Here’s to the Summer!
There was a day when I was paid to talk about video games (and annoying customers ) nonstop at work. 
When I was going through my art stuff, organizing and finding pencils I can take to school, I found my old Gamestop badge. Back in college, I got a job there by total chance. I remember walking in and thinking like I was at a candy store. The assistant manager hired me almost instantly and it was the best 3 years of a job that I could have asked for because I had the best coworkers ever.
I think a lot of it had to do with our conversations, our dreams and our plans for the future. I still like to think I have the same enthusiasm though sometimes I get worn down by the realities of life, circumstance and things beyond my control. But I can say that everywhere I have gone, I have learned so much from the people I’ve worked with more than anything. And that is something I will be forever thankful.
After the storm.
I woke yesterday in sheer panic and then I remembered it was summer. Sweet, peaceful summer where I felt like myself again. I couldn’t believe that I had survived my first year of teaching. It has been one of the bigger accomplishments in my life so far and I really do feel like I can take on the world. I hope my students know that they have inspired me as much as I tried to be an inspiration to them. Their dreams are so beautiful and hope they take it and run with it, no matter what. I hope they understand that their dreams will be their fuel through the hard times.
And so these plans…
I wanted these summer’s plans to reflect my dreams that I promised to myself that I would continue working on no matter what. And also things that make me happy. Such as this:
Games I would like to play/finish this summer.
Later on this summer I plan to publish a life list. This is actually inspired by Doniree’s life list (which is totally awesome btw). I also discovered some pretty neat stories on Wattpad and I have a beautiful stack of books sitting next to me waiting to be read.
Some things I will accomplish this June:
- Take my ESL supplement certification exam
- Finish any outstanding teaching certification stuff
- Relearn French through the uber fun Duolingo.
- Sketch out Spanish website for my department
- Write more (blog, stories, other blogs)
- Read a book.
- Work out consistently (I’m also on Fitocracy. Loving the site!)
The rest is sitting on the “inactive” part of my whiteboard. This summer, I think, is going to be awesome. 
