So, my summer has consisted of some VERRRY exciting activities such as: teaching Summer School (aka Educational Rehab) and running Cheer Practice. While I get to do this with a couple of my BFF's (Daniela and Erin), it still kind of sucks to realize that the summer is almost over and it has been consumed by school and cheer....it sounds dangerously similar to what my normal school year consists of! Eeeek!
However, in the midst of the madness I had two Guardian Angels come to me and help make my life easier. Sarah and Kayleigh (2 of my former cheer captains) volunteered their own precious time and energy to come and practice and help shoulder some of the burden. Now, while this might not seem like a big deal to you, it means the world to me. Wrangling 39 (yes, 39) girls at cheer practice and trying to get them to look perfect and "game ready" is exhausting. So, the fact that Sarah and Kayleigh came to help me really means a lot. As a teacher/coach/advisor, I always hope that I am making a difference in the lives of SOME of my students (let's be real, not every kid is "on board" with my learning agenda) but when kids like Sarah and Kayleigh come back and want to just help "just because", it warms my heart.
That attitude is the attitude that I hope my students walk away from my class learning: that it is important to try to make life a little bit easier and more bearable for one another. And when you care about someone, you should want to help them out and ease their burdens. Kayleigh and Sarah are wonderful girls, they work really hard, do well in school (CSULB and Chapman), and are all around wonderful young women. I am so proud of them. And I am so glad that now that they have not been my students for a while, we can be actual friends! It's so fun! I LOVE THEM!!!
ALMOST as much as I loved the shoes that Kayleigh was wearing when she came to help out! I have to give credit to my students for much of my "fashion sense"....their style is infectious and it keeps me wanting to be stylish. While I don't LOVE showing up to school wearing the same outfit as one of my students (it's happened before, people!), I do love looking cute, and girls like Sarah and Kayleigh continue to inspire my clothing (and shoe!) choices. As of late, I have become fixated on "deck shoes"...you know, the kind that you wear when you're sailing? They make me feel like I could put on some khaki shorts, a light blue button-up shirt, a straw hat, and go sailing in the Hamptons. However, here I am. In Downey. Not a body of water on which to sail a boat in sight. But a girl can dream, right? And soon enough, I will break down and buy a pair of these:
Until then, Happy Summer :)
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