Grateful Friday

 I didn't feel on top of the world like Monday, but I did OK yesterday, pretty good energy.  Today my head feels fuzzy and congested.  I am not the picture of health, but I am grateful that a day to give my body rest was enough to put me back on track.

I'm grateful for the weekend.  More rest and fun times too--Ammon and Melanee had two tickets to Nate Bargatze they couldn't use and gifted them to us!  I'm excited for that!

I'm grateful for Mark setting up a wrapping station for me in QE's room.  I put a sticky note with a threatening None Shall Pass message on it and now I can slowly wrap gifts to my heart's content.  I won't have to pull things out and put them away.  (It was Adam's idea.  That guy is brilliant.)

I'm grateful I got to take a walk with Kim last night.  It was only one this week, but one is more than none and I love connecting with her.

I'm grateful to be a teacher.  Unexpected things happen so much, they should be expected by this point.  The other day a second grader hugged me and told me about her cheek being numb because she had gone to the dentist.  I know her vaguely because I taught her sister, but it's kind of delightful that random children want to tell you about what's happening in their mouth at any given time.

I encountered a kindergartner in the hall and he said, "Do you even know me?"

I said no.

He said, "My name is Jim and I just moved to Orem."

I said, "Well, welcome, Jim.  I'm Mrs. Davis."

He'll have my vote for president someday.

I need to remind myself that I'm grateful to be a teacher because yesterday afternoon was a doozy.  Every year I've taught 3rd grade at Bonneville we have made paper dolls for a Christmas Around the World project.  This year was supremely chaotic.  I have a few students who cannot be given a task with any level of complexity without going off the rails.  Some of the students loved it and created the cutest and most creative costumes on their paper dolls and some of them lay down on the floor.

We had a faculty meeting after school and Matt brought snacks and I laughed with my team and when we did a group project we joined up with 5th grade so I was able to laugh with Caroline too.

It helped.

I'm grateful today that we are going to BYU for Christmas Around the World.  I've been a few times before.  Never with school children.  Here's hoping we survive!