A Game A Game!

So I was desperately wanting something sweet. I had lots of components but nothing that i could put together easily. I've been craving strawberries lately but I haven't been in town in over a week and I have to wait a little longer. Strawberries got me thinking of dessert crepes. I began a frantic search to see what I could do and the following picture is what I came up with. It looks disgusting, but it tasted pretty good (although strawberries would have really done the trick.)
Guess my five ingredients!

Wowsers!

Sorry I haven't blogged for awhile, I've been busy! The past week has been a little discouraging. I'm having some issues figuring out how to make everything work and some classroom problems as well. But, with the grace of God and those who are here to help, I'm making it. I'm hoping that I'll be able to move past "just surviving" this year. I have to remind myself that I'm still in my first month. I have a lot of time to build relationships with the students and to grow as a teacher.
I did have an interesting surprise today. I knew today was going to be cold, so I bundled up this morning in an actual coat. First surprise was when I felt in my pockets I found 4 quarters and a dogie poop bag. (The poop bag kinda made me sad though.) Later in the day, around 9:45, I was in the elementary for my planning period. I was walking out of the bathroom when a girl saw me and said "Miss Purdy, Miss Purdy... It's snowing!" I will admit my answer was "yeah right." Then when I opened my classroom door lo and behold IT WAS SNOWING! It's still technically summer and it's snowing. Granted it was flurries that didn't last very long, but I'm still in shock. I guess the farmer's almanac predicts that in Montana wet harvests = cold and snowy winters.
What did I get myself into?

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

I celebrated my 25th Birthday by traveling 3 hours south to Makoshika State Park near Glendive Montana on Saturday. I wanted to spend a day away but I wasn't sure if I had enough time to spend the whole weekend, so I decided to camp out on Sat. and return on Sunday.
I arrived in Glendive around noon and treated myself to a personal pan pizza at Pizza Hut. Yumm! I haven't had any restaurant food (including fast food) for two weeks, and it was a treat. After I found my way into the park and talked with the Park Ranger about trails and paid my camp fee I began to drive around. I found out quickly that the roads were a little tricky and I even had to turn around at one point because the pot hole was as long across as my car and a foot deep.
The scenery was absolutely beautiful and a little strange. The rock formations were almost alien like. The first trail I hiked was called the Cap Rock trail and it went into a valley of various rock formations.

The second hike, I struggled with because of a step incline and I was walking through prairie grass worried about rattlesnakes. 

I finally set up camp around 5. My little tent is so easy to work with, and I had no problems doing it on my own. I ended up camping in a different
spot then I wanted because of the storm clouds. Many of the roads in the park were dirt and gravel. The dirt roads become impassable when wet and I didn't want to take my chances with getting stuck.

Here is one of my favorite views in the Park. It reminded me somewhat of a mini Grand Canyon but the colors were completely different. I made it through the night as it rained on and off, for probably 5 hours or more. I kept waking up and checking my tent, but I was dry the whole night! I woke up on Sunday wishing myself a Happy Birthday and went back to sleep for another hour!

I left my tent to dry out and had my own little church service at the end of the road. The roads held up better than I expected but I'm ok with my decision of picking another site. This was my church for the day!

Before I left I did some more hiking, and then packed up my site. Overall it was a great trip. I'm glad that I went and I'm glad I went on my own. I needed to be able to relax and not worry about school. I even got a chance to read a book that my sister gave me for my Birthday. So here's to turning a quarter of a century old and having my own adventure. I couldn't ask for anything more, except for maybe seeing my best friend. :-(

Here's a few more pictures, and if you're ever in Montana, go and explore this little gem!