SpRiNg BrEaK

Last week was my Spring Break for GGC, but most of the weather didn't express spring. It was a much needed break from school and field. This was actually my last spring break as a student!!! My spring break was not as eventful as some of the people's Snap Chats I received, but I got to make appointments that you usually don't have time to do with class and field.

The first weekend Alex and I, along with his parents and Grandmother (Nana), went to the lake. It was a nice relaxing weekend. Saturday Alex's mom, Nana, and I went shopping at the Goodwill at Lake Oconee. It is always hard for me to look through all those clothes. They are only sorted by color, so you really have to look through all of it. I spent my time going through the jeans, which is still hard since I only know my jean size for American Eagle jeans. We also stopped by a Habitat for Humanity place. I was able to find a couple of books. One book that I am excited to read is, Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year. The author writes about her first year teaching 5th grade in an inter city school (which I thought I could relate to since I am in 5th grade at a Title 1 school). While we were shopping, Alex and his dad went fishing. Alex got a nice size fish! 

I am always posting pictures of our Green Egg meals, so here are a few bbq wings that we made! (Their was a whole bowl full.) These are my favorite!!! 

Alex is starting his own business....Full Force Mobile Detailing & Pressure Washing. So he bought this awesome soap gun. It looks like it just snowed on your car. It is pretty cool!!! 

Since I am usually in class or at the Elementary school, I never have the time to shop. On Monday, I went to the Dress Up in downtown Norcross. Then I ventured to The Forum, which I discovered a couple of weeks ago. (Check out Trader Joes, Gigi's Cupcakes, Jasons Deli, and Swoozies)

One of my favorite stores, Swoozie's is a #whitegirls heaven. As soon as you walk in it is bright, colorful, and monograms everywhere. When you walk in you just want one of everything. This is a great place to get gifts...birthdays, house warming, teacher gifts, ect.  

When I lived in Athens I loved Jason's Deli. They have HUGE baked potatoes and the best broccoli cheese soup. I was supper excited to get lunch. 

On Wednesday, Alex came to Decatur to stay with me. That night we went to downtown Decatur to eat at Taco Mac. As we were driving into the downtown area, we noticed that the intersection was blocked by police cars. We parked and walked over to see what was happening. After a few minutes of standing there, the people in the street started to flick the police off and say F the police. We then knew that we didn't need to be apart of that. Alex looked at the news on his phone once we were at Taco Mac, and people were protesting a man who was shot in Dekalb. 

Friday, as I drove to Alex's house, I stopped by the Donut King in Snellville. I have always wanted to go there. Last weekend, Alex's Nana had said she wanted a doughnut as big as her head, so I thought I would stop and get her some doughnuts. Of course, I got me some too!!! They were so good and for a good price. (I got a dozen for $9.) We stopped by Nana's house on our way to the lake. She was so excited. 

Alex and I got to spend the weekend by ourselves at the lake. Saturday morning was so foggy. At some points you could not even see the houses across the lake. Once the fog lifted and it warmed up some, we went fishing on the lake. We caught 6-7 fish. When Alex was cleaning the fish, we saw fish eggs it was kinda cool.    

Saturday night, We cook deer steaks on the green egg, squash, and green beans. It was a great dinner. We also watched Gone Girl. It is a good movie. For the first half of the movie, things aren't the way they appear. 

On Sunday, we went fishing on the river. Wow, there was a lot of people out on that beautiful day. We woke up early to leave the lake and meet Alex's dad at the river. (I hate getting up early!) We only caught one fish, but I enjoyed the nice weather.