Every job should have a "last day" and a "first day". There's just something about having an end to what you do, having a nice break and then getting to start over.
I won't regale you with tales of the events of school that day. I won't mention how the kids are always so fun on the last day. How they all say "I'm going to MISS you, teacher!" and how I get to say "You'll still see me in the halls. Don't forget to say hi!" I don't tell them that I'm not going to miss them. Not really. They have to move on. And no matter how great they were that year, it's always fun to have a fresh batch of chillun's each year.
So, anyway, I'm not going to talk about that.
What I'm going to talk about is how I celebrated the last day of school.
After school Zack came and helped me clean up my room and pack things away in cupboards. He has done this every year I've been a teacher. Nine years and counting!
Then we went home and....helped lay sod! Which was actually pretty fun, seeing how I didn't really do much work and basically watched other people do work. We did get to play a rousing game of "No Bears Are Out Tonight" when the work was done. Megan was a good sport about it despite the fact that she'd had her heart set on "Duck Duck Goose" as soon as she saw the giant, grass covered paradise that is her backyard.
Once Zack and I got home and cleaned up, we were going to head up to Mike and Jodie's to watch "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" (I know, I know, but Mike reassures us that it's funny and well, pretty much any movie is funny if you watch it with Mike and he thinks it's funny), but due to an unfortunate filter explosion that Home Depot better account for, we were unable to do that.
So we decided to spend the night playing games and eating treats.
You want to know how teachers party on the last day of school?
You got it:
I made some salads, Zack fired up the grill and grilled some asparagus and red peppers and we played Dominoes!
What happened to us? We used to do fun things! The weird part about this is that we chose to do it. Is this what getting old feels like? Realizing that what you're doing is considered boring but not caring because you actually want to do it?
8 comments:
haha... salads...
looks like a great time to me. The only thing that could have been better was playing "Jots & Tittles"
So, perhaps it was a good thing that my water main blew up just 20 minutes after laying sod (doh!) because our DVD player and its accompanying VHS deck both went out of commission. I think it's time we just went to Costco and got the Hook, UP. Whatchu think?!
Mike, methinks we have a sweet (free) DVD player RCWilley so kindly bestowed upon us when we bought our freezer and you guys can have it. You know...if you want it.
Oh, Heck YES. We'll have to have its companion video be the first video it plays :-) I hear a BBQ calling...
Dang, where's MY free DVD player?
And yeah, getting old is pretty sweet, especially when your idea of an evening well spent is to sit at home, eat food you prepared yourself, and play games with someone you love. Doesn't get any better than that!
Aaron and I love grilling asparagus and red peppers! Sometimes we get crazy and throw a few onions and carrots on there, too. Will...not so crazy about them. He prefers his peppers "raw please Mommy."
D'Nell, Jots and Tittles would be fun, but too competetive for a nice relaxing evening. :)
Angie, I don't know why it's taken me so long to discover grilled asparagus goodness.
Mike, yes, a BBQ is in order. Does anyone have a lawn big enough?
And Allie, if only you lived closer I would have given you a free DVD player.
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