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Well...I graduated...finished my last synthesis class tonight...now what? 
I'm moving back home in the morning... :( Not that I'm not looking forward to some time with my family, but the whole 2 hours/120 miles that it puts between my bf and I kinda stinks...a lot...especially when I'm used to be 2 minutes away from him and seeing him every day.  I've had tears in my eyes for the past week thinking about tomorrow...and I think come tomorrow morning I'm just going to be a big baby and cry.


I'm setting some goals for this summer...perhaps they are lofty goals that I may not achieve...but I'm setting them nonetheless. 


1. Read 10 new books - this shouldn't be hard since I have almost 30 books on my Kindle that I have yet to read...


2. Make at least 1 Pinterest recipe a week - whether it's a dessert or a legit food :)


3. Make at least 12 Pinterest crafts over the summer! 


4. Keep doing Today's Letters


5. Do something crazy, spontaneous, off-my-rocker...unplanned


Dear 2nd Graders, I am so glad I got to see you today!!!  It made my day to walk in and be swamped with hugs and love!  I have missed you all so much and it is so good to see that I did something good during my time with you.  Dear Blaze, I'm about to load you up with all of my stuff...don't be mad with how full I'm about to pack you.  Dear Angela, I am going to miss being your roomie...we've had such a good year and I wouldn't have survived without you!  Maybe one day we'll get to be roomies again :) Dear Zach, I loved getting to spend the day with you :) I can't wait for the day when we don't have to be sad about our time together coming to an end for a period of time (yes I know I'm going to see you again Friday...but still...).  I love you with all of my heart! 

April 29

I MADE IT!!!!! I am officially a college grad!  It feels fantastic!  It's scary at the same time.  I just breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when I walked across that stage and got my (empty) diploma case and heard my family yell for me.  It. Was. Wonderful!


Dear Parents, Thank you for all of the support, encouragement, and understanding you have given me the past 4 years!  I couldn't have done it without you.

Dear Patty, Thanks for being a great teacher, cousin, and someone I could look up to!  You had quite an influence on my becoming a teacher.  You are one of my inspirations and I love you!  

Dear Mylie and Payton, Thank you girls SO MUCH for coming to graduation! It made me so happy to have you there.  I just love you girls and I'm so glad that God has allowed me to be a part of your lives! 

Dear Zach, Do you have any idea how much you make me smile?  A LOT.  I can't even begin to tell you how much your support and encouragement has meant to me over the past year and a half.  I'm pretty certain I would have lost my mind without having you around to tell me everything will always work out...yes, you were right...now you have it in writing ;)  I love you and I am so blessed and overjoyed to have you in my life!!!  God has certainly spoiled me!

April 26

Dear God, Thanks for making today one of the best days in the history of the whole entire universe...Zach's birthday!  It is one of my favorite days ever now!  Dear Students,  I am sad to have to say bye to you tomorrow.  As excited as I am about graduating, I will miss you and all of the crazy, overdramatized things you talk about and say on a daily basis.  I will also miss the smiles and talking to you about life.  I hope that I have been able to make some small impact in your lives.  Dear MM, 32 days!  Dear Zach, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!  I hope you enjoyed your gifts this week (don't worry, the week's not over yet!).  I'm glad we got to go to dinner tonight and spend some time together...it kinda made my day.  I hope you know how incredibly thankful I am to have you in my life!  And I'm glad that we get to work through tough days together.  LOVE YOU!!!!!

April 24

Dear Encounter, I miss you already.  You have kept me somewhat sane these past 4 years and I am not happy about saying good-bye to you...I definitely wouldn't be who I am today if it had not been for this ministry group.  Dear Silly Songs Team, We are going to rock the socks off of the kids in May/June!  We have some awesome dance moves, if I do say so myself!  Dear Graduation, 4 days my friend...4 more days.  Dear Homie Z, I love you to pieces.  I don't know what I would do without you and your giant hugs that I love oh so much.  I am so sad that we aren't going to have anymore late night talks in the USI parking lot after Encounter...at least not with both of us as college students...it's weird...thank you for putting up with me and my weird emotions right now. You're the bomb!

April 23

Dear Lover Boy, This is what I call you around Angela now...she thinks it's funny, I think it's funny, so it's your new nickname.  I had a super fun weekend with you...despite the rain and cold for our group camping trip, us being super tired from sleeping on the ground in the cold temperatures Friday night, and me feeling puny Sunday and my nerves  about my interview taking over every aspect of my life.  I just love getting to experience life together, even when it's crazy and hectic.  Dear Students, I am going to miss you.  I feel like I have accomplished something in the past 7 weeks with you, now that (some of) you are sad that it's my last week.  Thank you for the memories, the laughs, the tears, and the lessons you have taught me.  Dear Interview,  You had me all kinds of stressed out this weekend...just so ya know.  Thanks for not going down the drain today.  Not too shabby for my first every Big Girl Interview.  I hope you turn out good results for me!  Dear Zach, I hope you have liked your little birthday gifts so far :) I love you so stinkin' much (and no, that's not like regular love you either).  Thank you for all of your encouragement about my interview.  You da bomb!  

April 19

Dear Papaw George,  Yesterday would have been your 87th birthday!  I miss you and I wish you were still here to experience all of the wonderful things happening in my life with me.  Dear Interview,  You and I are going to meet on Monday at 1:00.  I am excited.  I am nervous.  I am really looking forward to this experience and I am just hoping for the best!  I can't pretend to be someone that I am not...so be nice to me, please.  Dear Pinterest,  I do wish you would work...I miss you... Dear Zachary, Can I just say that I am super excited about how often we are going to get to see each other this summer!?  I know it's still a few weeks away and I am already stressing about it...I just don't like being away from you.  Things will work out, and I know this.  Sometimes it's just hard to really truly remember that.  I love you!  I am excited about camping with our friends this weekend and then hanging out with you and your family!  We're most definitely going to have to play Scrabble! :)  Love you honey!!!

April 17

Dear Students, Thanks for totally making fun of me so far this week because I'm sick and have had no voice...love y'all too.  Dear Job Applications, Why must you be so difficult?  Dear Students Who Stayed After School to Hang Out With Me,  Thanks.  You made my day.  It's good to know that I have done something to make a positive impact on at least a few of you!  Dear Homie Z,  Glad we got to go to Coldstone and Home Depot tonight! :)  Thanks for FINALLY telling me something you might sorta kinda want for your birthday.  Even though I was kind of loopy from taking Sudafed, I also enjoyed our time to chat after Engage tonight.  Those are my favorites! :)  Love you bunches!

April 16

Dear Mom,  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!  Sorry that I had no voice this morning to call and sing to you (not that I have much of a voice tonight either...imagine I sang to you).  I hope you had a wonderful day.  I'm sorry I didn't get to see you.  But I do hope you enjoyed your flowers :)  I love you!  
Dear Sinuses,  Have we not fought enough this year?  I do not appreciate you deciding to come back around all sassy like, causing me problems out the wazoo.  You can just go on and clear up now and not cause me anymore problems these next few weeks.  Thanks!
Dear Resume and Cover Letter,  You stink.  I do not like you.  I think you are kind of overrated and tonight you are just causing me a lot of unnecessary stress.  That's how I feel about that...
Dear Zach, Thank you oh so much for the flowers Saturday night.  They are sitting on my desk and I have looked at them a lot tonight because they make me smile (especially those daisies...don't you think daisies are the friendliest flowers??).  You're the best and I don't know what I'd do without you.  I love you to pieces!

April 14

Dear Lil Sis, I had so much fun hanging out with you last night and today!!!  It was much overdue, yes, but I'm glad we got the opportunity to have a slumber party before my graduation in just a few weeks.  And like I said, we'll just have to have more of them once I am back down here in the fall :)  Dear Migraine that I can tell is coming, Please go away.  I want to enjoy the time I am about to get with my wonderful boyfriend.  Dear God, Thank You so much for finding me worthy enough to have met Zach a year and a half ago.  Thank You for using him in my life in the numerous ways that You do!  I have learned and continue to learn so much from him.  I just can't thank You enough for him.  Dear My Love, I am so excited that today makes 14 months for us!  This past week was not really good for either one of us, which stinks.  I hope these next few weeks aren't too crazy, even though it's the end of the semester and graduation.  I am so excited that you are on your way back to campus.  Then we'll be headed to your parents house and will finally get some time together!   I don't like this being super busy and stressed all the time...it's no bueno homie.  I love you!  And thank you for loving me even when I am not easy to love!

April 12

Dear Big Bang Theory, Thank you for making me laugh a little bit tonight.  Much needed.  Dear Kasee, Thank you for letting me vent to you tonight.  I miss having you around.  I can't wait for more best friend/gf time this summer.  Dear Bad Mood, Go away or get better.  I don't like you being around.   Dear Homie Z, Missed talking to you today...we should probably talk more tomorrow.  You are for real the only person I want to hear from when I don't feel good or when I'm in a bad mood.  Love you most! 

April 10

Dear Teacher Recruitment Fair, You stressed me out today.  You did not got how I was expecting.  On the other hand, you allowed me to pass out my resume to several schools and make connections that I otherwise may not have made...I hope those who said they would call will, indeed, call.  Dear Kaitie ("Lil Sis"), You and I have a slumber party this Friday night and I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!  It is going to be a blast, I hope you know that.  I can't wait.  It's what I'm looking forward to most about this week!  I love you and I don't know what I would do without you!  Dear Leggings, I am sorry that I have been a hater of you before...I truly love you now.    Thanks for being here today when I just needed to be comfy!  Dear Zach,  You're the best.  You rock at finding gifts for me.  You're always so thoughtful and that means more than the world to me.  I can't wait to put my puzzle together, together :)  I read your letter a total of 5 times last night and every time, it just made me smile more.  I love you and I cannot say enough how inspiring and encouraging you are to me!

Good Friday

Dear Dog that attacked me at Garden of the Gods today, It was extremely rude of you to run and jump on me, bite my elbow and side, and continue barking at me.  I wish I had kicked you in the face...warn the next dog that tries to attack me that that is exactly what will happen.  Not cool dog, not cool at all.  Dear Laptop Charger, Why did you not scream out my name when I walked out of my apartment today without you? You knew that I would need you this weekend at home, because otherwise, my laptop dies (like it did) and I can't use it (which I need to be able to do).  We are fighting.  You have caused me some stress that I did not need.  Dear Reading Class, I hope y'all know just how much I do love you.  Our descrimination lesson this week was not to make any of you mad, upset, or hurt.  It was to teach you that picking on others because they are different in any way, shape, or form is simply wrong, not nice, and you have to be the ones to step up and stop this nonsense when you see it happening.  Dear Zach, I had a fantastic time with you today.  Getting up at 4 a.m., you're the only person I can say I'd do that for and have a smile on my face about it.  I loved all of our goofy sayings throughout the day, moments when we both said and did the exact same thing ("That was easy" *hitting the Easy button motion*), getting a little lost in the woods, our picnic lunch on the rocks, and all the jumping around on crazy big rocks we got to do.  I say we should do it again sometime...and next time, we'll know where to go for that sunrise ;)  Thanks for being the best thing to ever happen to me!  I love you most!

April 2

I got to teach some more today!!!  I was even left alone with my students a few times (not for long, but still, I was the adult in the room for a brief period of time and it was awesome).  A really funny story:  so I was teaching about volume of prisms and cylinders in my Honors Math class today.  I had drawn a picture of a rectangular prism on the board and was pointing it out to my students and made the comment of how nice and artistic it was, since I'm such an artist.  Well, one of my students started clapping...then another...and another...and soon they were all clapping.  For some reason, I started turning bright, glow in the dark, red at this!  I told them to stop, they didn't, so I told them again and they stopped.  I go back to talking and one of my students raises his hand and says, "Um, Ms. Reeves...your face is really red..." "Thank you...I know...I got sunburnt over spring break."  So then, I try to go on with the lesson, only to turn more red and get really embarrassed because when I get all the attention on me I don't like it and I turn super duper red.  For the rest of the day, those students reminded me of just how red my face got and tried to get me all embarrassed again...they have found one of my weaknesses.


Today's Letters
Dear Students,  It was good to see y'all again today.  Even better to get to teach a little!  It made me feel good when some of you said you will be said in 4 weeks when I'm gone.  I feel like I'm beginning to see why I'm there for the last part of this semester.  Dear Temperature, You were a little warm today...it is only the beginning of April...please do not continue to rise as the season and months go on.  Dear Naung Naung, I will be on my way to meet you in 8 weeks!  I cannot wait!  I am so excited to meet you and spend some time with you!  Dear Man Fellow, I loved our Sweet CeCe's date tonight :)  We will have to go again soon.  Our little WalMart adventure was pretty fun too!