Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

I have logged on several times since my last post, but didn't have the energy to write anything. August is always a busy month for teacher/coaches, but this one is one for the record books!

The first two weeks of August have been crazy! 

Jason and I had several meetings regarding BLAST camp and our involvement with the international students at Allen. When school resumes, Jason and I will be responsible for 15-20 international students for one weekend a month. We are looking forward to the new experience!

Jason and I finally got to try out the new bar that opened in Downtown Bryan, The Proudest Monkey, with our friends, Ryan and Stephanie. We had lots of fun (obviously, judging by Whitty's face)!

The first weekend of August was one of my best friend, Amelia's, birthday and her boy planned a river trip to celebrate. If any of you are familiar with Harlow birthday's, they always are an adventure!

We took the Harlow family's old school limo, that I like to call the gangstermobile to the San Marcos River…and blew out a tire.

We were in the left lane when the tire went, so we had to pull over on the left side of I-35 with our right front tire blown. The boys tried to see if they could maneuver over there to fix it, but there was too much traffic on the road. We tried calling AAA, but unfortunately limos (whether privately owned or not) are not included in the coverage…fail AAA! But we were lucky enough to catch a break in traffic and putt our way to the other side. The boys worked their magic on the tire and we drove the TWO remaining miles between us and the river.

We didn't let the tire blow our good time, we still made the loop of the river…twice!

This past weekend was BLAST camp, which stands for Becoming Leaders And Strong Teens. Jason was asked to put together a leadership camp for students at Allen and I was recruited to help with the planning process and to be a facilitator for one of the groups. For the first annual BLAST camp, it went very extremely well! I thoroughly enjoyed the students and LOVED my group! The camp was held at Camp Cooley Ranch near Franklin. The grounds were beautiful! Here is a picture from the window of the main house were all the girls and I slept:

The past couple weeks have also been Volleyball 2-a-days and coaching inservice out in Caldwell. We have been busy preparing for the fast approaching school year! I am excited for the start and have really enjoyed working with my two AmAzInG MS coaching partners!

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their week! :)