Days 13-17

Well, Day 13´s celebration was all about Gabby time! We had a great day spending time downtown! We ate some yummy oaxaqueña food (I had a tlayuda) and that was a whole new experience for us! It´s nice that Enrique and I have the schedules we do because we are able to spend nearly every weekend together doing something!

Day 14 (Monday´s) celebration was all about my great teaching staff. I feel so lucky to work with each of them and we have had a great year! I hope we´re all there together next year!

Day 15´s small celebration was my success of teaching another professional development to some teachers. This school invited me nearly 2 years ago to give some courses on cooperative learning, writing ideas, SIOP, etc... and I am still privileged to be giving courses there. Each time I give a session, I feel so lucky and I learn so much from the teachers!

Day 16 was Wednesday. My day´s celebration would definitely be watching the final episode of Oprah. What an inspiring woman. Self-made and so generous. I enjoyed how her final show was all about life´s lessons. What really stuck with me was being sure that you´re in just right the place doing whatever your calling may be, doing service for others, and having a spiritual connection to a higher power and giving thanks to that power. I know those lessons stuck with me because those are things I am struggling with right now. One other thing Oprah mentioned was that before she makes any decisions, she pauses and ¨listens¨to be sure she makes the right choice. I´m going to focus on doing this, too.

Thursday´s celebration (Day 17) was all about laughter. I watched some super funny videos online and laughed for at least 30 minutes straight. Laughter is the best medicine. Life is too short not to laugh around the way!