Adventures Part 2

Not much to add this week... Except I read a book! I think I'm going to add hiking in three different state parks, since I already hiked at White Memorial and at Topsmead this year!

Visit 10 wineries	Mirandas CT Valley Haight Brown Sunset  Jerram
Watch the entire series of Star Wars before the new one comes out
Read the whole Harry Potter series
Visit five friends in and out of the state from college	V in New York J N & T in West Hartford T in Boston
Go to ComicCon dressed up!	Paid Up Costume Finished
Go to Rocky Horror (And Dressed up!)
Participate in a Race	Participated in the LHRR 7.1 miles in 2:21 hours!
Try three kinds of Ethnic foods
Win a contest (official or unofficial)	Won Tickets to see Hello Dolly at a Silent Auction
Read Two books a month	June - Wizard of Oz

Adventures Part 1

Well, like I mentioned before, on with the list!

1. Visit 10 wineries
- Miranda's
- CT valley
-Haight Brown
- Sunset
- Jerram
 2. Watch the entire series of Star Wars before the new one comes out
3. Read the whole Harry Potter series
4. Visit five friends in and out of the state from college
- V in Boston!
- T in Boston!
- J, N, & T in Hartford
5. Go to ComicCon dressed up!
- update, all paid up!
- update, my costume is finished!
6. Go to Rocky Horror dressed up
7. Participate in a race
- Participated in the LHRR! I did 7.1 miles in 2:21! 
8. Try three types of ethnic foods
9. Win a contest (official or unofficial!)
- won tickets to Hello Dolly!
10. Read two books a month

Plenty of room for improvement!

Adventures!

Well, like I mentioned before, on with the list! 

1. Visit 10 wineries
- Miranda's 
- CT valley 2. Watch the entire series of Star Wars before the new one comes out
3. Read the whole Harry Potter series
4. Visit five friends in and out of the state from college
- V in Boston! 
- T in Boston! 
- J, N, & T in Hartford
5. Go to ComicCon dressed up!
- update, all paid up!6. Go to Rocky Horror dressed up
7. Participate in a race
8. Try three types of ethnic foods
9. Win a contest (official or unofficial!)
- won tickets to Hello Dolly! 10. Read two books a month

Plenty of room for improvement!

Adventure List 2015

Here it comes... The beautiful list of adventures that I plan on doing this summer! Follow along and let's have some fun! To be honest, I started the list a little early this year, partially because of the timing and partially because if I didn't start now, I wouldn't finish!

1. Visit 10 wineries
2. Watch the entire series of Star Wars before the new one comes out
3. Read the whole Harry Potter series
4. Visit five friends in and out of the state from college
5. Go to ComicCon dressed up!
6. Go to Rocky Horror dressed up
7. Participate in a race
8. Try three types of ethnic foods
9. Win a contest (official or unofficial!)
10. Read two books a month

Plenty of room for improvement!

Dragon Infatuation

Down deep within the streets of the sleeping city is where we live.  Beneath the quick paced movement of the day, with the humans rushing from one of the wide city to the other.  Chattering voices fill the air and echo down into the tunnels where we slumber.  The city lives during the day, with the clanging trolleys, the braying of the animals and the whining of the machines above our heads.  When we did hear the voices, they would come in jumbled, we don’t pay those ones any mind.  The ones we thrived on, we listened to those at dusk. 

The dark voices, the velvet voices, came down as clear as a bell on the northern winds.  Those voices we understood well.  Those voices spoke our language.  We’ve survived on those voices for so long, it will be a pity when those voices finally die out.

Lately however, I’ve been hearing a different sound.  This voice is lower than the humans, lower than the ones that live with me.  I only hear it coming in on the dawn, as the sun rises, so does the voice. Almost as if it was bringing in the dawn with its melodic tone.  

After a decade of listening to the song, I decided to follow its tune.  The tunnels were becoming too crowded, with the dead and living.  The dead began to smell after a while.  The living smelled longer after that. I could survive on the voices of the dying and the despair that they brought with them, though this tune was burrowing deep into my bones.  At times I tried to not listen, but it has routed itself into my very being.  I ventured out into the stale air on a dark moon lit night, with nothing but a sliver to guide me between the built streets.  My claws crackled on the uneven stone pavement, how I longed for the soft moss lined tunnel that I had called home for so long, but I pressed on. 

I would only travel at night, following the low tune, so soft that only our kind could listen.  I’d press on.  I passed the city limits months before, and skirted the new limits.  I had had enough of living in the dark tunnels.  I ate as I moved along, following the wolves and their travels.  They feared me during the day, joined in my loneliness at night.  I missed my brethren, but only in a sense of knowing that there was another like me nearby, not that I truly missed the others. 

A year had passed since I left my home, and I came across a great ravine.  Since it was a night, I no way of knowing how far across I could stretch.  I perched myself on a side, and waited till morning.  I knew I was in a predicament, if a human was to come across me, but I did not want to take any chances on this dark night.  Just before the dawn broke, I could hear the lonesome song, for that’s what I believed it to be now, began just as the first rays of the golden, ancient sun came over the edge of the great ravine.  It was then that I understood.  The voice had not grown stronger or weaker during my travels.  What I had been following was the voice that knew no other.  It was the song of the sun, the one of our kind that knew no other, and could love no other, for he was bound to bring light into the world though we often represent darkness. 

I stretched my dusty wings, and changed my path.  My goal was no longer to cross the ravine, but instead to meet the Sun in the sky as he brought life into the world.  I tested the blowing wind, and with no regard for others safety I pushed into the air, on my way to reach the song that I could complete.  Though I may perish along the way, perhaps I would have a happy ending, unlike many others of my kind.  Whether they had perished by man-made blade, or by being forgotten by those that we had once feared, I continued with my journey. 

As I left the old earth behind, I believed I could see an outline within the sun’s rays, and I believed that perhaps he was as lonesome as I was.  These tired bones, could beat no more, so I rode in on the cosmic rays.  I let the coldness and sharpness of the air take the last breath from my lungs, and I gave myself one last push of desperation, one more chance to believe, and his warmth engulfed me.  I was at peace.

Ducks Away!

Resurface

Close your eyes and imagine with me
Just a simple excersise
To show how much you've grown
Join me here today and listen

Sail on the ship of lost dreams
Breathe in the ocean air
Your sun kissed sweat on your arms
The smell of fresh sea air


Listen to the sails cracking in the wind
Seagulls cackle as they chase the clouds
Slapping of the untamed ocean against the bow
Creaking wood beneath your bare feet
Love sick whales calling to each other miles away

Look about you and take in the view
Far off horizon blending the sea and sky
In a sunset that could only be painted by angels
Blue, purples and early stars
Seasoned wood makes up your small craft
Hardened and bleached by the unforgiving sea

Move with me to the front of the bow
Hold your balance with the weathered lines
Careful now
Step by step
Meet me on the end of bowsprit
Take my hand
Hold on tight
I will not let you fall

Stand tall
You will not fall
I still have your hand
Look back at your ship
She's bobbing in the waves
You are moving with her
Up and down
Up and down
Balancing delicately on the bowsprit
I still will not let you fall

Look down
I dare you
Look down into the depths of the ocean
There is no seen bottom
There is only darkness
Blackness
Unseen dangers and trouble
I dare you to fall
Now

Down you will go into the deep
Drowning in the unknown
Let your panic set in
Flail in the consuming darkness
Let your fears sink you

Now stop.
Freeze.
Look up.

Let your hopes raise you
Kick to find the light above you
Let your calm set in
Breathe in what ails you
Rise you will into the air

Resurface
You are just an arms length from the ship
The anchor that you had held dear to
Is only so far away
If she was to drift away
Keep calm
For you can still swim

You can still resurface

Run for it!

I have extensive supply of rubber duckies and well, last night they escaped! Quackers had a hand, er, wing in it!

As I was walking in that morning the Janitor remarked to me, "Hey uh, did you have anything to do with all of the ducks? They, uh, escaped!"

Tanning

It's a little cold here in CT and Quackers is a little annoyed! He's stretched out, reading a magazine and trying to catch some 'rays' in the classroom. Think it worked?

Quackers

Welcome to the classroom Quackers!

I started my classroom in December and the Elf on the Shelf was just about done. Not to be outdone by the Elf on the Shelf I introduced Q. T. Duck, otherwise known as Quackers, to my classroom!

I hope that I can continue with the fun in the classroom!

Today's adventures included a new game called Leapfrog that Quackers brought for the kids! It was just a $1 Dollar store find that the kids could use during recess! I also have a 'Brain Break' time carved out twice a week, and the kids can play leapfrog as one of the activities!