It's That Time of Year Again.

Well...it's that time of year again. I can't believe my first summer went so fast - I already went back to my room today! I went in and did some bulletin boards, put things where I wanted them, and got a few things hung on the walls. I still need to go back tomorrow and finish hanging some things, but for teh most part I know where I want things/what I want to do so I shouldn't spend too much time there tomorrow. What stinks is that there is NO a/c in my room (or for most of the building, besides the library) so it was really hot today. And it's going to be really hot tomorrow. And Thursday. And Friday. And it's not suppose to cool off until next week! Hopefully it cools off before school actually starts (Aug. 23), because once you get the room filled with sweaty junior high kids, nothing good happens.

Nothing lately has happened, the last of our summer has really died down. I'm looking forward to Josh's birthday (Aug. 21) because birthdays and Christmas are my favorite holidays. Other than that I'm just (im)patiently awaiting the Iowa State Fair! We always go a few nights, and then during the day to walk around and eat some things. I'm looking forward to (in no particular order):

-Cajun Chicken on a Stick
-Corndog
-Gyro
-Homemade Lemonade
-Rice Krispy Bar on a stick
-Strawberry Smoothies
-Footlong hotdog

I could go everyday to the fair if I had the money and people to go with me! Josh and I are going to the Darrius Rucker concert, he used to be the lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish and now he's a country singer. I really like him so I'm pretty excited!

I went to Davenport the other day with Josh's mom to visit the baby. She's getting bigger and stayed away a lot more than the last time I saw her so that was fun. I don't want to wish away her baby days, but I can't wait until she starts smiling and being a little more active. And I hope they can move home next year so that during the summer I can spend many minutes with her :) Here are a few new pictures I got of her:
Open eyes!


She fell asleep on my chest for about an hour...it was pure heaven <3

So now I'm just getting ready for school to start again! The more I work, the more ready/excited I am to start again. I'm excited about seeing Christopher play his senior year of football and to see how my first year 8th graders fare in high school. Plus I'm already for my second year, so I'm hoping it goes by just as quickly as before! :)