Counting Down

I love this time of year. The flowers are out, there is light when I am leaving for work and when I get home, the count down begins, and Scholastic has their warehouse sale.

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Yep, the count down is on. There are officially 11 student days left. (As I tell my students, "Not that anyone is counting." Which I am so counting and so are they.) Today was the last day for seniors and their graduation is set for Sunday. (Please note: I love my job, but it is time for a break and a new group of minds to mold.)

Although this doesn't have anything to do with our adoption, it is nice to think there is a count down that has an end date. (Yes, I am struggling with the idea of just sitting hanging out at numbers for unknown lengths of time.)

Oh, you want to know about the last part of the opening paragraph?

Yes, I attended the Scholastic warehouse sale. As always, it was amazing. Lando's library continues to grow. I got a lot of books, but I am really excited about three of them. The first one would be Good Boy, Fergus! and Too Many Toys by David Shannon. I am a big fan of David Shannon. How can you not enjoy the "David" series? (Plus, I read Good Boy, Fergus! while I was there. I think our dog Joey Ramone was the inspiration for the book.) The third book is Me and You by Genevieve Cote. Originally I was drawn to the book because of the pig on the cover. (Yes, I judge children's picture books by their covers. If the picture on the cover isn't good, the pictures inside usually aren't good. Why would you buy a picture book with bad pictures?) It is a story about a pig and a rabbit who are friends, but wish they could be like the other. I thought it was a good story and had nice pictures.

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