If yesterday for me was a real low point, today has been a high point. Yesterday I was frustrated and disappointed by students who didn't care, who didn't take learning seriously, and who taunted each other through Facebook (certainly a questionable development in the lives of human adolescents!). After work I discovered that our replacement credit cards had been sent to a US address and then replacements for those were not a day or two away but 2-4 weeks away. The USAA credit card representative unfortunately had to bear the brunt of my fairly challenging day. Finally, burned popcorn for a family movie night triggered a smoke/fire alarm that can only be shut off by the fire department. After several calls and nearly 15 minutes of waiting outside, they arrived in the fire truck, typed in a code, and silence finally ensued.
Today, however, was a new day. I attended one of the best yoga classes ever with an instructor from India. Though not permitted to teach co-ed classes, he has been permitted to teach a female class, which is widely popular because he's so good. I left class feeling somewhat rejuvenated. In the afternoon, the boys each competed in their first-ever swimming races and each performed well considering it was their first. They may have been disappointed not to win, but having never trained before, they swam remarkably.
Finally, we enjoyed a wonderful home dinner and then ... cookie-making for David's birthday at the beach tomorrow. Making cookies with kids must be, if you are in the mood, one of the funniest endeavors. Hayden, ever eager to help with cooking and baking, grabbed the eggs to break into the bowl. He kept trying one egg over and over, until finally David said, "Hey, that egg is hardboiled." Next try, the egg broke all over the counter without one drop going into the bowl. The next two were successfully added to the batter. I had to do a continual dance in the kitchen trying to keep the boys' fingers from the batter. Remember being young and thinking, "When I am a grown-up, I am going to make a batch of batter and eat it all?" I thought that. I never did it, but tonight I remembered wanting to. The cookies are done, a few less than anticipated, but no real loss. Many laughs and good memories instead.
Now ... for the writing of progress reports. Sigh.
Thanks for reading. Jennifer
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