Interesting situations

Hi Ya'll-

This weekend I went to the Freemont fair with my friend Sydney. The Freemont area is one of the more liberal areas in Seattle. Anyway, Sydney and I watched a parade and it was one of the strangest experiences that I have had! haha. There was a naked bicycle race...yes, I am serious, completely naked people rode bikes (some unicycles)! There were also belly dancers, giant ants pushing a large ball of "poop," children dressed up like grasshoppers who handed out candy, and fairies passing out hugs. The weirdest one was a woman who paraded down the street waving a flag WHILE breastfeeding her child. After the very interesting parade, we met up with some of Sydney's friends and bought a gyro, fries and drank a beer in the beer garden. All the while, it rained and rained and rained. Typical.

The last couple days have flown as I wrap up my first year as a teacher! Today we had a field day and it was the best! Sydney and I were charge of the three-legged race. I had a blast with the kids! Then, we had our annual tug-of-war competition, where the whole school watched staff vs. sixth graders. The staff won, must be all the iron I have been pumping these days!

The day got a little less fun, when I lost my keys (which include my car and apartment keys). I think someone (parent, staff, child?) picked it up!!!! Uh oh. Melissa ended up driving me to my apartment where they let me rent a key for 24 hours. Then, a friend from work will pick me up in the morning. I am crossing my fingers that tomorrow someone will realize that they accidently took my keys and give them back. If not, that means I have to get new apartment and car keys. It will be a pain in the butt, to put it very nicely. There are worse things in life! Everyone on my staff has been so helpful and have been calling to check up on me to see if I have found them!

Tomorrow is my last day with the kids! I am sure that I will have more days at school so that I can pack up all my stuff and get my paperwork finished. It's cute the whole staff goes outside to wave and send the kids off right for the summer : )