Day 206 - Whew... Made It!

The first week back to school after a long break it always difficult.

But we made it through.

All of us; the teachers, the students, the parents... It's done!

The kids did amazingly well. I am seriously so proud of them! The break really did them a lot of good and they came back refreshed and ready to learn!

I hope next week (our first full 5 days back) goes just as well!

I am thankful that this first week is under our belts.

I am thankful that I have an opportunity to sleep in tomorrow.

I am thankful that I wasn't even tempted to cheat on my diet. We're on day 11 and I'll have an update for you on Monday.

Happy weekend!

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Day 205 - Rest

Well, rest was only halfway achieved last night.

After a few hours of sleep I was wide awake.

I probably would have been fine if I had just gotten up and done something in those wee hours of the morning.

But I didn't.

I let myself drift in an out of sleep for the next few hours which really seems to have messed me up!

Not tonight.

Tonight I hope to sleep like my dear niece here!

And if I happen to wake up at some seemingly ungodly hour... I will get up! God must have something He wants me to do with that time.

I am thankful that I at least got enough sleep last night to make it through the day.

I am thankful that today is Thursday and there is only one more work day left in this week.

I am thankful that in just one day I get to sleep in for as long as my body will let me!

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Day 204 - Sleep

This is exactly how I feel right now.

I got a great deal of rest over the Christmas break... and even the night before my first day back I was able to get about 10 hours.

That's where my amazing sleep story begins and my horror story of missed REM cycles begins.

Monday night, I only slept in 15 minute increments.

Last night, I only slept 3 hours.

At this point I am so exhausted that I'm not even sure that I'm really typing this. Maybe I'm just staring at the screen and hallucinating the words as they form on the post.

But I digress.

SLEEP! I need it. Goodnight.

I am thankful that God saw me through two full days of teaching when I really hadn't gotten enough sleep to even function on my own, much less with a bunch of little kids in my care.

I am thankful that I didn't get in any wrecks going to and from work over the past two days.

I am thankful that it is only 8:40pm and I am ready to lay down to sleep. Yeah. Not even ashamed to admit that. :-)

Goodnight all!

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Day 203 - Tiny Tuesday {Two-Vowel Words}

Today was an amazing day back to school.

After spending quite a bit of time mentally evaluating each of my students over the Christmas break, I began to have some fears that I wasn't living up to the standards I have for myself as their teacher.

I worried that I hadn't firmly enough ingrained this fact or that bit of knowledge into their little brains...

I spent many hours planning exactly how I was going to remedy this lapse once school started again.

First crack out of the gate we were rolling.

Math problems on the board. 

Reading races.

Review after review.

They remembered everything so well in fact that I was able to move on to two-vowel words today. This is something that I had been leery of introducing because I didn't know how a few of my students would handle the new information.

Two-vowel words being as follows: bale, sail, take, tail... and so on... where one vowel is long and the other is silent.

But to my amazement everyone did absolutely wonderfully! What a blessing and a great day back!

I am thankful that my fears and anxiety was all for naught.

I am thankful that it appears I'm not actually failing as a teacher.

I am thankful that we kicked this new semester off right!

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Day 202 - And So It Begins...

Christmas break has flown by and here we are again.

School starts back up tomorrow.

Everything is all set up and ready to go.... hopefully I'll be able to sleep tonight!

After two weeks of sleeping in (sometimes), I'm not sure I'll be able to go to sleep early. We'll see!

I am thankful that my detox is over and I'm bright-eyed for this first week back.

I am thankful that my lesson plans are finished for the next 3 weeks.

I am thankful that this is only a 4 day week ;-)

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