Good things about today

• I feel like I am coming back out of the teaching rut I have been in the last couple months. It was so hard after my amazing year last year to be dreading work this year. But today feels really good. I have been constantly praying for my students as well as myself and I really feel like things are coming along for the both of us. I am feeling really good again :)
• We had a special guest teacher in Language Arts today. Our speech pathologist, David, came and gave a following directions lesson using origami. The kids had so much fun!
• I have been productive all day! Haven't wasted a minute. Even right now I only have the time to blog because I am all caught up!
• I get to see a whole bunch of extended family tonight! I love going out to my Nana and Papa's house which we don't get to do often. I will also see my cousin Zach for the last time before he heads of to Germany on his mission. Plus we are going to eat cookies and ice cream. So there ya go!
• My hips were hurting so bad last night that I couldn't fall asleep. I could not get comfortable for the life of me. It sucked. Finally, I woke up husband up and he stayed awake and scratched my back and played with my hair until I finally dozed off. I really, really love him.
• I took the fast lane all the way to work today without getting stuck behind a slow-moving idiot ONCE. It was fantastic!
• The sweet man I share a classroom wall with gave me the most uplifting talk about staying home with my kids when I shared the news with him that I won't be coming back. It was really what I needed to hear. But I am going to miss him and his funny youtube videos.
• The inversion may be hellish today, but hey, the roads are clear! YAY FOR NO SNOW!
• And the temperature is still in the 20's. I am fine with these double-digits.
• Most of my kids did pretty decent on their vocab quiz.
•  I got some things done that I have been meaning to do forever.
• I feel on top of my planning and I know where my classes are heading for the end of the school year.
• I had a student ask if he could leave his origami frogs in my classroom so they wouldn't distract him during his other classes.
• My 8th period of crazies are working so hard and quietly right now.
• I am 3 weeks away from my third trimester. It's almost the home stretch. It kind of blows my mind. No, it completely blows my mind!
• This weekend will be full of friends and family.
• Next weekend is Valentine's weekend! I am so excited to take Nathan away for a surprise! 
• I trusted one of my naughty students to run an errand for me and not goof off, and he did it!
• Watching one of my students try to talk me into approving him for AP Geography next year. Poor dear. "What's so hard about geography?!"
• I swallowed my pride and mustered all the patience I could and took one of my behavior students out into the hall to talk about what was bothering him. He was pissing me off hardcore, but I knew it was because he was having a hard time. I wanted to just send him to the office but I didn't! Kaitlin- 1 Pride-0
• My doctor called and I passed my glucose test with flying colors! No diabetes for me!!