Puerto La Cruz

It’s been a while my friends! Grades due last week, I was away last weekend, this week was parent teacher conferences… It’s been crazy! Some updates:

1.  I went to a beautiful place called Puerto La Cruz. We spent the weekend on boats—the same boat my family had growing up. We were so exhausted from the days that we didn’t do much exploring but we did go out to dinner. My wonderful friends really took care of me. I had not one but two birthday dinners!! The food was excellent but the company was even better. On the day of my birthday, I got many unexpected texts and emails from my students wishing me a very happy birthday! It was adorable.


2.     Tuesday when we got back from our 3-day weekend, the day was extremely chaotic. I didn’t stop moving. I got an email from my principal around 11:00 asking me to meet with her about our trip to Orlando at 12:10, which is right in the middle of our writing block. So I nearly missed the meeting because I am so terrible at keeping track of time, but I thankfully made it. When I got back to my room it was around 12:35 and the door was locked. I opened the door and balloons were flying all over the place. My students screamed, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” It was a wonderful surprise. My room-mom came in with pizzas and cake for our class in celebration of me! My TA, Sam, planned the whole thing, and everyone was in on it. He even told Ms. Gomez to have a “meeting” with me to get me out of the room. How sneaky and clever! Sam told our students that they could talk about the party in Spanish, because obviously I wouldn’t understand anything they were saying lol. Sam also had his friend make this unbelievably delicious cake for me.  It was wonderful.








My mom away from home. Day 1. Coffee and relaxation.


Love this little girl to pieces. This is Emmie, Kristen's daughter.
Birthday hat in slow motion!




Our boat for the weekend.







...and you thought the ice cream man only drove trucks?!



Fresh oysters. No thanks for me!












We can just call him Captain. 








Just two men being manly on the bow.



EBV family on my birthday.


Birthday dinner at a Spanish restaurant.






Sara went through A LOT to bring this cookie mix back to Maracaibo. But she did it!


PTO decorated EBV for halloween! Pretty morbid lol... 






Birthday Celebration with my 5th graders!







Room mom! Linda. I love this woman. 












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