Spring Break is winding to an end. Tomorrow I’ll have to set the alarm for the first time in over a week. I’m spent the majority of the time just resting and relaxing. I read several books, played with the nieces and nephew, and even had a few naps in there, too. Usually I spend part of my break working on school or other outside projects, but this time I didn’t. That’s not to say there wasn’t plenty to do, but rather I made a conscious effort to put those things aside for a few days. I think it was a good decision.
As I think about heading back tomorrow, I am refreshed and ready to think of the adventures ahead. We only have a few weeks until school will be out, but there are so many exciting things coming up. We’ll be working on researching famous Hoosiers with our 4th graders, moon and space projects with 3rd grade, ocean projects with 2nd grade, insects with 1st grade, and zoo projects with Kindergarten. Our staff has spent the whole year working on learning new tools and this last stretch we’ll be focusing on blogging. So, I imagine my calendar is going to be pretty full – which I love. The possibilities and ideas are spinning as well as my to do list bulging, but It is going to be great fun!
But, we only get a few times over the school where we get a week or so to unwind. Most of the year we spend going week-to-week and plowing full steam ahead. It is easy to get caught up in the problems and issues that arise. We don’t get time to take a deep breath and regroup. But, I think that’s why I value so much the connections to our school librarians. Whether it be a blog post, a comment made on Facebook, an email in my inbox, reading an article in a journal, or attending a session at a conference, sitting in on a webinar, etc., they all give me that minute to step back. I get ideas of the possibilities. I think about what things we need to changes and what things we’re doing that don’t need changed. The best part is I have these connections all year long and any one of them might just be the thing I need to be rejuvenated and ready for the next adventure.
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