Letter To March

Dear March,

You are a crazy month. Of course I never mind the snow, even during Spring Break, and the strange hail/rain storm the other day, even the chilly fog and the light covering of ice on my windshield this morning was fine. In fact, I don't have any complaints about you weather-wise. Keep up the good work and don't let global warming get you down.

I do however wonder if you could somehow make it possible to keep my work load simple. Not that I don't want to work, just the craziness of spring makes my life so busy. So many things seem to pile on the last 9 weeks of school, and we still have 8 more to go. Between assessments and field trips and meetings and field days and requisition forms and cleaning and babysitting and teaching and everything else that just hasn't appeared on my calendar yet, I'm exhausted.

March, please don't take this letter personally, as a month I like you and I'm sure we can continue our friendly relationship. You may pass this message on to April and May if you please. I'll contact June and July if I need to.

Yours truly,
Rebecca

Abandon Kansas Take 2

For the second (school) night in a row I rocked my socks off to the amazing sounds of Swimming With Dolphins and Abandon Kansas. This time in Hays, KS. It was the same show as Tuesdays in Wichita, but the energy was even more amazing. Both groups seemed to be more comfortable with their sets and more in the "tour-mode" than before. I only wish I could be traveling to Boulder, Colorado with them again tonight. It made me wish I was on Spring Break this week.

Some pictures from last night.

Swimming With Dolphins

Abandon Kansas

This is possibly my favorite picture of the night, I just wish it wasn't so blurry.

Abandon Kansas Take 1

Yesterday I drove to Wichita, KS to see Abandon Kansas kick off their new Ad Astra Per Aspera at Gracepoint Church.

My day started a little shakily because we got about 6 inches of snow during the night, and I wasn't sure if I was going to able to make the drive. After I learned that we were about the only county in Kansas to have a large amount of snow that actually stuck to the ground and the roads were clear, I started getting ready to go.

I left quite a bit earlier that originally planned, and therefore made it to the church quite a bit early. As I was waiting for my friends to come & for the doors to open I browsed through the band's merch. I almost broke down and bought a mustache... I still haven't given up on that thought completely. :)

When the doors opened we joined the rush and stood up close to the stage. The first band to start the show was Swimming With Dolphins. I've never heard them before but I definitely enjoyed their music. They were hilarious and definitely entertaining. I didn't get a chance to check our their merch last night, but I'll be doing so tonight, and I'm waiting for their new album coming out in May.

The reason I drove for seven hours in one day, on a school night: Abandon Kansas.

Basically, the show started off AMAZING. I'm not going to give anything away in case you're going to check the show out, but I was so not prepared to the huge amount of intensity and it carried on through the whole show. The set was great and the music inspiring. The guys played a great mixture of new and old songs and shared some convicting thoughts on Compassion International. I couldn't believe, after talking with lead-singer Jeremy after the show, they played 13 songs. I could have stayed to dance and sing to 13 more.

My night ended early because I had to drive home, and I'm currently at school, teaching kiddos how to write paragraphs and sipping on a Red Bull (of course it's poured into a Solo cup - I can't encourage energy drinks for breakfast) and sneaking Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies. I'm going to try to sneak in a nap after school this afternoon and get ready to party with all the guys (and girls) tonight in Hays. Hope to see you there!

 

Sieze The Day

I was challenged to take a picture of every hour of my day on February 28th. I can't say that I succeeded in taking one every hour, but I did get some throughout the day. I hope you enjoy them.

7:30 a.m.

I start every morning at school by logging on to bloglovin'. It is always fun to see what's going on in everyone's lives.

9:05 a.m.

This is my desk at school. I've been grading, but obviously things are still a mess.

12:00 p.m.

After lunch the kiddos played some file folders games. There are two students playing "Monkey Multiplication."

11:00 p.m.

Bonnie and I stayed up all evening making posters for Alyssa's Sub-State game. We had matching T-Shirts too.

It paid off- Alyssa was completely embarrassed and her team won a tough game beating Lacrosse by 7 points. And she got a black eye.

2:00 a.m.

I finally made it to bed and Willoughby curled up under my blanket to sleep with me.

2(AK) + F = A

I'm definitely in assessment mode, but this is a celebration-not an equation. 

Next week I'll be seeing the boys of Abandon Kansas for the first Two nights of their new tour to promote their new album "Ad Astra Per Aspera." I'll be at Gracepoint at 9035 W. Central in Wichita, Kansas on March 8th to help kick off the new tour, and I'll be following them to Hays, Kansas for the FREE show at Celebration Community Church at 5790 230th Avenue on the 9th.

I'm so excited to see my wonderful Friends in Wichita, and I so much wish they could join me on Wednesday, but I'll be singing and dancing along with Jeremy, Brad, and Brian no matter what. 

I can't think of a more Amazing way to celebrate the end of an extremely long and stressful 9 weeks of school.

If you don't know Abandon Kansas check out their website, and go here to download a FREE EP.

By the way, in case you didn't pick it up:

2 (nights of Abandon Kansas) plus Friends equals AMAZING!