Unfortunately, summer is almost over. In service starts tomorrow, and I'll be back my real life job.
As you may know, I spent my summer working at the zoo as a camp counselor, so it was pretty wild. I made animal puns all the time, and the campers LOVED IT (I think). But really, it was a wonderful summer job and I will miss all of my co-workers (animal and human). It was all the fun parts of teaching, plus animals! I'm not sure what I'll do when I don't get to visit the snapping turtle or meet a new animal visitor every day.
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| Our Australian friends! |
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| My snapping turtle friend! |
I also traveled to tropical Hawaii with my grandmother. Neither of us are big beach people, but we both really enjoyed the tours we did of Pearl Harbor, the island of Oahu, Iolani Palace, and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The history of Hawaii is fascinating, as it is home to people from all over. America itself is a melting pot, and Hawaii exemplifies that as it has been explored and inhabited by people of many different cultures. And they all embrace the welcoming aloha spirit and strive to take care of their beautiful home. Also, I saw so many turtles and had some amazing Dole Whip.
I was also supposed to travel to the country of Panama this summer with my dad, but we had some scheduling issues. We will now travel over Fall Break in October.
Lastly, if you are interested in helping me provide supplies for my classroom, please check out my wish list here: https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/35FITXIC6LI46/guest-view.
I hope you all had an amazing summer and are ready for the school year!
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| Iolani Palace had electricity before the White House! |
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| Turtle friend! |
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| Aloha! |
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| Byodo-In Temple |
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| Exploring Oahu |
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| Delicious Dole Whip |
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| The volcano was smoking! |
