2 More!

Days of school before a 5 day break that is. Things are neither better or worse in the classroom. I think I said a few weeks ago that 22 is my magic number. I've been at 21 students for 2 weeks but Monday a new one starts so it's back to 22. 10 girls and 12 boys. Hopefully, he adjusts a little better than the last newcomer (lots of screaming).

I will NOT be going to a bowl game. I love my Illini but a loss at home on senior day against a 1-9 team means I'll be saving my money and spending some extra time with the family. IF we win at least one of the next 2 and make it to a bowl, I just can't get excited anymore. Basketball, however, is another story. Almost too much excitement already and we're only 5 games in!

As the Adage Goes

You may have noticed a lack of substance in my posts of late. Not a lot about school. Short. The explanation is simple. As the old adage goes, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."

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Seriously though, it's not as bad as all that. It's challenging and hard to describe without sounding like a lot of complaining and griping so I'm tending to avoid it. Rest assured, I'm sure a long reflection post is in my near future.

In other news, the family's coming for football, Glee club, dinner, breakfast, and church this weekend. Sometimes, lazy weekends are good and sometimes, crazy busy weekends are good. I've had the perfect mixture of both this fall and this one will be the best one yet. In all honesty, the thing I'm most looking forward to is winning the football game on Saturday so that I can start planning for a warm weekend bowl trip. It's going to be the perfect way to spend my coaching stipend.

Things I Love About

Fall! (Summer had it's chance so why not give fall a turn?)

-Football games
-Hooded Sweatshirts
-Changing trees
-Crunchy leaves
-TV Season Premieres
-Blankets
-Jeans
-Hats
-Cool fresh air
-Sleeping under piles of blankets with the windows open
-Soups
-Wiener Roasts & S'mores
-Hayrack rides
-Carving pumpkins
-Caramel Apples
-Harvest-combines, corn dust, grain bin dryers, wagons, empty fields. There's just something supremely satisfying in understanding how important and gratifying this process is. All the work and worry and prayer that's gone into it and to finally see the rewards being reaped is hard not to love.

Pockets

It's always fun to check my pockets after I get home as a gauge how the day has been. Some usual. Some not. Some of it's mine. Some it's not.

-SOAR tickets
-paper clips
-a key (found on the playground)
-barrettes
-candy (and sometimes I eat it)
-string
-crayons
-pens
-markers
-puzzle pieces
-blocks
-rubber chips
-hair ties
-bobby pins
-money (rare & usually change)

This list probably would be longer if I seriously wrote down every single thing that I came with but I haven't. Maybe next time.