Where we were...

I know a lot of people tried to get a hold of Evan this weekend... but I don't know if a lot of people tried to get a hold of me because they didn't leave messages....

:)

We were backpacking in Havasupai. This was my second ever backpacking trip! Although I like the idea of backpacking, walking from one place to somewhere new.... I think I'd like backpacking Europe & sleeping on real beds better. I love hiking, I love camping... but when I go backpacking I miss my foam bed or air mattress that I usually get to take camping. After a 10 mile hike it's really hard for your body to recuperate on a hard ground sleeping surface. However.... I love the adventure that comes a long with backpacking! Despite sleeping poorly & some minor injuries (I sprained stuff, it's pretty normal for me really, I'm a clutz, this is how I can relate to Bella Swan... sigh, anyway, I'm veering off subject) we had a BLAST! The water falls are AWESOME! I will be posting photos soon. I want to edit them so that they look the way they did when I was there. I didn't want the extra weight of my nice camera that would allow me to change the settings... so I was stuck with a lousy point & shoot. Thank you photoshop!

Food--- uncle ben's pre cooked southwestern rice with canned chicken all wrapped up in a tortilla-- YUM! This was my favorite meal of the trip!

Anyway, I'll post photos soon!

Bummed

So yesterday I was really excited. I've been working REALLY hard at work to be an awesome teacher but I've been feeling like no one cares or notices. Then yesterday I got an email from a guy at the district saying congrats on winning teacher of the year.. blablabla... At first I thought, wait, this has to be an April Fools' Day joke.. but nope, it was a legit guy at the district. So then I got excited!

But then I remembered there were two Erin J>>>>>n's working at my district. I only slightly thought that maybe it wasn't me. Mostly because I WAS busting my brains out trying to be awesome AND since it was a guy who worked at the district he should know better then to send something like that to the wrong person...

I was wrong. Found out today. This is after having a really bad night last night & having a week of disappointments. I feel like going home & crawling in to bed but I can't. I'm here at work & I get to put on a fake happy face until 2:45.

Good thing it's spring break at 2:45!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!