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So here is the story I promised you. The reason why Mr. D's students all make fun of me every time they see me. A couple of weeks ago he and I were running as usual around the track at the Orem Community Hospital at 5:45 in the morning. We kept passing these two ladies who were walking the opposite way than us and they would never get out of our way. Cameron is always telling me that runners have the right of way and so the walkers should move. So, he dared me to wedge my way in between these two ladies. I am not one to back away from a dare, so I asked him what he would give me if I did it. He told me he would wash my car. Well, the next time we passed them, I was headed straight for them but panicked at the last second and moved. So I gathered up my courage the next time we passed them, and I DID IT! I wedged my way right between then and squeaked out an, "Excuse me!" They gave me the biggest crusty and Cam laughed and laughed. But he still hasn't washed my car! He says I didn't do it the first time we passed them so the deal was off. Whatever! He did not put that stipulation on the deal beforehand, so he owes me a car wash! Well, he told his students this story and told them to say, "Excuse me!" every time they see me. I have yet to go through a whole day of school without at least one kid coming up to me and saying, "Excuse me!" Every time they do, I just tell them to go tell Mr. D he still owes me a car wash! So anyone reading my blog, every time you see Cameron/Cam/Mr. D, tell him he still owes Ashley/Ash/ Miss Myntti a car wash!
I made it through my first whole week of Kindergarten, and I am loving it! I have really cute classes this year, and I must say, 19 and 20 kids is heavenly! I keep looking around wondering where the rest of my students are and then I remember. . . oh yeah! This is it! My brain is still having some trouble focusing and getting back into work mode, but it is getting better. Starting grad school and trying to have a personal life seem to be making me slightly ADD, but I will make it! My kids are already learning the ropes and who the boss is, so I can tell this is going to be a great year. Mr. D came and visited our class yesterday and spent a little time getting to know the kids and they LOVED him! I find it slightly unfair that my kids love him and his students mock me every time they see me! That is a long story that will have to be the subject of my next post because right now I have a paper that I have to go write. Kindergarten Rocks!
I just wrote my first paper for graduate school and it was seriously painful to get back in the "student" mode! I had forgotten how much I hate to write papers! And this one was way easy! It only had to be between 350 and 700 words. I can write that many words in a blog-post with no problem. But when I am forced to write, my mind always goes completely blank! What am I going to do when I have to write my 30 page research paper?!?!? I sure hope I can do this!
This has been one roller coaster ride of a summer, but it has also been the best summer of my life. And now it is over! I officially start back to work on Monday, and I am having the hardest time getting back into the school mind-set. I have had a wonderful distraction by my side all summer that has boosted my self esteem and taught me a lot about myself. Believe it or not, this distraction has also made me into a very outspoken person! I know that is hard to believe! And now, instead of being free to go running, hiking, swimming, etc. whenever I want, I have to go back to working a set schedule every day. Plus I start graduate school on Tuesday! So I have to ask, what happened to summer? It flew by so quickly! Maybe getting back to real life will help even my roller coaster ride out. I am excited to see Heather, Kerry, RaeAnn, and Jessica (the newest member of our team) every day. They, Marci, and my dear mother and sisters-in-law have helped me keep my sanity this summer as I have been riding my roller coaster, and I cannot thank them enough, and I cannot tell them how much I love and appreciate them. So, real life, here I come! I am just waiting for my distraction to get back from a quest I sent him on, and I hope he kept his promise! I don't know what will happen next on my roller coaster ride - if I will be going up hill or down hill. But I do know that the Lord is the one laying the track and I trust in Him completely. So whatever happens, I will be ok!
Lesson #2: July 30
Cam, the kids, and I went to Spanish Oaks Reservoir for Jacob's birthday and Cam gave me my second swimming lesson. I am hopeless! I do not trust the water nor myself so I cannot bring myself to lift my feet up and float! As long as Cam was holding me up, I was fine! We practiced holding our breath and going under water, and I am getting better at that - especially since Cam was holding me and I had no choice but to stay under as long as him! So, even though I still cannot swim, it was a ton of fun. We then played on the beach for awhile and the kids decided to build a sandcastle. Somehow, the sandcastle turned into, "Let's bury Ashley!" So Cam and the kids buried me up to my waist in sand and then Jacob and Jocelyn took turns dumping buckets of water on me to clean me off! It was pretty funny!
Lesson #3: August 3
Well, Cameron will not give up on me! He, the kids, and I went out to Spanish Oaks Reservoir again and I received my next lesson. This one didn't last very long though because the water was freezing! Cam did make me go out to the deeper water where I couldn't touch the bottom so I would have to trust myself. I didn't though! It was terrifying! I was holding onto one of those cool noodle things and onto Cam, so I knew I wasn't going to sink, but it was still scary! I did it though! I guess I won't give up quite yet! We then went and laid on the beach in the nice, warm sunshine while the kids played. It was a very fun day.
Cameron and I went on a 12 mile hike up past South Fork last Saturday - in the dark! We started at about 9:30 that night and didn't get back until 3 in the morning. It was so fun but so exhausting. We saw eyes in the dark watching us which was kind of creepy but really cool. The last part of the hike was so steep, I thought I was going to die! So we started going in short bursts, resting, and then going again, and I made it! Then we kind of got off the path again (we are good at that) and had quite the time getting back down. Cam and I had to hold onto eachother on the way down so we wouldn't fall. He caught me many times as I started to pitch down the mountain! It is always an adventure to go hiking with him! It also started to rain on our way down and we took a different fork and ran into the river going across the trail. He offered me a piggy-back-ride, but I just walked on through! It was a way fun night and a great story to add to our list of adventures!
