Yes! I am taking a vacation. Can’t wait to leave the snow, ice, slush behind. We were supposed to fly yesterday, but were so sure the flight from NYC would be canceled that we changed flights to today. Bad move. JetBlue flew yesterday to our destination in Caribbean (Turks-Caicos).
The flight is dominated by parents and little children.
As I sit here blogging, a very pretty young woman stops and asks if I am me. When I say yes, she says proudly, “I’m opting my children out this spring.” She is from Garden City, the epicenter of the anti-testing movement in New York.
Thumbs up!
Can’t wait to see sun, sea, sand, and rest.
JetBlue is amazing. Neither ice, nor snow, nor wind, nor…
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Enjoy your well-deserved rest and sunny, warm weather, Diane!
Enjoy your vacation, Diane. You deserve it.
We are lucky that you are you!
Wishing you a Happy Valentines Day!!! ❤ 🙂
Bon voyage! Guess you’ve taken your laptop for some fun in the sun?
Have a wonderful well deserved rest
Diane, I hope you enjoy your well deserved vacation! Can’t wait to see youin Austin!
And…Diane I have been singing and humming ……
“Leaving on a Jet Plane” for the last two hours!
A bit of Respite from the real Problems at hand.
Thanks! 🙂
Have a wonderful sun filled restful vacation. 🙂
Being a bit bleary-eyed at the moment, I read your comment as “sin filled” vacation. Perhaps a bit of that too!
Another grateful teacher happy that you know how to take care of yourself. Lift that beautiful face to the sun! Happy Soulshine.
Melissa
Have a fantastic time and enjoy your vacation! You deserve it!
Except for that 12 hour ordeal on a runway a few years ago.
Those who maintain essential blogs are obligated to take their readers with them on all tropical vacations in winter. Enjoy and rest up!
Enjoy your vacation. Come back refreshed…:)
Have a safe trip. Enjoy your much deserved vacation and take lots of pictures. And your only task is to bask, bask in the sun!
Enjoy your well deserved vacation! Soak in those rays!
Diane,
Try not to blog one letter or punctuation mark during your vacation. . . . Just relax and come back more fortified and energized.
You deserve a 7 day rest to say the least.
Enjoy your days in the sun, which will never outshine you and the empowerment you have imparted to the vast majority of your readers . . . . . .
Look forward to your return . . . . .
Enjoy the ocean breezes. Take long walks on the beach. Collect seashells. Seashells got my mother through customs quickly. Her conch shells still had beasts in them. The stench was enough for them to let the little old lady and her treasures through. It was only after that experience that my mother learned to boil her prizes before transporting them.
Have fun, Diane!
A nice Mai Tai, perhaps? Or maybe 2?
Enjoy!
Have a wonderful vacation, it certainly is well deserved. Of course your readers will miss your wisdom and posts, but we can certainly wait for you to return. Please relax and enjoy your surroundings. Happy Valentine’s Day to someone who loves public education- we love you for that. Just an FYI, Jet Blue is anti- union.
Have a wonderful, warm, relaxing vacation and bring the warm weather back with you! We will miss you while you are gone!