Grateful Thursday

 I know I'll be too tired to post anything tomorrow.  I have got to conserve the crumbs of energy I have....

This has been a rough week.

1. fighting a head cold
2. migraine
3. parent teacher conferences
4. eye infection flare up 
5. oh, yeah...and cancer

I talked to Adam on my way home from my 12 hour day on Tuesday.  My voice was pretty much gone and I felt so very awful.  He heard me croak hello and he said, "Uh oh."

My voice rebounded and I am grateful.

Adam was gone and I'm very grateful for Mark.  That kid lifts me up.

(I'm grateful Adam came home last night.)

I'm grateful for my people at school.   Yesterday we had a faculty meeting after school.  Before we started there was heated discussion about the proper way to eat cereal and Jeff was indignant because a 5th grade class said his bald head was as barren as a desert when they were practicing similes.

We had a guest for the faculty meeting, which no one really realized until Matt introduced her.  (Then we felt sheepish about our nonsense.)  She said, "I go to a lot of schools and this is the most lighthearted school I have ever been to."

I guess lighthearted is one way to describe these people are so tired they are getting a little hysterical.

I love those guys.

The most heart melting and gratitude inducing thing that happened this week was yesterday when we were jostling out the door to go to lunch, I accidentally collided with a student.  I said, "Oh, I'm sorry."

He said, "That's OK, Mrs. Davis.  I love you."

Tired, cranky, short tempered, watery eyed and walking around with a headache all week.  That sweet boy still loves me.

They're better than I deserve.