I finally had a mailbox that Jeff keeps talking about.   I am so excited.  I always wanted one.  This mailbox is one that you go to and have unexpected money sitting in it.    Well, it happened.  Woo Hoo!  In fact $200 surprise.

So it was my money to begin with, but I didn’t know I was going to get it.  I have had my masters for over a year now and the Grand Canyon University decided to refund me money off my Lopes card (bookstore money).   I didn’t expect it and boy it was nice.   In fact a $180 can now go to Ashton’s tuition for the Monticello Film Academy.

By the way, this is not my mailbox.  I just thought Jeff and Michael would get a kick out of it.

I am thankful for…

1. being able to move boxes over to the new house before the first (what a relief)
2. my brother finding new love and getting remarried
3. a wonderful second grade class

I always great to stop and think about what great things God has done for you and not soak in all the bad things that are happening.

Today has been one of those days.  Thank God this was not the day the principal comes to observe.

My morning started off with a mother explaining that her child was put on new medicine.   Which is great?  Right at the moment you are hoping that the medicine actually works and doesn’t give bad side effects.  Sometimes certain kinds of medicines can make the child sleepy, angry, defiant, etc.   Luckily this one turned out to be fine.

Next, a student begins crying in my class.  His father had emergnecy surgery on his appendix Saturday.  He was very worried.  So I had to calm him down. 

After this of course, the students were curious as to what was wrong.   So I gave the a science lesson and explained it.  Then I had another student begin crying because his grandpa was just diagnosed with cancer.   So he starts crying.   Among trying to calm him down, my other 13 students began telling me their problems (typically of elementary students).

Needless to say our morning didn’t go quite so well.  To calm the students down, I had to let them make get well cards for people.

TOMORROW WILL BE A BETTER DAY!!!