march-ing forward

Days are getting warmer, the sunshine is lasting longer, and my hair has become a little shorter ... feels like spring is in the air! It's so strange to me that we're already one-quarter of the way through 2012, but the nice breeze and bright skies prove to be a great distraction from those "where has the year gone?!" thoughts. 

After weeks of group projects and assignments, I can officially say I am no longer a student! All that's left is a good six more weeks of my second teaching block with grade 5s (who are err, very chatty to say the least) and some hopefully positive evaluations and I will officially be a teacher. Except for the whole having a job part. But, still. I'm on my way! 

I finally got a break this week for some much-needed me time combined with The-Boy-and-I time and some catch up time with friends. I joined the local gym (my first time at a gym in two years) and am actually enjoying the aches and sores of my muscles as a greeting in the morning. I helped my friend do some retail therapy and adored all the shirts that have bicycles and bird patterns all over it. I baked a cake and enjoyed the beach with The Boy along with a mini-Star Wars marathon that brought out the geeky sides of us. 

And ... I am now hooked to Draw Something. Just wish I had the skillz to draw. 

Here's what I've been up to this March:

Top: Catching up with my best friends over an amazing meal;
Bottom: Celebrating no more classes with my friends from teachers college.

A Star Wars night complete with a cake we made and lemoncello (yum).

Bipolar Ontario weather = going to the beach with some Haribo!

Went from my hair draping down my back to grazing my shoulders ... feels so good!

(P.S. Yes, I like that pink sweater. A LOT.) 

Retail therapy in the form of a one-piece for the gym  pool & a sailor shirt.

And getting back into the design groove with a header for Kat!

It's been a pretty good month so far, and with the weather getting warmer I'm getting so excited to get out of the house, wear my Toms instead of boots, eat some ice cream (wait, I did that during winter anyway), and make my last few weeks of practice teaching stress-free. 

And on Sunday I'm celebrating 4 years of knowing The Boy aka our met-a-versary (we met on March 18th on the city bus!) with a little outing worthy of spring weather ... going to a greenhouse haha :) 

Here are my goals for the start of spring: 
(1) Get through my block with a smile and make the days enjoyable.
(2) Get my rear end to the gym at least 3 days a week, but aim for 4.
(3) Come back from the gym and blog before lesson planning. 
(4) Go on spontaneous dates and outings.
(5) Call my sister more.
(6) Get back into graphics/web design on a more regular basis.
(7) See The Hunger Games as many times as possible haha. 

What are your goals for the next couple of months? 

Starbucks gift card winner will be announced in the next blog!

(So enter if you haven't yet!)

Hope you've had a great March so far!

And wish Tiara a happy birthday if you haven't yet!