{winter break.}

Once again, it's that time of year...a week and a half long reprieve from the non-stop chaos of lesson planning, paperwork and general craziness that comes with being a teacher. Everything stops and for several "school days", there is no bell schedule, no cramming lunch into thirty minutes, no uninterrupted moments during "planning time". Instead - it is several days worth of spending time with my loves - the Mister, the li'l guy and soon to come second addition to our li'l clan.

Let me tell you what I did NOT do over winter break:

• worked on lesson plans or anything school related (with the exception of 3 hours the night before we came back...)
• wake up at my usual 5:30-6:00 time
• wear anything outside of pajamas or comfy clothes with the exception of 3 or 4 days we actually left the house....
• stress about school/work or life in general

What I DID do instead was:

• get sucked into marathons of American Horror Story and The Walking Dead (thank you, Netflix and my hubby's Christmas gifts)
• finish the little projects I wanted to do for our 2nd addition: Jeremiah's name blocks, canvas art of the scripture Jeremiah 1:5, and his very own minky rag quilt {everything in shades of orange, brown and green and of course, featuring camouflage}
• enjoy a few days lounging in an "empty" house with the Mister and li'l Man
• snuck in a few cookies and managed to up the exercise so that my blood glucose levels were under the limit - take that gestational diabetes!!
• RELAX!

And now...it's Wednesday, our first day back at school....with only two weeks left in the quarter, however many weeks until I go out on maternity leave and approximately 135 school days remaining until we end in June... (this, I only know because of a fellow teacher friend who is counting down - not that I mind). Hopefully everyone has had a fabulous first day back and if not, it's only two more days until the weekend arrives!