june part three.

Here is part three of my June photos...I know you've been on pins and needles waiting for it...
I might even get back to writing on here someday.  For now, enjoy this:

June 15: Yellow.  The yellow beads of the necklace I wore.

June 16: Out and about.  Ok, I cheated.  I took this on my birthday weekend, but I was out and about in SF then...counts, right?  (Don't care if it doesn't...)

June 17: In your bag.  I don't think an explantation is truly needed...

June 18: Something we don't know about you.  You may not know about my growing collection (borderline obsession?) with nailpolish.  I'm trying to get better about actually using it, too...

June 19: Fave photo you've ever taken.  I don't know about "ever," but this one is definitely a favorite!

June 20: Imperfect.  It's as though the shopping cart knew I needed something imperfect to take a photo of, so it decided to eat my toenail off.

June 21: Where you slept.  My bed.

june part two.

Here are my photos for June 8-14.

June 8: Six o'clock.  My post-wisdom teeth vegetable ice packs

June 9: My view today.  Riley insisted on sleeping on my lap.  The ground won't do for this little baby.

June 10: Best bit of my weekend.  Frozen yogurt is good for sore mouths.

June 11: Door.  Or the cute little greeters at it.

June 12: From a low angle.

June 13: Art. Supplies.

June 14: Time.  It's summer time!

Hope you all had a wonderful week!

june.

June has started off nicely, mostly because it brought summer with it.  You may have heard, but there is a blogger out there who has started Photo-a-day challenges for each month.  I started playing along in February on Instagram, but decided to share my challenge photos here as well.  If you haven't heard of this, basically there is a "prompt" for each day of the month and the challenge is to take a photo that somehow relates to the prompt.  Some are a bit of a stretch, but the ultimate goal is to be creative.

Here is the challenge list for June:

 And here are my photos for June 1-7:

June 1: Morning.  This was the last morning I made this drive to work.

June 2: Empty.  My empty classroom that I said good-bye to (technically on June 1).

June 3: On my plate.  P.F. Chang's for lunch.

June 4: Close-up.  Brady, my cleaning helper.

June 5: Sign. Lunch at Juicy Burger.

June 6: Hat.  Well, I don't have a hat to take a picture of, so Riley will have to suffice.

June 7: Drink.  I've been drinking a lot of pineapple juice (plus oranges and strawberries) this week.  Freshly juiced...nothing better!

another chapter.

If I had to sum up the way I feel in one word, it's this: relief. 

Thursday was the last day of school, I got the rest of my things packed up and out of my classroom, and I walked away a little bit sad.  I had to fight back the feeling of tears as I drove away that day.  It was the day I had waited so long for, but hard to face at the same time.

Friday still loomed over me, one last time at the school.  Friday was check out day.  It was far less official than I thought it might be, other then hanging over my keys.  That felt like the final moment...that lingered for a couple more hours.  We had a staff brunch at Rio Bravo Country Club, which was nice.  It felt like an extended, forced good-bye.  It was nice, but I was ready to be done.  My heart had moved on.

I got back to school, climbed into my car, and drove away for the last time.  I wasn't sad, I was relieved.  I don't have adequate words to explain all of how I felt, but it was as though I could feel a weight lifting off of me, one I had been carrying for 3 months.  This chapter of my life had finally come to a close.