Walk a few steps in my shoes

April's challenge - intentionally go for a walk every day. It doesn't have to be a certain distance or speed, but the goal is to go on a walk outside each day. I haven't been too focused on exercising over the last year and I figured this was a way to ease back into it. Perhaps a later challenge will be to run every day...but I think that's pushing it a bit at this point. However, with the amount of lemon curd, angel food cake, Easter candy, and school treats (we teachers seem to be fond of cookies, donuts, and all other sweets) I've been eating it should come sooner rather than later.

March Craziness

The idea for March was to write one "old fashioned" letter/note to a family member, friend, or acquaintance each day. Except for about three days this past week I met the goal, mostly due to a school mandate that forces teachers to write a quota of "good news" cards to our students each month. Most days I don't have to work too hard to identify a deserving student, but we are "encouraged" to write to all students throughout the school year. I must admit I have had a few students where the best thing I can come up with is something along the lines of "Congratulations, your student rose above his normal level of apathy today...", so those students have to wait until I catch them on a VERY good day so that my "good news" card doesn't have such a sarcastic ring to it. Though for most students its easy to identify a positive characteristic to highlight.

The problem that I've found with this month's goal is not writing the letters, but remembering to send them. Currently I have quite a few letters sitting on my dining room table, that need to be addressed and stamped. A few of you should be getting letters soon. So, Jenn, Mom, Grandma P., and a few others you've got mail coming! (Please ignore the date I wrote it...it will only serve to highlight my new level of procrastination.)