It has been a long, hard winter.  But Spring weather and changes are right around the corner.  I feel the hibernation coming to an end.

I contemplated not renewing my MobileMe account with Apple for weeks, especially since I haven’t blogged in ages.  But the promise is that there is an option for a password/invite only, new features, and quicker uploads so I am sold.  I will be writing more.  I need to.  I feel so very stifled, but life has been complicated and sometimes broadcasting that to the world can be scary especially since students could stumble upon it.  I went to type on my Teacher Blog, which I haven’t written on since October, and believe it or not-I password protected it so well that I have no idea how to get back to it.  There is so much to say about my teaching this year--so many successes to celebrate.  Teenagers are reading. They love it.  They read more than me.  It is my hope that I have inspired them enough to make it a life-long habit.  They just completed a binder full of summaries and recommendations for my students next year to read through when they start off the year telling me, “I hate reading.  There aren’t any good books.”

I will be back.  It may not be this week or next, but very soon.