What a world! What a world!

Feelin' green, anyone? Maybe like you're melting?

So last weekend I went to sunny St. George with my buddy Mecqae. We drove the little CRX there and back for just over $50. I love that car. We got to stay in this fabulous 'condo' - love that shower, and the bed, and the TV, and the leather furniture, and the decor, and .... well, all of it. Not to mention that it's in sunny St. George!

The conference was great, it always fun to go there and reconnect, and when you realize you miss the students you teach and think about them all day you know that you're in the right field. I was able to pick up some good music, and hang out with old friends, as well as new ones. Speaking of new friends... we drove to Vegas to eat dinner at the Wynn on Saturday night with some of Mq's friends. Talk about some serious rain. My poor, pathetic wipers couldn't keep up with the water and we had to pull over and wait a bit. When we got there the experience was totally worth it. We parked at the Belaggio and got to see the fountains (see pic insert) and walk the strip. It was stormy, but well worth the walk. I do have to say, though, that the walk to the Wynn at 6 was much more pleasant people-wise than the walk back to the Belaggio at 10.

This weekend was pretty much ho-hum. The best part actually happened before it started - our Parent Organization held a dance for the middle school kids. Two weeks ago they were referring to it as the Day of Doom, but due to the excitement of a few key players they worked up a positive attitude for it, and by the day of the dance they couldn't think of anything else. Really, this was more like a dance class. One of the parents taught the kids a basic waltz, cha-cha, the electric slide and macarena, and a few other dances. The kids had dance cards and were totally stoked to learn. It helped that the parent teaching was energetic and fun. I think the teachers had as much fun watching as the kids did dancing. Hooray for tween awkwardness!