Every year, right around Spring Break (or Semana Santa if you are living around these parts), I begin making a list of things I want to do when I get home to Portland. I mean, after being away from home for 10 months you have a bit of time to think about what you miss about being home and you only have five weeks or so to get everything accomplished. So, a list it is!
First- a few countdowns (via an app on my phone):
10 days until I leave for the Dominican Republic
29 days until I leave for Los Roques (fingers crossed that I will get tickets!!)
81 days until I will be in Portland!!
This school year is going by SUPER fast!
Usually I make to-do lists on post-its, but if it is important, I keep it around on my computer. Photo credit
Summer To-Do List
- Give everyone in my family hugs
- Take my nieces and nephews out to play at a park
- Eat with my fabulous friends at delicious Mexican, Thai, Vietnamese, BBQ, and Indian places
- Go salsa dancing at least every Friday that I am home
- Convince BOTH of my brothers to go to Casino Friday (salsa dancing) at least once…followed by Andrea’s Cha Cha (more salsa dancing)
- Go wine tasting with friends (especially Sophie since I had so much fun last year)
- Go hiking with Caris and Sophie somewhere gorgeous
- Family vacation to Lake Tahoe
- SUSHI. I want delicious and fresh sushi!!!
- Take several photo walks with Marisa
- Cider Festival?
- Camping with the family
- Eat at lots of street carts
- Go thrift store shopping/hunting
- See if I can find a Kizomba class to take
- Ice cream at Salt & Straw
- Title Wave Used Bookstore classroom shopping with Alexandra
- Garage sale-ing with Sophie and Kaycee
- Weekly walk with Mom
- Get my hair cut
- Go to the doctor
- Go through all of my junk at my Mom’s house and have a family yard sale
- Get recertified in first aid/cpr
- Go food shopping for all the stuff I can’t get in Venezuela
- Finish all the paperwork to get a new work visa in Venezuela
Teaching Wanderlust 
We had spring break last week. wish it was this week tho 😛
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Spring break is never long enough! Ida, did you go anywhere fabulous for your break?
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I know right! I did, Penang and Tenggol. Two beautiful beach destinations in Malaysia. Ahh, I’m already missing the sand and laying out tanning
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Now you have something to look forward to for your next break!
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I love this! In a few weeks I will be travelling home to see family… Unfortunately though I only have one week – will be fitting in much as I can!
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Hi Katie! Thanks for visiting. It’s too bad that you will only get to go home for a week. Will you be traveling somewhere else instead? As an international teacher I am always tempted to stay in whatever continent I’m currently teaching in and just travel around for a bit. I could cover a lot of ground in the six weeks I have off for Summer! I would just miss my family too much!
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