California

I went home last week. I took a few days off of school and just went home because I could. I had a few personal days that I needed to use or else I would lose them and plane tickets were cheap, so I flew home on a Wednesday night, hung out with my family, helped Mom with the Nativity Festival, went shopping with my sister, babysat my nieces and nephew, and then flew back the next Monday. My students were glad to have me back so Tuesday was very pleasant at work (not so much today, so I threatened to leave again and have a sub teach, they didn't like that very much).

My niece seems to think that smiling involves closing one eye (it might have something to do with her mother being a photographer and closing one eye behind the camera when she tells her to smile).