Okay, I haven’t written on my blog, lately.
I’ve been busy.
Sometimes, life is more important than a blog.
(actually…it always is)

I’ve been..
…taking more walks, sometimes even with Judy.
…playing softball with my son on our church team.
…planning for lessons about the book we’re reading in class (The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963) that I haven’t taught before.
…attending band and choir concerts, a musical, and that cool reading Rachel was in about the cigar factory workers in Cuba
…writing blog entries in Word, but not finishing them.
…figuring out what computer to buy, buying it, and slowly forming a strong emotional attachment with my first MacBook (calling it “love” seems a bit overstated).

I even had a Mental Health day recently…and I didn’t get around to writing on my blogs — that’s just wrong.

So today, a Personal day, I put pen to paper to keys and clicked on Publish to get my thoughts out there.

Too much wind and rain —
Better to meet, eat, and walk
With a friend. Golf later.

I’m a bit out of practice with my haikus.
If you’ve read my entries, you know I’m trying to have more fun this year. Here’s one more example:
Tomorrow’s lesson — The Watsons are finally going to Birmingham, like it says in the title. A long car ride in an enclosed space with people you love…for the most part. So, tomorrow my class will read a bit of the book and then we’ll be playing car games in their book groups. I’ve made the book groups, so these are not necessarily people with which they prefer to be. I’ll need to teach them a couple of the games, but here’s my suggested list: I Spy (outside or indoors) or the Alphabet game, Dots, Add a Word Story, 21, 20 Questions, “I’m going on a trip and I’m taking…(something that starts with the letters of the alphabet).” It should be fun, connect with the book, and give them something to talk about at home. I think their homework will be to play one of the games in the car over the weekend.
:)