Free at last!

So I have survived another school year. YAY! This was a tough class for me and I’m glad it’s finally over, though I have to admit there are a few (very few) students I will miss. We did our little graduation ceremony yesterday and I still have our song stuck in my head, This Land is Your Land, This Land is my Land. Some of my non-teacher friends laughed at this since they said it was totally a song I would pick out. Ha ha. I thought it was a good song to introduce the kids to the beauty and love of our scenic country…from California to the New York Islands, from the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream Waters…

I still have two more kid-free post planning days and after that, it’s all going to be about my summer journey. Looks like I’m leaving my Georgia home on June 3rd for my home in Utah. There is so much to think about! I have to make arrangements to pay my bills that will be due while I’m away. I need to double-check my To-Pack List and then actually begin packing these items. I have to make my rounds to see my friends and family before heading off into the sunset. I’d also like to give my bedroom and a nice clean up, too, so that I will come home to a nice and tidy room in a couple of months. I have to buy gifts for the four important birthdays and Father’s Day that I will miss while I’m away. Not to mention the triple checking of my finances (both what I will have in Utah and Georgia when I return). I should be feeling a little overwhelmed, but I am so ready to do this and I just feel that everything will fall into place as should. (Hope I’m not jinxing myself!)

I have said this before, but I am feeling so alive right now. I am so thankful for my life. I’m counting my blessings. I’m smiling brighter than before. I’m unleashing the free spirit that I work so hard to keep tame most of the time.

I’m staring at framed photos on my wall right now of the scenery and adventure that I experienced on my latter trips out west. I can’t wait to see what this summer will hold. It’s such a rush that I wish I could take all of you along with me to experience it and feel what I am feeling. After all, this land was made for you and me!

Now I just need to detox my brain of that damn song! ;)