Since we didn't use any of our snow days this year, we get to take Good Friday off.  So, next week, we only have four days of school!  Then, during the month of May, we have EVERY Friday off.  Three day weekends all month!  Personally, I'd rather just take off five days at the end of our school year, but, I'll take three day weekends if that's our only choice!  Either way, it's all good!  Therefore, I only have thirty-six school days left, if my calculations are correct.  I can't believe the school year is almost over.

I'm so ready.  Ready for something new.  Ready for a new beginning.  Ready to do something different.  Go somewhere different.  Ever want to just run away?  I do.  But I can't.  I've lived here twelve years.  I just realized that's the longest I've ever lived any where in my entire life. 

As a child, we moved around a lot.  My dad was a lineman.  I remember living in Bakersfield, Placerville, and Fresno, California; Yerington, Nevada; and many other places I don't remember as a baby.  We moved with the job.  Many memories, many experiences.  But, Oklahoma was always home, where we always returned eventually.  Maybe this is why I've always loved road trips.  Who knows? 

I'm getting the itch to move.  I had it last year.  Thought about moving to Alaska to teach.  I did the online application thing.  Got a few e-mails and invites to interview in Fairbanks, the Bering Strait(brrr) and Anchorage.  Very tempting.  I did listen to an online video chat about what all teaching in Alaska entails.  It was very interesting.  Teachers from the lower 48  are only able to take their clothes, basically.  No vehicle, no furnishings.  They provide fully furnished apartments for the teachers to rent.  When arriving in Anchorage, new teachers are to order their groceries for, I think, a six month supply, then, it is shipped to the city or village where you will be teaching.  The culture is completely different.  I think it would just be so awesome to experience a different environment, culture, etc., and the salary is not half bad either!  My salary would double. I know, everyone says the cost of living is so much higher, but, what would I really need besides food and maybe some warmer clothes?  I need/want very little.  I think I could even do without a television, as long as I have plenty of books and some music to listen to. 

It all sounded great and exciting, however, I reconsidered and have put it on hold for now, because of my dad's health and the fact that my youngest is still in college.  I couldn't get home soon enough if anything happened to either of them.    Morgan usually has to have surgery on an average of about every three to four years, and it's usually a pretty short term notice.  I need to stick pretty close to her; I wouldn't want to be half a world away from her if that happened.

Miss you.  Like crazy.