Updates!

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The first thing that's been on my mind is teaching! Quarter 3 teaching is the best! Maybe it's just because we started the quarter off with a few snow days and delays, but it has felt so much better! I feel like my student relationships feel so solidified, expectations are established and easy to follow through with, I have a good routine going with planning and prep, my sleep schedule is back to normal, and I have been dreading less days than before. The only negative feelings I have are on days when I'm tired, but I think that's inevitable for me haha. I also feel like the unit I'm teaching is a little more engaging with the students, and they had a long break before starting the quarter. But next week we are already sending out midterms which is crazy!

Also as I'm writing this, the weather has gotten a lot warmer the past 2 weeks, having days in the 60s and 70s so maybe that's where my positivity is coming from. Never will I ever live anywhere with more cold days than warm ever again! 

Clayton and I also bought ebikes last week and we are obsessed with them! We've wanted them for a while now and it's so fun now that it's starting to get warm here. So far we've ridden them around the UNC campus, our neighborhood, and some trails nearby, and it's so fun to talk and get some time outside. Tomorrow we're going to drive to Cary which have a lot of really nice paved trails that will be fun!

I also feel like our next trip is already coming so soon! We are going to Hawaii in a month and a half with my parents and Summer and I'm so excited! When we booked it felt like so far out but it's already coming so soon! Also in April will be our 1 year living in North Carolina, which is also crazy to be coming so soon. Life is going by so fast! 

Also my admin team at school had us make these chat gpt caricatures and I've heard mixed reviews as to whether mine was accurate or not. 

And here are the ebikes! I love that there's a girl bike and a boy bike. And we have helmets that match to each bike, so cute! Don't be deceived, my bike is the cute white one.


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