Spring Already?

I almost don't want to say anything for fear that I might jinx this wonderful weather we've been having! I love springtime! It's actually been light in the morning when I'm getting ready for school the past few days. So light that I thought I slept through my alarm one morning and woke up in a panic, only to look at my alarm and realize I still had 5 more minutes to snooze! I've had recess duty this past week and I usually dread it because it's cold and windy but this week it was beautiful. I didn't even have to wear a jacket some days and I busted out my flip flops one day! Funny recess story... one of my little boys found a pair of glasses on the field. As he handed them to me he said "Teacher I found these glasses and their missing a window." ha ha (they were missing a lens). My students have been much happier since the weather has warmed up also.

I have a new passion. Maybe even an obsession! I LOVE VOLLEYBALL!!! My sister-in-law Dani invited me to come to practice with her on Tuesday nights starting about a month and a half ago. I played young women's volleyball but that was the extent of my experience. I was okay and I had a lot of fun playing. The girls we play with on Tuesday nights are good. Most of them played on high school teams or took classes at BYU. I do alright serving and bumping but no one ever taught me how to set or spike the ball so I didn't really like playing up on the net because I didn't know what to do. This last Tuesday one of the girls showed me how to do those things and it was so much fun. I can't wait till next week until I can actually use them in a game. I feel like I just excelled like a whole level or something. Ever since practice I've been wanting to play more than once a week and it was just my luck that a bunch of the girls I teach with like volleyball too. We decided that we would all play after school on Thursdays! Yea!

Everyone at my school is super motivated to be active because we are starting this biggest looser competition. It's more about being healthy than loosing weight, although you get points for loosing weight too. (Don't worry there aren't any weigh-ins wearing only shorts and a sports bra). You get points for different healthy habits each day like taking a vitamin, drinking enough water, not drinking carbonation or caffiene, eating 5 fruits and veggies, and for working out or lifting weights. I'm excited for some motivation to be healthier and a competition is just what I need!