Okay, so I miss you guys all so much. I really hope you're doing all right at home. I had to go to school this past Monday so this week was my first day back. It was a little bit painful because there was at least one thing per day that reminded me of all of you guys! So here it all is.

Monday: I was watching the news that morning when I woke up and they were talking about football. I was soon after reminded about how the super bowl this year is number 45, XLV (I know this was already mentioned, but it still made me think of all of you). I got to school early because my car is broken (different depressing story) and my mom had to give me a ride. I was sitting in the front lobby at school and this short bus pulls up, but it wasn't green! How dare it have the audacity to be yellow? Geez. So, I'm sitting there all frustrated and I shove my hands in my pockets. I feel around and then I grasp it's contents. It was a Gelato Fiasco spoon from our last Advisor dinner. Mind you, it's only 7:30 in the morning so this day was going down hill fast.

Tuesday: I woke up and decided I was going to wear my Semester School sweatshirt, so I threw it on. Later that day I had history with Mrs. Duffy (yeahh! Eric Duffy's wife). She had a Wilderness Medical Associates sticker on her water bottle. At this point I proudly announced that I was WFA certified.

Wednesday: Libby came to do a presentation for the sophomore class at my school. Not only were there extremely embarrassing photos of me, but also the kids in the grade below me were talking through what she had to say. I was so angry. In the end there were only 4 kids that stayed after the presentation to talk to her. I was disgusted.

Thursday: I was sitting in chemistry and the walls are covered with posters about lab safety and out-of-date El Nino charts. This huge poster of a fish caught my eye and I realized it was the same one that Meghan McNierney hung up on the ceiling above her bed in Orchard House! Also, Ruth, Annika, Adam, and Megan came to watch my basketball game and I got to talk to them for a little while after! It totally made my day.

Friday: Today I woke up and stayed in sweat pants and a t-shirt. I went to school like this. Sound familiar anyone?

Well that was my first week back, and I hope that everyone else that had to go back this week coped with everything all right. It's currently like 7 degrees here with lots of snow. Oh yeah, heat wave. Love and miss you all.

Carolyn