Showing up

I went to Show Up for Teachers yesterday.  It was great + exhausting.  

Showing up makes you tired.

A group of us met at the park and ride and Jamie drove us.  It was so fun to see my friends.  I think there were 15 of us altogether from Bonneville.  We sat together for the key note speakers in the big session and laughed a lot and did an abbreviated what did you do this summer because we still have about three more weeks of summer so there may be more to add later.

We listened to Governor Cox and First Lady Abby Cox, who hosts the event.  I love them.  Governor Cox is one of the few politicians who has my utmost respect.

We kept getting handed stuff by vendors and it was very kind.  (And my bags got pretty heavy.)  I lost my group because I made the foolish mistake of getting in the line for the bathroom.  (There were about a million times more women than men at the event but the bathroom ratio did not reflect that!)

I found the WGU booth and I excitedly told them that I was a student and the lady kindly said, "Well...great!" in an attempt to match my enthusiasm.  I can't take me anywhere.  But she gave me a cute WGU apple shaped coaster, so there was that.

Caroline (5th grade teacher) and I got in the standby line for a free 15 minute massage.  The people who had signed up didn't show up so they let us in, but then someone did show up so I got booted out after a few minutes.

Rats.

Caroline is going to have 34 students in 5th grade though so I'm glad she got the massage.

We talked about death and dying on the drive back to Utah County.  Not exactly cheery conversation, but it just goes to show we're friends.

When I got home I first took off my shoes and secondly lay everything on the counter that was in my bags.  I didn't even know everything I had.

This sticker was maybe my favorite thing.  I'm still not over the Barbie movie.

The day left me feeling inspired and appreciated.