It ended up being a good day!

Today started out ok, but by this afternoon it was getting pretty rough. I literally had students in my room taking tests all day. That should have been a breeze of a day for me (and yes, I did get caught up on quite of bit of end of term grading and other stuff), but it was tough. Mainly it was difficult because my SLCC 1010 kids get 2 hours to take the final, Wednesday is a short day, and we were trying to fit 2 hours into an hour and 16 minute class period. Yikes. Fourth period stayed in for lunch. Sixth period came in during lunch. Students had to sit on extra chairs I'd borrowed from the library until desks became available. They were all super stressed. It was tense and crowded. Including my TEAM (advisory) class, I taught five classes in a row and through lunch. I did have another teacher come in and ask me a question at one point. While she was there, I asked her to stay so I could run to the bathroom. It was crazy.

I don't know if it was the lack of food, or the lack of fresh oxygen, or the fact that I had a few extreme disappointments after grading the day's worth of tests, but by the time this afternoon rolled around I thought I might die. My head was throbbing (probably because I hadn't had a Coke since Saturday). I felt dizzy and nauseous (probably because I didn't eat lunch and my head was throbbing). I wasn't sure if Molly and I were going to make it home. We did. I crashed on the couch for a half hour while Molly screamed at James and then I finally started to feel better. Phew!

But, it ended up being a pretty good day. Why?

• The term is just about over and I have Friday and Monday off!
• James fixed most of our dinner. We had breakfast and between the 3 of us we ate an entire pound of real burned bacon. Delicious!
• I got a message that I sold a third used book on Amazon in about a week. These books having been sitting on my seller list for months. I'm not making more than a few bucks on each, but at least some boring books off my shelf are going to a better home.
  
• Molly finally stopped screaming and was super funny in the bathtub. She was copying everything I did except animal sounds. Every animal I asked her, "What does a ____ say?," she panted like a puppy and then giggled at me.

• And then the best news of all . . . GUSTER IS COMING TO SALT LAKE and to top that they are playing an all acoustic show with some type of string ensemble. Amazing! I am so excited. When I e-mailed my sister to make sure she read the news, she said, "Yes. I saw this and cheered. I am in!" Woo Hoo!!!!

Guster can make any day bright!