When life gets busy, the blog gets forgotten. In a way I'm kind of okay with that... this way my life isn't completely attached to a computer and technology. Or at least, that's what I'd like to think.
I know that summer seems to be the only time that I ever update this thing.... that's probably because the school year generally eats my soul- or at least all of my time. This past year was amazing, with so many things that I hope to learn from in my 2nd year, and so many amazing memories to start off my teaching career. I feel so incredibly lucky to be where I am now. I have a job that I love, an apartment that I adore, and amazing friends and family members to share it all with. That is the dream.
One thing that I wanted to make sure I shared is what I did for my birthday this year. A while back, I had come across a pin on Pinterest ( What would I do with out it?!) about a woman who had completed a random act of kindness for every year of her life on her birthday. I loved the idea and decided I had to implement it on my birthday. The best part was that she had friends and family who did a RAOK in her honor as well! So I attempted to do 24 RAOK on April 25. There were a few problems with this idealized plan. The first, and biggest was that my birthday was on a Thursday, when I had to work. So I couldn't spend my day running around town completing RAOK like I wanted to. The other problem was that I really wanted these to happen organically... and that just wasn't happening for me. So the list I accumulated is not at 24. It's not even really close. And they did not happen just on the 25th. It was pretty much that entire week and a half surrounding my birthday. But it's the thought that counts right? So here's my list:
1. Anonymous Thank you cards for the entire staff at my school.
2. A snail mail letter to a friend that lives forever and a day away
3. Donated $ to a child abuse charity jar at In-N-Out
4. Gave my free coffee card to the Barista and asked him to use it on the next customer
5. Anonymous thank you cards to my apartment complex office staff and maintenance staff ( I'm not even sure if this really counts since I already wrote thank you cards...)
6. Took extra carts back up to the store front from the parking lot
7. picked up an elderly woman's keys for her when she dropped them
8. donated all of my change to the tip jar at Starbucks.
I know it's not much... I actually feel a little lame for not even coming close. But I guess there's always next year. And the things people did to help me celebrate were awesome. Here's some of them:
1. I'm loaning an old prom dress to a student for her prom. Random, indeed. What teenager would want to wear an eight-year-old dress?
2. Some rude gentleman in the grocery store let about 6 heads of lettuce fall on the floor and just walked away. I stopped and picked them all up.
3. I saw a guys truck get hit in the Walmart parking lot and waited to tell him because the people just left.
I am quite positive there were more too... I just can't find them. But it's still super awesome! I love the dedication!
On a completely separate note, I decided to join a community orchestra for the upcoming season. I need to play again. When I was in school I played all the time, and now I hardly ever play because it's not necessary for what I'm doing now. The thing I need to remember is that it's a part of me, and really where my musicianship came from. So I will be working on learning some new rep for an audition at the end of August. I'm pretty excited about it!
Those are the big things... everything else is just every day life. I could say I'll try to be better about posting, but we all know I won't.
Until next time,
S
