bike rides & back scratches

One time I made Chris go on a bike ride with me RIGHT after eating Mexican food so that I could show him this house with an amazing backyard (I explained that this yard was #yardgoalsAF now that he understands what "goals" and "AF" means). Then I told him it was only 3 miles away, when really it was 4.21 miles. Then Chris' back tire was flat, and he said he'd be fine because we were only going out 3 miles. Then Chris' bum started to hurt because it's been a long time since he's been on a bike. Then he started to realize our bike ride was a lot longer than 3 miles, and he started to get the meat sweats + some angry sweats. So now I owe him lots of back scratches while we watch basketball this Saturday night. . .

MARRIAGE, amiright?!

MAYday(s)!!!

You know it's the month of May when . . .

-you need all of the caffeine in the world

-your students ask you every single day "Will this count on our grade?" or my favorite, "Do I need to dress out for PE today?" Yes, and YES, child, you still have two more weeks of school . . .

-you leave your classroom for one minute and come back to notes like this on your whiteboard (p.s. I may or may not have had to explain to Chris what "af" and "goals" means. Jr. high definitely keeps you young!)

-you have about 5 different "end of year checklists" you're scrambling to do at any given moment

-you find yourself getting a little sad at the thought of not seeing your students for 10 weeks

-you find yourself smiling at the thought of not seeing your students for 10 weeks

-you're creating your "Summer of Shay Bucket List" which pretty much only consists of "workout" and "get tan" on it so far. . .

-you can tell someone at any given moment exactly how many days of school you have left

-you're tired of saying words like "penis," "vagina," and "scrotum" because you're almost finished with the human sexuality unit

-you have to answer questions like "what's a vagina?" (asked from a GIRL in my class... true story) again, because you're teaching human sexuality

-you sit and complain to your co-workers about how all your students have checked out, but in reality, you've checked out too

-your 3rd period class asks if they can do the Running Man Challenge, and you agree to let them, because really you hope it goes viral so you can be on the Ellen Degeneres Show

Ask me how many times I watch this a day... I DARE YOU (this is when I get sad about not seeing my students for 10 weeks--they are seriously the best!)

-Your students act a little too excited at the thought of throwing their notebooks around during the Running Man Challenge

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Is it coincidence that the word mayday begins with "MAY"? I think not. 

Only 7 more school days left + lots of caffeine to be consumed. 

Tuliping + Half Marathoning + Mother's daying

This weekend felt so, so busy! But the good kind of busy, like the busy that makes you feel like you got your sh*z together, you know? I only say that because I feel like I have anything BUT my sh*z together these days... why is May the month where students decide to go crazy and act like they don't need to follow rules anymore? Can I just curl up in the fetal position and read Harry Potter and have Chris feed me chocolate peanut butter ice cream? Ah, I'll save you from my teacher vents (Chris can be the lucky one to hear them ha!) and just get back to telling you how BUSY I was this weekend... ha! I'm the worst.

The weekend started off with me and Chris going to the Tulip Festival on Friday... after it hailed all day...leaving pretty much all the tulips destroyed. NBD. I think that worked in Chris' favor, though... since I only asked him to take ONE picture there with me. Chris did tell me he had mentally prepared himself for 5 or 6 pictures, though... he's slowly learning! But anyway, I guess we couldn't complain too much about the destroyed tulips since I was able to get us in for free (#teacherperks) + I love just walking around those gardens because it brings up memories from one of my most favorite dates with Chris (you can read about that here). Long story short: We had fun tuliping for date night!

Saturday was my half marathon! <--You'd think from that exclamation point that it was something I trained consistently for, and didn't completely stuff myself with Los Hermanos the night before... but you'd be wrong! Because I probably should have trained more, and ate a lot less Mexican food... but it all worked out! I made it across the finish line without losing my sh*z (literally) + I crossed the finish line with my brother, Mckay! It was his first half marathon ever and I was so proud of us because we never stopped and walked or anything. It was so fun, and I hope that Mckay will forget the pain of those last 4 miles so that he'll want to sign up for another race with me! I'm strategically waiting a couple of months before I ask him.

Last but not least... Mother's Day! Chris surprised me with my favorite homemade smoothie in bed + a Swig giftcard + ice cream. Is Chris my person or is he my person? Which now that I think about it, maybe I need to set the standard a little higher than just bringing me all of the junk food to become "my person." Anyway, Chris was so sweet and made this Mother's Day imposter feel special.

And speaking of Mother's Day. . . I'm so grateful for my own mom and my mother-in-law! They are both so self-less, funny, loving, AND always feeding me... so I guess I can consider them both "my person" too? Anyway, I'm grateful for all the other wonderful mother figures in my life--aunts, cousins, sisters, friends--I love you all! Can we all just agree with Beyoncé when she asks us WHO RUN THE WORLD?!

I hope everyone had as "busy" of Mother's Day weekend as I pretended to have + has the ability to walk down the stairs normally.

xo