my fancy purple scarf, and today was the day. 🙂
Even though my dear soul mate has been gone for almost six months, I feel like it has only been days. I guess I’m still in shock. I haven’t discussed it with any other ladies I know who have suffered the same loss, but I imagine it’s much the same for them. I just keep going, fighting through every day.
My community was very supportive and generous. Bela and I got quite a bit of mail following the tragedy. It shames me to say, however, that I have not been able to even read all of the sympathy cards we received. Don’t get me wrong—I know who sent one, and all the love has been appreciated, but as far as sitting and reading each line…well, I still can’t. I don’t know when I’ll be able to or even if I will be able to. I have them saved here at home, though. Maybe some day….
My daughter and I found an amazing forensics class online. Since my public school day ends at two on Fridays, we decided to complete work for forensics every Friday. Yesterday we took a field trip to the local sheriff’s office to look at the equipment for lifting prints.
We saw some training pictures and a program to recreate scenes of accidents.
Wynn showed us how to dust for prints.
He made lifting the print look easy.
Now Bela has a souvenir of a neat learning experience.
http://bsapp.com/forensics_illustrated/index.html
Today was picture day at school. I, however, chose not to participate. (In my defense, when the call came for teachers needing a picture made, I had a class.) Instead of donning a skirt and a fancy shirt, I wore my capri pants with a shirt paying tribute to Edgar Allan Poe. I bought the shirt at Warped Tour when I met MC Lars. He’s a clever rapper who rhymes about Poe. He also happens to be a really nice guy. If you’ll remember, he gave me a free CD.
I was rocking my Poe shirt today.
I had a lot of questions about my shirt today. The kids want to hear the CD about Poe, so I’m bringing it to class long enough to play my favorite track—number seven.
This isn’t the best picture, but it is not Kelsey’s fault. Again, a huge thank you goes to Michaela at Maurice’s for helping me choose clothes.
I am not photogenic at all, sadly.
Thanks to Kelsey for taking this shot.
If you’ve been following along, you know by now that I went on a serious shopping spree in Maurice’s. I even had my own personal shopper, a former student named Michaela. She worked hard to help me get the items I needed.
I have to confess that I’m not entirely sure how to pronounce the name of these stools, but my students sure will be happy to sit on them! I even tried one out this afternoon. (They were delivered during the last class of the day, so I sent my student to get them from the office. Thanks, Jeffy!)
Thanks to Michaela, I’m finally in style.
I have to practice my mean face even though I’m wearing my fancy duds. Tara was kind enough to snap this shot.
I woke up at four this morning, showered, dressed for work in scrubs and took the dogs out. I was walking Jinx around the yard, and I looked up. I always check the sky, even in the dark. With no cloud cover, the stars were so clear and beautiful that I could have stared at them until daylight.
What is it about the sky that captures human imagination? Is it the Christian belief in heaven? Is it the sheer magnitude of the sky? I’ll leave you to ponder that. I’m waiting for the stars to be visible again….
Clouds are amazing, but so are the stars in a clear night sky.
The first thing I did this morning was snag a student to take a picture for me. Thank you, Brodie, for helping me out. I needed a picture as early as possible before I got busy and frazzled. 🙂
I had a lot of positive comments throughout the day since I usually live in my jeans and T-shirts. One colleague thought I had “done” my hair, but I just washed it, brushed and slapped a head band on. The rest was natural. My normal “do” is a pony tail. Every time someone would tell me how nice I looked, my response was, “Michaela did this.” I told a few people that it felt really different, and I always worry that it looks like two raccoons in a sack of corn….
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