Not Always Unicorns and Rainbows.

Well, life is not always unicorns and rainbows. I had a rough week last week – hence the lack of posting.  It involved a lot of stress that just exhausted me by the end of the day and I didn’t have it in me to post.   And since I’m a public school teacher, as many of you are, you know that’s really all I can say.  I wish I could elaborate and we could swap stories and experiences, and then I’d walk away feeling better about everything, but it’s just not something I feel like I can blog about.
{I totally feel like the girl at Bible study offering up the “unspoken” prayer, which of course, everyone’s like, Omigosh, what could it be?!  I promise, it’s nothing that bad.  Y’all are teachers, so just imagine up your worst day – worst week – and that was my life last week.  And, dangit, I truly wish we all could openly share out, but…well, you know…we just can’t.}
So, despite all the sunshiney pictures I post and fun activities that I attempt to incorporate into my curriculum, life isn’t always unicorns and rainbows.  Nor did I write this so that I could garner your sympathy.  I’m just trying to keep it real and I want you to know that if there are times when you’re not feeling all sunshiney because of reasons x, y, or z, just know that I can relate.  I can soooooooo relate.
Anyway…
Peeking through the clouds over this past week, there were a couple things that made me put on my happy pants.
Like, for instance, the fact that my secondhand personal laminator held up through the lamination of several centers I was making.  It is ready to quit on me any day, but I just cross my fingers and think, Just one more page!  Please! and that seems to do the trick! (PTL, btw, for Cara and Made for 1st Grade.  I don’t know what I would do without them!)  Also, Dave Matthews Dreaming TreeAnd I’m not talking about the song  😉
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…my kids working independently during center time.  This is a recent development and it’s taken a long time for us to get to this point as a class.
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{Someone plllllllleeeeeeeease tell me who made the center that I’m using above!  I downloaded it for free from someone in December 2010 and I don’t know who it was!  If it belongs to you, claim it!!!! ETA: Thanks, Kathleen!  It’s from the totally fab Julie Lee AND it’s free!!!!  Go grab ya a copy!!! }
Oh, yes, this:
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That would be a handless wrestler that I confiscated today.  My rule: put it away or I take it away.  So, he’s on my desk until tomorrow when I return it to the offending student.  You should also know that when I took it away it was because the student was chewing on it’s head.  During math.  Yeah. Life isn’t always unicorns and rainbows.
And, lastly, the icing on the cake.  The had-me-laughing-until-I-was-crying moment of the day, when a teacher friend showed me this little gem her student wrote:
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You’re welcome.
{I’m sure you don’t need me to interpret, but it says I sit by the fire and drink hot steaming cocoa.}
One last thing, for those of you coming to the Tristate Bloggy Meet-Up, please be sure to RSVP to the eVite that was mailed within the past few days.  If you didn’t get one, please let Michelle or I know so we can add to the invitation!  We’re sooooooo excited about it!!!!!  Can’t wait to meet y’all  IN PERSON!  Eeeeh!!!
TGtomorrowIF!!!!! PTL!!!!!

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AbbyMullins

Abby is a former kindergarten and first grade teacher who channels her passion for education into creating engaging activities and resources for the kindergarten and first grade classroom. When not dreaming up or working on her next project, you’ll find her enjoying her family – most likely in her minivan on the way to a soccer field.

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