Grateful Friday

 I think spending the day with my team was just what the doctor ordered.  I love those ladies.

I hadn't slept well (because that is a fun side effect of a terrible day), but they kept me going through a long day of sitting still.  (I heard many teachers say some version of, "It is so hard to sit all day!")

We met at a closed elementary school and during a bathroom break in the pint sized elementary bathroom, I had to take a picture of my tall teammates drying their hands.  So funny!

 

For an object lesson we had to sketch a picture of a cat.  They were amazed by my cat.  (It wasn't that great, I just spent a certain part of my childhood drawing.) Later, when we went to lunch, I drove and I needed Miriam to navigate every turn and tell me which lane to be in.  We were in the actual town that I live, but I needed guidance.

I said, "I am terrible with directions, but I guess I can draw a cat."

Because that's a useful skill I will use every day....

We wrote each other notes on sticky notes and got parent teacher conferences scheduled (with a lot of mutual hand holding--Skyward isn't a friend of ours).  We compared notes on how things were going and I can't imagine teaching third grade without them.  I am very grateful for my dream team.