Is it Spring Break YET?

I am so incredibly ready for spring break. Only four more days, ptl! The kids are definately an itch'n for a break-- as are the teachers.

I don't even have any real good plans for spring break. I will work on some stuff for work and hopefully be able to get some artwork done-- or at least attempted. I feel like I have no outlet anymore. When i was in school, I was taking at least three studio classes all the time, now I am teaching-- and can't really do my own work. I do samples, but it's not the same as being able to be creative without having to worry about standards. Plus the kids really don't like my samples, so I have been doing them less and less. They think that since I am the art teacher, of course my work is going to turn out good-- they can't look at it and see techniques or get inspired. Usually, if I do a sample, they just imitate it.

Actually-- I'm ready for the summer, not just spring break. I plan on mostly working on my art this summer and working out to lose this nasty winter/first year teaching/ first year married weight. Wish me luck!