Hello slicing friends! I've missed you, although I had a wonderful break! My brain is very tired from our district's voluntary summer PD today, so I thought I'd share a few highlights of the time I spent away from you the past month:
- Husband and I traveled to Spain, a trip I planned as a fifth-anniversary present for us. It was AWESOME and I'll be sharing more about it for the next few Fridays for Spanish Fridays. While there, I journaled each day in my Spanish travel journal. (the same one I had with me when I lived there!) I also got in some just-for-fun reading in the planes, trains, and parks! Best of all, I lived with joy the whole time.
- A few days after we got back, my mom and I went out to Arizona to visit relatives for a few days. My oldest cousin's family is shipping out to Turkey for two years (her husband is a JAG) and it was really special to spend some time with them before they left.
- Husband and I celebrated our anniversary this past Saturday. The trip was my present to him, but he got me a present that was just as thoughtful and personal: a spiral notebook of the emails we wrote back and forth to each other while I was studying abroad in Spain. We were dating at the time, and he wrote me an email every day with a different snippet of a love song in the subject line. For the present, he compiled and formatted them all (to and from) into this notebook:
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| a powerful reminder of how writing connected us from faraway |
- We performed with the Alumni Band at the State Fair and then got to become little kids again. (Doesn't the fair make everyone into a kid?) We petted all the animals, dangled our feet on the skyride, and ate waaaaaay too much junk food. (Including fried Buckeyes -- yummy!)
- I've been loving following the incredible moments of triumph, courage, and community in the Olympics. For me, these 2012 Olympics are even more special because I met my New Zealand pen pal in the 1992 Olympic pen pal program... and we are still writing (and now emailing and Facebooking) 20 years later! (I am planning a slice or two on this special connection soon!)
I know a lot of you took breaks as well, so I hope you had as many adventures, special moments, and relaxing times as I did!
So glad you are back! I can't wait to read about your trip to Spain. What a special gift from your husband! He is truly a romantic. Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteI know! He is so sweet! :-)
Delete" We were dating at the time, and he wrote me an email every day with a different snippet of a love song in the subject line. For the present, he compiled and formatted them all (to and from) into this notebook:" WOW! I love that! Great gift!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love that he bound the emails into a book! How wonderful! That's an awesome gift you'll cherish for years to come! Glad you've had such fun this summer!
ReplyDeleteJennifer, that is the most romantic story about the notebook your husband created for you. I'm glad you shared about it. And, love also hearing about your long standing pen pal. I hope you'll get to travel there someday & meet her in person. For things like that, Facebook & e-mail is just great, isn't it? Thanks for telling all about those 'other' things about your summer. Loved hearing about them like the other post about your trip.
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