Monthly Moments

Hello and TGIF! Happy last day of January. It’s felt like the longest month.

Y’all, only a few hours stand between us and the weekend, and I’m grateful to have made it through this five day week. It’s been a minute since we’ve logged a full week of school thanks to winter break and the weather.

As always, I’m linking up with Andrea and Erika for this week’s Friday Favorites.

…to share my…

One of my favorite posts to write at the end of the year is when I take a look back on the year. While I will still probably write that post, I thought it would be fun to share the highlights of each month.

My goal is to share four to five moments rather than a laundry list of all that we did in a month.

Since these are some of my favorite moments from the month, I’m still on track with a Friday favorites post.

1. SnOMG

First of all…SnOMG! We got snow and ice on January 5th, and there’s still some snow in some spots. Well, it will be gone today thanks to the rain we’ve been getting.

We had one week of traditional snow days. Then, we had three NTI (non-traditional instruction) days before finally going back to school on Thursday, January 16th. The following week, we had another NTI day due to the below zero temps.

The snow was so pretty, but I’m also appreciating the warmer temps now.

2. Reformer Pilates

Thanks to the snow days, I was able to go to a few Reformer Pilates classes. I think I’ve been to five now, and each one is different! I really enjoy this workout, and I hope to do it when I can…especially in the summer when the class times align more with my schedule.

3. My Birthday

I celebrated my birthday…on a snow day! I’ve never had a snow day birthday in all my 23 years teaching. Since it was an NTI day, I was able to go to a Pilates class, grab a Starbucks and then head home for my Zoom meeting.

We went out to dinner, and then had a Bundt cake for dessert.

4. Volleyball

Hadley started her club volleyball season a couple of weeks ago. Her team made it to the gold bracket in their first tournamnet, and had lots of fun playing!

5. KC Chiefs

To round out the month, the KC Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills in a nail-biter AFC Championship game last Sunday. It was such a good game, and we’re looking forward to the Super Bowl!

The news of the DC plane crash is so heartbreaking, and I can’t imagine what those families and communities are going through. Life can change in an instant.

I hope to share this post on the last day of every month…just a way to be grateful to the moments each month, both big and small.