Some days are rough in K5!

 Yesterday was one of them!  I was trying to line our little friends up to dismiss them to their parents and a fight broke out about where one friend wanted to stand and they knocked over my stand with three-ring binder lessons and it hit the floor.  It was the perfect picture of how our day went!  We were prepared with lessons and fun things...yet anxiety and emotion ran over one of our little friends like a run away train and derailed all of us all day...the light at the end of the tunnel was 12pm...but it couldn't come quick enough for our little friend.  We all learned that sometimes...you just aren't ready for the big change that comes when it is time for K5!
I must have been showing the effects of the day because Miss Jen quickly said, "Don't look, it will be ok.  I'll grab it!"  She called it!  It was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back and I left as soon as I could.  Dealing with little friends who are struggling pulls at your heart and you try to do anything and everything to help...and then you realize...it isn't enough.  I am thankful that God leads and directs...and then He gives perfect peace to all parties when decisions are made.  Today (Thursday) was much better...for our little friend, for little friend's mommy and daddy, for our class, and for the teachers.

I am thankful for another friend who has come into my life who reminds me to laugh!  

She laughs at me and she laughs with me.  "A merry heart doth good...like a medicine..."  

And of course...chocolate   is nice too.

We laughed at my chocolate's saying during a particularly rough patch...I stopped and let the chocolate melt in my mouth trying to collect my frazzled nerves and thoughts, "It is a good thing I won't be observed today!"  I am proud of my age and my hidden "wisdom spots" as Ashlynn calls them (gray hair)...but I also realize I feel my age on days like Wednesday!  Thankful for quiet moments and a good night's rest...and God's strength to get up and do it all over again!  Tomorrow is Friday!!!  And yes, I'm glad we have made it through our second week of school!!!