A Bittersweet Goodbye

Friday marked the last day of my first year of teaching. It was a bittersweet goodbye. I am not going back to Cross of Hope next year. I am happy because I had to deal with some crap that really hurt and had me doubting myself and my teaching abilities, but I am sad because I will miss all of the kids and the friends that I made there. I got some great goodbye gifts. First my parents and students made me a flower pot of gift cards. It was a flower pot that all of my kids signed that had paper flowers in it and all of the flowers were pockets with gift cards in them! I got gift cards of all kinds: restaurants, movies, Target, and more. It was an amazing gift. Then, my kids planned me a surprise going away party all by themselves (well the girls did, they didn't really include the boys and the boys were a little sad :( ) The decorated the classroom and had cookies and yogurt for us (Greek yogurt for me!) It was the sweetest thing ever! Like I said, it was bittersweet and now I have to go on a job hunt.

As for my diet, I am still working very hard at it and it is going slow and steady. I have lost a total of 9 pounds so far. I think that it will be a lot easier for me this summer. I will have more time to go to the gym. Also, my diet calls for all meals to be made from scratch and I will have more time to do that since I won't be working. When it is all said and done, it will be worth it!