Belted Escapada Tunic

tunic via Monkee’s (sold out) | shorts | clutch 
necklace (similar) | pumps (similar) | belt (similar)

 WHEW, I’m all packed and ready to jet off to Germany for three weeks!

Oh wait, how long has it been since I’ve been on here??  Outch, three weeks…Guess it’s time to play catch-up with Whit!

As most of you know, I’ve been busy getting my new classroom ready for the school year, and being a new teacher, I’m a bit of a perfectionist wanting to get everything just so.  I’m sure some of you seasoned teachers know what I’m talking about; starry-eyed, determined to change the world one child at a time,  attempting to plan a bajillion teacher-of-the-year-worthy activities…and then reality check, you’re not Wonder Woman.

 

But once I accepted that I would not be able to finish everything in time, I was free to focus on the things that mattered most, and somehow managed to maintain a shred of sanity…

Did I mention that I became an aunt last week and am leaving for Germany today??  

Maybe I spoke too soon about the sanity thing.

While I gave up a couple days of classroom planning, it was more than made for when I got to meet my NEPHEW!!!  You guys, I have never fallen so much in love with a baby before now, there’s just something so incredible about being an aunt that I never knew until now.  He just so happens to be the most adorable baby boy ever, and since all of the neonatal nurses affirmed my claims, I know I’m not being partial ;).

Ok, so on to Germany for the next three weeks, and the morning after I return, school begins. D:  Let me just say that I have been looking forward to this trip ALL. SUMMER. LONG.  Three weeks of relaxing, shopping, visiting family, food…I still can’t believe that it’s finally here!

So what does that mean for the blog…I will not be disappearing again, I will have plenty of down time to write a blog post or three while I’m gone, and really, I’d love nothing more than to share some more sites from Germany (maaajor shopping excursion, so stay tuned!!). 

Thank you guys so much for all of your support and well wishes while I’ve been getting my classroom together, I am super excited to get started and while that means more absences from the blog, I am ITCHING to get back into a normal rhythm after I get settled in at school.

Follow along on Instagram while I’m in Germany, plenty of food and sight-seeing pics will be making their appearance 😀

Bleiben stilvolle!