Pleasant Grove?

Pleasant Grove always seemed like a nice enough place. After all, it is called the City of Trees and it is P.G. that hosts the quaint Strawberry Festival every year. I've actually been meaning to go there for some time to visit Patina's and get a pink donut from Daylight's, but that becomes less appetizing as the days pass. You see on my forty five minute drive to school, I pass through P.G. At first my thoughts were, I need to go check that place out! There is nothing I love more than finding the hidden treasures in a small town. Just ask Rory about my love for Kearny, Nebraska. I adore it. Well, after a week of driving by P.G., planning my weekend visit, I noticed a terrible stench. An overpowering, putrid stench that has remained in P.G. for at least two weeks now. It's as if a sewage pipe exploded, but nobody noticed. So I took the liberty to write the P.G. Chamber of Commerce a little note. It went like this.

To whom it may concern:
I have been interested in paying a visit to your town for some town. However, the town seems to be suffering from some sort of sewage problem. It makes Pleasant Grove seem very unpleasant. Will this situation be remedied in the near future?

Cordially,
Lauren

Until I get a letter of response I will be wearing a clothespin on my nose and buying a brand new air freshener.

Student Teaching

I'm doing my student teaching at Timberline Middle School and am really excited for the semester. To give you an idea of what it's like to teach middle schoolers, I'll tell you a bit about my first day.

Day One: After introducing myself to the class, my mentor had them ask me questions in Spanish. I was asked the following questions:
Do you want to go on a date?
Do you drink alcohol?
Do you smoke illegal drugs?
Do you have feet?
Do you eat?

I can tell this semesters going to be great one. lol.