Day Thirteen

On my way to work, some asshole kept honking at me because I wasn't driving the way he wanted me to. I was so upset because I kept thinking, "How am I going to find positive things about today when I start it on such a crappy note?" This got me thinking about me predisposition to dwelling on the bad and not the good. Is it better then to take what I think of as negative and find what is positive, or beneficial, from the experience? I thought this might be an interesting approach to this twenty and nine days. I won't do it today, but it's coming.

1. Snooze. Nine extra minutes to sleep in and snuggle.

2. In math, we often talk about 'units'.  This is what the kids are meant to be counting, for example in a number stories about flowers, the unit would be 'flowers'. So while correcting the homework, my co-worker was asking the students what the unit was for the number story. It was supposed to be 'kids' but she was getting answers such as, soccer players or children...all essentially the same thing. She explained that as long as the unit was essentially the 'kids' referenced in the number story, that it was correct. One darling smart-ass offered "organic life form."  good one kid. 

3. Matilda. Miss Trunchbull announced, "The perfect school is one with no  kids" Ha ha! 

4. Inspiration. The book I'm reading is giving me all sorts of interesting Science lesson plan ideas. This is new,being inspired and excited about teaching Science...it's nice. 

5. Happy Hour with the boys. Jesse, Scott and I have been talking about doing this for a while now, and we finally did. It was nice. Catching up mid-week and feeling very grown up.