Back to the hotel

So while I was running sprints at the hotel, the MLB first female pitcher commercial came on.  http://youtu.be/4FjOXVWtES0

 It froze Henry in his tracks and he gasped. He thought it was real and he got so excited. I told him that it wasn't, but it would happen one day. 

We talked about the girl that pitched in the little league World Series last summer.  Henry remembered that she said baseball was her least favorite sport. She said she loved basketball. 

Henry just tried out for the Cutters travel soccer team. I'm not sure if he's going to make it, but he also wants to run cross country again while he's playing soccer and oh, by the way, can I sign him up for climbing camp and track and field camp...  Pleaseeeeee.... 

The kid is wearing me out. Meanwhile, I just bought Hayden a new gaming mouse. What the hell is a gaming mouse??? Whatever. He's pretty happy  about it though. 

Harrison is in Tennessee at the Bonnaroo Festival.  He took his best friend with him. I hope he has the time of his life. 

Color Run

Season 3 is Friday!

Henry and I did the Color Run over the weekend.  This run is called the happiest 5k on the planet.  I'm gonna have to agree with this statement.  I had so much fun.  I ran about half of it  because I was in a Fitbit challenge to the death the night before the race.  I ran sprints in the hotel for about an hour trying to win a workweek challenge.  I lost.  And then my legs barely worked on Saturday morning.  

We are definitely doing another color run.  Maybe in a different city next year.  Indy is cool, but it's Indy.  

Mom!  Stop taking my picture.

the school year ended

This school year was so weird and awful and great all at the same time.

Weird -  I didn't feel any intense pressure at the end of the year like I have in the past.  No reports due.  No intense testing to finish.  (ISTEP was really late in the year) No big project.  We did have a debate between the 2 classrooms.  That was really fun.  The students learned a lot and so did I.  They were so engaged that next to last week of school reading articles and looking at graphs.  And the discussions were fantastic.  I cleaned my classroom, which didn't take long at all.  Also weird, not knowing if I was going to be asked back to teach there next year.  I signed a contract on Wednesday and school ended on Friday.

Great -  My teaching partner was awesome.  She was constantly praising me and telling me good things.  And OMG, she is the funniest person I know.  I have never laughed so hard in my life.  We didn't have to compare scores or have any crazy competitions to be better; we just taught together.  I told her that working with her had been like an extension of my therapy.  It felt like I was still in my support group a little every day and she was there to cheer me on.  I met some really nice kids.  And 6th graders are funny!  I also love teaching math.  Reading has been the focus at my school for years and it was nice to get into the math.

Awful - I left a school that I love.  Students that I love.  Parents that I care about.  My whole world was ripped apart.  14 years in that school district.  subbing, coaching, aiding, and teaching.  Gone.  I had tons of people telling me to stay and suck it up and be strong.  I also had a bunch of people telling me to get the effff out of there.  It was destroying me as a person and then my body started to break down.   Panic Attacks.  High Blood Pressure.  High enough that I could feel it in my neck.  My skin was crawling.  I still don't know if I made the right decision.   Other people made it out alive.  Why couldn't I?  I don't get to see my boys as often now.  That sucks. Really sucks.  I'm not really looking forward to the 3 hours in the car everyday either, but I guess I can do it for another 187 days.
And the worst part.  My teaching partner did not get asked back.  She is teaching at a different school next year.  I'm going to miss her.