78 Days of Summer

My 78 days of summer officially begin on Wednesday.  Finals are over, all of my grading is done and grades are posted with the exception of 1 test that will be taken tomorrow.  1 day of teacher institute and 30 minutes on Wednesday for the students to collect their report cards and I'll be free for my "3 month" vacation, as all my non-teacher friends like to remind me I get.

I watched (500) Days of Summer this weekend and while I had heard it was an awful movie, mainly because there are parts that are incredibly depressing, I actually ended up liking it.  The main character Tom works for a greeting card company and one of his coworkers asks for some help on new ways to say "Congratulations".  Tom responds with this,

"Every day you make me proud.  But today you get a card."

I'm not sure why I find that so incredibly wonderful.  It's possible that I loved it so much because most of the time, the people in our lives do things to make us proud of them on a daily basis, even if they're small achievements.  Yet, it's only on big days like graduations where we take the time to tell them.  It makes me feel like we should tell them more often.

Sheep and Goat

I found this website on a blog I frequent and I was a little disappointed that I had never heard of any of the books/stories.

This is by far my favorite quote right now...possibly because it really hits home.

"What are you doing?" asks Goat. "I'm looking for happiness," answers Sheep. "Don't waste your time, Sheep. Happiness will find you." "Help me look!" shouts Sheep. "No, I'm much too comfortable here," says Goat. "Then I'll look by myself. But if I find happiness, I'm going to keep it," says Sheep. ...
"Well, did you find happiness?" asks Goat. "I thought I had. But I was wrong. I'm sorry." "That's all right, Sheep," says Goat. "Would you like a mouthful of hay? It's a little dry today." "It doesn't matter," says Sheep. She takes a big bite. It is dry, and a little dusty. But it tastes like happiness.

More later.

*Besos*