A drop in the bucket...

Well folks, it's finally Friday! The day I have been waiting for... the day I go to the window at the end of work to peer out at all the little precious children running to their buses that pull away from school horns honking in celebration! Ah... the last full day of school with students! Seriously, sometimes I think the teachers look forward to it more than the kids!

So with my "countdown" over - all I have left is a teacher work day and the two hour day Wednesday for the kids to pick up report cards - I am relaxing, truly, for the first time in a long time. I finally feel myself winding down. With thoughts of two months off dancing in my head, I am just short of feeling absolute bliss!

After work, I headed to a local Mexican establishment for the last "liquid in-service" of the year. I met some of my favorite friends there to just sit on the patio and relax for a while with some light conversation and cold drinks. A spring pop-up thunder shower came along and it was so nice (it's a covered patio) to sit with the rain and rumble of thunder and enjoy good company!!

After my "in-service" I headed to my friend Gina's house to water "our" garden. Bless her heart... Gina had it tilled and her and Virgil have planted the whole thing on their own and I have yet to lift a finger! The end of school has been busy and our schedules have been conflicting, so tonight I finally feel like I at least put a drop in the bucket towards contributing to our garden. I was over there for the better part of two hours while I watered....


...and planted some pots of herbs in some cute little painted buckets Gina had...

This is the medium one... I planted a small one and large one as well! All in all it was a relaxing evening. I had time with friends and time to myself... the perfect balance!

And now... for some time with the television!

I hope each and every one of you has a wonderful holiday weekend! I will be visiting with my family and I am SO excited because my sister AND my Jenni are going to be in town! And I have already had a request for my red sangria!

Cheers to a good weekend for all! I can't wait to read all about it!