Good Day

Today was a good day.  I am done with this crazy week of volleyball districts and parent/teacher conferences.  We lost a heart breaker in the district championship.  I felt terrible for my seniors.  They wanted it so bad and they didn't get it.  I also felt really sad that this was probably my last time coaching volleyball.  I know that I'll love having my evenings back to myself during the fall, but I also know I'll miss it like crazy next year.  I'm also going to miss this group of seniors a lot.

I also survived parent/teacher conferences.  I had nearly all of my parents come in and most of them went really well.  I have a few repeat parents because I've had their older children in my class before, and I really like them.  Some of them almost went over time because we were just having a good talk.  However, there was one that didn't go over so well.  The parents were disappointed in me as a teacher and didn't really agree with how I manage the discipline in my room.  They were so polite about it, though.  It was awkward to say the least.  We had to leave on an agree to disagree note.  And I just hate that.  I want them to like me and the way I run things, but I'm not willing to make major changes to a system I feel works to appease one set of parents.  So, I feel kind of like an ass.  What's new?

It was a busy, busy week and it was only 4 days.  I had today off so I decided to release the stress.  I slept in, I got a little school work done, I went to see Pitch Perfect by myself, I had a pretzel and popcorn for lunch, I had a pedicure (which was way overdue), I read zombie books by the fire for several hours, I had ravioli for dinner, and now I'm catching up on my DVR.  I honestly feel like I had an all day massage.  So relaxed!

Not to mention today was the first day I didn't need to put band aids on my incisions and the first day I was able to wear fitted pants (that aren't sweats) all day.  I'm still not quite ready to hop on the treadmill, but I'm feeling a lot more like myself!