Spring Breaking

Spring Break has begun! I went shopping at the import store last night to splurge on some treats since I'm staying home for the week. We got a heavy spring rain, including lightning, so I thought "joy. spring break is going to be wet and rainy and dreary. ugh." Then, I woke up to sunshine and warm weather and the fountains in my complex turned on. What a beautiful way to start the break!

To help me remember the joys of my last spring break in China, I decided to keep a log of all the things I do and see that make this a great spring break. Here's the list so far (and it's not even been 24 hours of break yet!)

1. Fruity Pebbles, bagels, and Cheese Puffs
2. Sunshine on Saturday
3. Finished reading Deadly by Julie Chibbaro. It's about Typhoid Mary.
4. Practiced snare drum rudiments. It feels so good to hold a pair of sticks again! And to actually play.
5. Downloaded a bunch of new music from Google Music. I have to take full advantage of this before I return to the States and have to pay for all my music again!
6. Long walk around Xipu (the town where I live) in the sunshine.
7. Spicy fried rice at the market
8. Pizza with friends
9. Palm Sunday
10. Sanded some wood for a painting project (will we finish over break? ...probably not)
11. Read in the sunshine in my windowsill with my cat :)
12. Cookie dough!
13. Papa Johns, mango frappe, and shopping downtown.
14. Snuggled with my kitty and finished reading Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
15. 4 movies and sorting through a bunch of my stuff (what to sell, what to keep?!)
16. Sunshine every day so far! (It's currently Wednesday evening)
17. Sorted through, price labeled, and organized a bunch of stuff in my classroom
18. Walked home in the sunshine
19. Finished reading The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Bedder. It's a twist on the Alice story...it's really good! Can't wait to read the next book!\
20. Shopping at the River Market (bought a table runner, scarf, earrings, and a jewelry box!)
21. Dinner at Peter's with friends
22. Psych marathon with cookies & knitting! :)
23. Indian food (yummmm)
24. TV night at the Campbell's (finally, Deandre is gone from American Idol!)
25. A lazy Saturday watching the Dick Van Dyke show and working on grades
26. Finished reading Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
27. Big International Fellowship meeting for Easter--He is Risen!
28. Dyed eggs with Bethany (and then Joe pulled the container onto the floor and cracked them all!)
29. Ate pizza (courtesy of Bethany) and watched Grimm
30. Cleaned (doesn't sound fun, but it is my de-stress mechanism, so it always feels good.)

And that was my Spring Break!