The Good Times

Back to 3rdLand.  As you have probably deduced, return to the classroom has put a cramp in my identity as a blogging writer and cheerful human being.  

Maybe things are turning the corner because here I am, getting the blog done.  Also, I remember smiling a few times when Husbandman and I went out for sushi this afternoon.

In this blog entry, let's focus on the good times.  

The best thing that's happening in my life right now is the Harris Walz campaign. I'm feeling all the joy and hope along with the rest of the good people of our country.  But FYI:  Please don't forget that I still love Joe Biden and I don't care what anyone says about him because he's a good man and an inspiring President whose only single mistake he ever made was getting old.  

The second best thing is my new apple watch, which I bought because my re-entry to teacherLand was kind of stressful.  This was a good move on my part.  I love it so.

The third best thing is the awesome lunch Husbandman makes for me each day.  At noon, after I drop the 3rdLanders off at HELL-SITE, aka the cafeteria, I enter my quiet classroom, dim the lights and shut the door.  I open my lunch box, and munch away happily on all four food groups as I try to make some progress on the Spelling Bee. It's pleasant as all get out and helps me reset for the afternoon.

The fourth best thing is a haiku that a kid wrote after our haiku hike.  The haiku hike was on this week's highlight reel.  Super fun.  Here's the haiku:

Daddy long legs

was walking until Dr. H.

stepped on him

 The kid was pretty angry when he shared his haiku with me. I had no idea I had killed the daddy longlegs and  I felt bad because each morning I re-commit to doing "no harm to any sentient being."  

Putting the past in the past, we soldier on. Maybe the worst is behind us.