Run Away!

One of the bad thing about blogging is that you can't hear the tone of voice in which I said/ thought the title. So you have to imagine that you read it as if you were telling someone playing a game to "run away" before they get caught.

So, Ansje had a birthday the beginning of March and I thought it would be fun to go to Mesquite and do one of their spa/golf deals - you get to choose one or the other not both. Of course, you know which one I'm thinking about..... Anyway, we finally both have a weekend free and it seems that the whole world is going to Mesquite and/or St. George. I think we booked the last hotel room in St. George. I couldn't find anything in Mesquite, but I know St. George better so that's probably why I was more successful there. We haven't had much time together lately. I've been a cave dweller for the darkest part of the winter. Working, going home and vegging because it's dark and cold outside and I don't feel like doing anything. Lots of the working part. And Ansje has been spending a lot of time with Kristin. She really missed Kristin when she was on her mission and they have had so much fun doing things together after she got home. Now Kristin is engaged to a nice young man, Dan and there is lots of wedding stuff to do. So, we haven't seen each other much lately.

Yesterday, after a crazy day at work, doing boring Accreditation stuff (that's the hoops that schools have to jump through to make it so your diploma is worth something) and trying to get my end of the quarter grades done (always a day of craziness) we left cold, cold Salt Lake County and drove to St. George. We stopped at one of our favorite restaurants in Springville, The Cracker Barrel and ate a wonderful dinner. Our waitress was probably in her late 60s and you could tell she has worked hard every day of her life. She looked like she probably milked the cows, collected the eggs and fed the pigs before coming to work. A genuine farm women. Or at least that's how she looked to us.

Anyway, we drove on to St. George and here we'll stay and play for the weekend. Of course, I was feeling bad that we didn't get a spa package so I found a place to go get a message. I haven't had one in over a year and I miss it. So we will do that this morning. We don't have any definite plans for the rest of our time, but we bought a puzzle and started that last night.

So, hurray for running away! Monday will be the beginning of the last quarter of the year. At the beginning of the school year it always seems like it's going to last FOREVER, but here at the end of 3rd quarter it seems to have sped by. We're already planning for next year and before we know it, summer will be here. YEAH!!! So I'm making my summer plans, visit Amy, visit her again with Molly. Go to England and see Mark and Stephanie. Fit in an ASL class in May and June. Play a little. I'm never going to get rich as a school teacher, but at least I get my summer off! Everyone needs some play time in their life!

Love to you all!