Today is, ”Cheese Day” and I am MOST grateful for that. I’m grateful for that and for it being a Thursday because that’s my favorite day of the week. I received this email 43 days ago:
Today is 43 days from May 19. It is the first day in 16 years so I will not be a certified teacher. I was certified to teach seventh grade English in 2005 and I was certified to teach reading in 2010. This kind of breaks my heart because I always thought that I would retire from teaching in my 60s. It’s terrible that MS has changed all of that:
I used to be a teacher. Now, I am uncertified. It really bums me out!!!
My heart was squeezed when I saw the Barwis Methods post a few days ago:
Looking at the pictures that were part of this post made me miss it so much and I had so much fun there! I was there from July 12, 2013 to October 20, 2016. There was always loud, “Pump-you-up” music on which was a topic of discussion for me and all of my trainers!:
Mike Barwis:
Jesse:
This picture was taken the first summer I was there and standing and squatting at the Keiser machine was our beginning routine. This song will always remind me of joking around with Jesse at the Kaiser machine:
Jesse was from West Virginia. I never heard this song at Barwis but I was listening to this album a lot on loop driving there and the song reminded me of him as well:
My favorite picture with Jesse:
Jesse‘s last day:
“Phil” whose real name is Adam:
The beginning of us working together and my, “Lollipop Kid” socks.
My favorite picture with, “Phil:
I would hear this song on, ”Camo Wednesdays” and I told “Phil” that reminds me of him because he would always sing along with the radio:
“Phil” and I had a lot of fun working together:
#Matchers!!! #JenandPhil
I never heard this song at Barwis either but it reminds me of “Walking Wednesdays” with Phil:
Michael Rhoades:
This song reminds me of him because I had just posted this video on my blog and we talked about it:
We heard this song at Barwis and Michael said that he liked it even though it was, “Pop-y:
I had just posted this song on my blog as well.
Nick Montoni:
I knew Nick Montoni for the longest. I saw him without a beard when he was an intern and then bearded once he was a full-time employee. His mom worked at Sean’s grade school.
These two songs remind me of my final day at Barwis and Nick told deeds to play these songs just for me because he knew this was my favorite band:
The final song I heard driving away from Barwis for the last time but I did not know it at the time:
I had an hours of conversation with all of these men and I think about them with fondness often!!! 💜💜💜
