Highlights only, please!

I remember back when I student-taught first grade, and some of the kids would ask, "Can I tell you the worst part of my day?" To which I would reply, "No, highlights only, please." So, today, in reflecting upon my day, I think I will share highlights ONLY!

1. The day began with Lostboy. I was able to swing him this morning and talk with him a bit. While what he shared wasn't necessarily a highlight, just spending some time with him was a highlight. Later in the day I did another picture shoot with him in the hallway and we snagged his little brother in it too. So now they're both on my cell phone for me to pray for. I thought that was neat.

2. Thumbwrestling. While it has absolutely NOTHING to do with academics, I have started thumbwrestling with a couple of Third Graders. A couple of them I already have on my caseload, so it's just building a deeper relationship with them, and others are kids I will have next year that are handfuls already and I figure if I build something now then next year might go a tad bit smoother. So today I was about to leave my room and this kid stops in my door and holds his thumb out. I don't know who this kid is, except to say I know he's in Third Grade. I thumbwrestled him, and I won. He walked off saying he wanted a re-match tomorrow. It made me smile. :-)

3. I got two full IEP's ready to turn in, and after tomorrow I should have about 5 more ready to go. I am happy. I think I'm getting closer to the light at the end of the tunnel. :-)

4. Tutoring. I was walking up to Jay's door this afternoon, and he opened the door and was waiting for me, with all of his stuffed raccoons in his hand. I just laughed. As I entered the door, he said, "Sly and Tina are going to join us for tutoring today." Sly and Tina happen to be his two favorite stuffed raccoons. I told him that was fine but they had to be silent while we tutored. He said that was fine. And I'm happy to report, Sly and Tina were nice and quiet. :-) In the midst of tutoring, their dog walked up to me with a toy. When I arrived, she went nuts. I tell ya, dogs know it when you like them! So in the middle of tutoring, I was teaching Jay and throwing the dog's toy. It was hilarious! The coolest part was that it didn't throw Jay off one bit! Very cool in my book.

5. Dinner. I decided I would cheat and order a pizza for dinner tonight. I could have cooked, I had plenty of food here, but I wasn't really in the mood and knew I had chores to do. So, I called and placed my order. I also told the gal that I had a $2 credit from my last order. She said, "No, you have a $12 on here." I was thrilled! I placed the order and hung up. I ran to Wal-Mart before going to get the pizza. When I got there to get my pizza, the gal asked my name, I told her, and she said, "just a sec..." I waited for a couple seconds and she walked up with two pizzas. I was about to say, "I only ordered one," but before I could get that out of my mouth, she said, "They made it twice, so you can have both pizzas." That's right folks, they made my order twice. So, not only did I get pizza for free, I got TWO! I tell ya, it's not big. I mean, it is just pizza, but in my little world, it was a gift from God. :-)

You know, it's not the big stuff, it's the little things in life that make it great.

Kinda makes me wonder what great things will happen tomorrow...

Stay tuned! Later!