Mahonri spent the summer going to school and I spent it being lazy. I did take one class this summer to keep my teaching license current. It was nice to get that class out of the way so I won't have to worry about any classes for the next few years. Although the class was pretty boring and more busy work than anything, I did learn a few strategies that can be useful in helping me be a better teacher.
This summer has been a summer of learning. Even though things don't always turn out as planned, I am grateful that I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The knowledge of the gospel can help make trails and tribulations bearable. The Atonement is the greatest gift we have been given. Lessons can be learned that make us stronger and ready to handle other things that may come our way. Even though the past couple of weeks have been hard, we have managed to overcome and grow closer to our Savior.
Recently Mahonri and I went to Gunnison and headed up the mountains for a nice, relaxing day before school starts again. We first went to Shinglemill and went fishing. Other than the cows that are up on the mountain, we were the only ones there. Both of use were able to be successful this fishing trip and caught one fish each. We had a few other bites that we didn't catch.
After our fishing, we decided to drive around and look for wildlife. It was a pretty successful drive. We saw some deer, 24 in total. There were 4 bucks and 20 does that we saw. We also spotted a huge herd of elk. I would guess that there were about 200 elk with this herd on the side of the mountain. We were able to spot a few bulls in this herd. It was really cool because I have never seen so many elk at one time. We also decided to go on a little hike. While hiking, we spotted two elk, a spike and a cow. We laid down in the road and just watched them as they got closer to us. They got within 20 yards of where we were laying. We watched them for about 10 minutes before they spotted us and ran off. We were able to capture this on film. It was a really neat experience.
School starts for me on Monday (Aug 15). I cannot believe how quickly the summer went by this year. The middle school will be housed in the high school this year, but we have claimed one of the hallways as the middle school hallway. Unfortunately, I do not have a classroom this year. I have on office that is located inside the locker room. When I teach my health class I will be using the science teachers classroom because she will be in the home-ec room teaching that period. I will be teaching a few different classes this year. I have one middle school PE class, 7th grade Health, 2 high school PE classes, and 2 elementary PE classes. I have never taught high school so it may be interesting. I am ready to get going again though because it will be a change of pace from the summer. It may take a few weeks to get adjusted to the new classes and to being up in the high school but I know we can make the adjustment. I am sad that I won't be able to have the same lunch schedule as my other middle school teachers. I may just have to go hang out in one of their rooms during my lunch. We shall see.
