Yes, it is a good morning.
Two and a half more days of school. Then summer vacation is mine.
A very good morning indeed.
Happy Friday!
heaven in a cone.
June 13, 2011
My life is complete. I can die happy now.
I have found my one true love.
Graham cracker ice cream, my friends. Heaven in a cone and then some.
Me and graham cracker ice cream go waaaaaaay back. Circa 1993 to be exact. The best summer of my life. I was in Lake Placid enjoying my carefree days as a 10 year old. And it was there in Lake Placid that I walked into Stewart’s Shop and discovered Crumbs Along the Mohawk. The best ice cream ever. Crumbs Along the Mohawk is graham cracker flavor ice cream with graham cracker crumbs and caramel trickled throughout.
Insanity, as you can imagine.
And Stewart’s Shop is a little ol’ gas station in Upstate New York. It’s amazing. They have the best ice cream on earth. But Stewart’s is not located anywhere in Massachusetts. Nowhere. Nada. Not like it matters anymore, because this past winter when I was in Lake Placid reliving my childhood days, I so painfully discovered that Sterwart’s Shop DOES NOT SELL Crumbs Along the Mohawk anymore. Surely the greatest tragedy of all time. Or so I thought, until this afternoon.
And the story goes on…
Tomorrow my first grade class is walking to the local homemade ice cream stand in Maynard. Yeah, first grade!! It’s the end of the year, and they’ve earned it, and heck, I love ice cream. Plus Erikson’s is totally famous for their delicious homemade goodness. How could we not? Anywhooo, this afternoon I went to drop off the ice cream list so our ice creams can be ready when we arrive from our long trek from the elementary school, and as I was handing over my ice cream list my eyes couldn’t help but glance at the current specials. Graham Central Station? What is that I see?
So of course, I had to try some.
And bless my soul, we have a winner.
Graham cracker flavored ice cream with chocolate covered honeycombs and graham cracker bits. Life could not get any sweeter!
And so it goes, my life is officially complete. And it tastes sooo good.
Luckily for my figure, I only have a week left at school and then I’ll be saying g-bye to Maynard for the summer. Ice cream every day could get ugly. Another cone tomorrow with my class won’t kill me though. And I can’t wait!
thoughts on the end of the year…
June 9, 2011
I feel kind of in a daze this past week. There is only 7 more days left of school, yet it seems like an eternity. I am running through all the motions but there is so much going on in my head and in my world that I’ve hardly gotten a minute to sit down all week (and the week before that, and the week before that). Every night my feet ache and I fall asleep instantly when my head hits the pillow.
My drive to work is long. Too long, I sometimes think, but this week I welcome the ride. I’ve found myself driving home after work in silence, halfway to my apartment and I’ve realized I forgot to put my music on. And I stop and consider it for a minute before deciding that I rather like the silence. For 45 minutes I can just be. Just me and my thoughts and my silence.
I welcome it and I appreciate it.
Away from my classroom and the hustle and bustle of the end of the year.
I love my job, but this girl needs a break.
In a recent morning journal prompt I asked my first graders what they would be doing over the summer. My favorite response: “I’m going to relax and take life easy.”
It made me smile.
Hear, hear. I’ll raise my glass to that.
Thank goodness summer is near.
meet Roo!
June 8, 2011
Meet adorable, precious, tiny, cute little Roo– Zan’s sister’s new puppy! I can’t get enough of the little kangaroo. She’s so small and loveable.
I really want a puppy now…. !
