Let me be honest. The last few months have been tough. The daily demands of teaching are exhausting even though I do love my job. But this year has been different. My personal life has been busier than ever so I have really felt spread thin. My youngest daughter has been playing volleyball on a travel team so we have been gone on weekends twice a month. My oldest and middle are graduating from college and high school so I have spent some time helping them with applications for graduate school and college. We have moved, and no, we are not completely moved. It has been hard to pack up the last 17 years! And, I have been working on National Board Renewal--a grueling process that is time consuming. Through it all, I have faced some challenges in my classroom that, after 27 years, are hard to swallow. After all, I should be an expert at this point in my career, right? Well, I am not. I learn new things every year, and I have to make adjustments every year. With all I have been dealing with, I have been a little grumpy at times, and I don't like being grumpy!
Today was different. Students worked hard and at one point and I was pleased. Then, the song "Happy" came on my iPad to signal a transition. I have not heard that song in awhile, and today it made me want to sing and dance. We all need to sing and dance sometimes. Life is too short to go around being grumpy! I hope I will want to sing and dance again tomorrow!
Today was different. Students worked hard and at one point and I was pleased. Then, the song "Happy" came on my iPad to signal a transition. I have not heard that song in awhile, and today it made me want to sing and dance. We all need to sing and dance sometimes. Life is too short to go around being grumpy! I hope I will want to sing and dance again tomorrow!