Spring Wrap-Up

Oops.. I might have been slacking on the blogging, but I really miss these wrap-up posts. They are a way for me to keep my life organized, and help me look back on my year. (Also, it helps me remember all of the books I read, which, alas, hasn’t been many lately.)

Spring in One Word: Work

My Favorite Memories in April, May, and June 2015:

• Celebrating turning 26 with my sister-in-law at her bachelorette party
• Tax season finishing
• Having too much fun at Festival Internationale
• Baby Caddox being born!
• Getting the pup fixed
• Spending the weekend in the hospital with mom and dad
• Wrapping up the school year
• Performing in a lip sync battle at school against the students (Shake It Off, and we didn’t win… Whomp whomp)
• My little brother getting MARRIED
• One week in the dorms at LSU for cheer camp
• Putting a deposit in on our wedding venue!
• One week feeling inspired at the Ernest J. Gaines Teaching Institute
• One week in Austin for iPadpalooza learning so much! (Can you tell June was a busy one?) 

Books I Read this Spring: 

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• The Vacationers by Emma Straub
• A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
• A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest Gaines
• Bloodline: Five Stories by Ernest Gaines
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest Gaines
• Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen

Articles from Around the Web:

• APW’s Summer Reading List — And I added nearly all to my To Read list!
• This brave and intense post by Sarah Dessen
• A tip for making (and keeping) friends as a busy adult woman
• Why my second marriage will be better than my first — I might not have been married the first time around, but this article spoke volumes about my life

3 Things I’m Looking Forward to in July:

• Lots of babysitting and professional development time
• Setting up my classroom and preparing my lessons for August
• Soaking up the last bit of summer that I can get (including two weekend trips to see far away friends!)

Favorite Quote from a Book I Read this Month: