Belated Heroes and Villains and Celebrate the Small Things

Heroes and Villains Belated (See below to see my villainous late excuse)
This fest is hosted by Jackie at Bouquet of Books and Dani at Entertaining Interests.

My favorite heroes are too many to name so I'm going to go with one childhood favorite and one recent favorite.

Peter Pan - He Can Fly! - was my favorite childhood hero. He was fun, he was clever, and he could fly. For a kid with serious flight envy, what more could I ask for?

Hiro Nakumura of Heroes is one of my recent favorites. He experiences such joy in his abilities at first, and then, even after he discovers the problems with time travel, he makes things as right as he can. His friendship with Ando keeps him going in the right direction - at least so far. I'm watching via Netflix way late, so don't tell me if the show's writers ruin Hiro. I don't want to know. I just watched the episode where Hiro, with his memory wiped to age 10, has rediscovered his purpose in a Kansas comic book store with the help of Ando and two comic book guys. "Best. Day. Ever!"

Villains:

Hook is both a childhood favorite, and a recent favorite. I liked the old Hook from the animated feature, and then I liked the retake on Hook by Dustin Hoffman in Hook, and now, I love the next look at Hook in Once Upon a Time. (I'm also a little behind in this, so don't tell me about the last four episodes).
He's willing to switch sides to look after himself, he's charming and arrogant, and devastatingly handsome. (or at least he thinks so)

My villainous late excuse: The last two days (Wednesday and Thursday) I was torturing (testing) homeschool kids for the state. I was a test proctor (for some reason the word "proctor" evokes the worst images for me). My kids tested in their grade level rooms, and I proctored tests for fifth graders. Yesterday during the math section, there were tears; it was the worst testing session I've ever experienced as a test-giver/proctor. On the upside, we had some great recess/break times - lots of Everybody's It Tag and running. A few kids said they wanted me to come back next year. I was a hero and a villain, all at once. It wasn't comfortable, but thankfully we don't have to do it again for another year.

 This awesome hop is hosted by Viklit!

 

This week, I'm celebrating:

1. Testing is over for another year! Yay! We survived!

2. Swimming three days this week so far.

3. Testing is over! Wait, I already said that . . .but it's worth saying twice.