My First 48 Hours on Summer Vacation - Brady

Here is what I've done:

Tuesday:

4:00 p.m.: Leave school.

5:30 - 9 p.m.: Dinner and drinks with friends at Columbia Street West.

10:00 p.m.: Bed (Still on teacher-time at this point).

Wednesday:

6:00 a.m.: Hear Kevin's alarm ring. Roll over. Eventually get up and make him breakfast before a small claims trial he had to do (doesn't that sound lawyerly?).

7:00 - 9:00 a.m.: Watch DVR recording of "Life After People" with breakfast and hot tea.

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Fold a bunch of laundry while watching more TV/cleaning up house/EMPTYING SCHOOL BAG (that was liberating and just a little sad).

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: More work around the house. Nothing outside because it was raining.

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Nap (Yes, a 3-hour nap).

4:00 p.m.: Kevin comes home. Go for a run.

5:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m.: Shower and get ready for Tincaps!

7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.: Go to Fort Wayne Tincaps minor league baseball game with Kevin's legal society. We got to sit in the fancy suite and eat really good food.

11:00 p.m.: Bed

Thursday:

6:00 -7:00 a.m.: Wake up and go for a run.

7:00 - 9:30 a.m.: Joke's on me. I forgot to turn in something to my department chair and had to go into school for about half an hour to finish that up.

10:00 - 12:30 a.m.: Errands and mow yard (an epic task at our house- takes about 1.5 hours, and we have a push mower).

1:00 -2:15 p.m.: Thank-you lunch with my department chair and his family at Toscani Pizzeria in downtown Fort Wayne.

2:45 - 3:30 p.m.: Practice golf at the driving range near our house.

3:30 p.m.: RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM AMY ABOUT NEXT YEAR THAT MAY FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THIS BLOG (Amy, that is a message for you to UPDATE THE PEOPLE.)

4:00 p.m.: Update my blog. :)

So, a baseball game, golf, lawn-mowing, pizza, two jogs, lots of TV, and lots of sleep. Sounds like summer.

Last Day of School! - Brady

Wow. I am DONE as a high school teacher. I thought I might have to go back tomorrow, but I finished everything early.

I feel good! The kids were crazy today. Understandably so, I guess. It was the last day of school, but I was still kind of annoyed. They left at 11. Then, I spent the afternoon frantically trying to finish everything.

It was only when I was done, gradebooks and keys turned in, that it hit me. I spent a little more time in my room, half because I wanted to make sure I wasn't forgetting anything (Definitely forgot something. Ha ha.) and half because I wasn't quite ready to leave yet. I got a Pepsi and kind of sat and started at my empty, dusty room as the clock hit 3:10 - the time I was officially done with my last day of school. I cleaned up a little, read some stuff on slate.com, gathered up my things, looked around my room, turned off the light, and closed the door. I looked back at the school as a drove away because, honestly, I don't know how often I'll see it again! Weird. Then I took my regular route downtown to get Kevin, down Lima Road - a road that I HATE because of all of its strip malls and chain restaurants - away from the Northwest Allen County School District. All afternoon I felt good about forgoing a career as a high school teacher for grad school.

THEN, I went to Kevin's office to check my email. He had some orange and yellow congratulations roses waiting for me:

AND Kelly had sent me some great apartments to check out online. THEN, I went and had dinner and drinks with some very good teacher friends from school. We probably spent three and a half hours at Columbia Street West - my favorite bar in Fort Wayne.

And the best part is...I got to meet a local NPR host that I listen to every morning! She's the neighbor and friend of one of the teachers who was there. Here's a picture of our meeting.

Great day!