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Last night was the end-of-year dinner for the music ministry at my church. All the music groups were there. The theme was “Hawaiian Luau”. Their decorations were really fun.
Before we ate, a dance group entertained us. It was fun. They did dances from many Polynesian cultures, including Hawaii. For one of the songs, they asked for some volunteers to help. The song was “Pearly Shells”. I like that song.
One by one, my responsibilities are ending. I’m closer and closer to Summer Rest.
I gardened yesterday! Yay!
I mowed my lawn, and even used the string trimmer and edger. It’s so nice looking. I didn’t take any pictures.
I also pulled weeds from my driveway and poisoned their roots with super-strong vinegar. I didn’t take any pictures.
I also watered in the back yard. Pictures didn’t even occur to me there, because not much has changed back there in a while.
I did take a picture of the hydrangea that’s growing at the base of the stupid pygmy date palms in my front yard.
There’s also some other kind of plant growing that looks like a bush or tree. I couldn’t pull it out because it was too thick already. One of these days I’m going to hire someone who has the equipment to tear all of this out. Maybe this summer?
Until then, at least I can enjoy the hydrangea:
I got an orchid last October, and worked hard to let it be dormant during the winter. I repotted it in May, but it has looked like it’s sort of declining, like the leaves are deteriorating.
But when I looked at the plant yesterday morning, I saw that it had new leaves! New leaves!
Ok, so it’s not very easy to see in that picture, but believe me, there are two new leaves growing. Yay! The plant is going to survive!
Yesterday was our last day with the kids. It was loud and happy. I got a lot of nice cards from kids. This was one of my favorites. It’s a drawing of me teaching History:
There’s a second layer to the drawing. I’m not sure how it works exactly, but it’s interesting looking:
Today we start our work days. Some of them are less structured, and some of them have meetings planned. My big task is to get my room ready for a new ceiling and new lights.
Yesterday was our Park and Pool day – grades three through eight went to a nearby park, hung out for a while, and went to the pool there. I didn’t take any pictures, dang it.
Before our walk to the park, I got to school early in the morning and worked on cleaning my classroom. I focused on my desk. I didn’t clean it off, but I did get down to the wood surface. One spot had a weird combination of objects. I took a picture of it:
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Closer to rest! You certainly have been running hard lately, so I am glad things are coming to a close for a while. That dinner looks over the top!