Keeping Count

Scoring Mechanisms: For every negative, I'm going to make it positives. And the positives, I'm just going to keep on truckin'!

[-] It is blustering and absolutely frigid right now. Seriously, weather? This morning it was 50 degrees. Now, you're snowing.
[+] This morning it was 50 degrees. I wore a dress. I got a parking space close to school. I started this Tuesday of Workshop Warriors (I teach for about 3.5 straight hours on Tuesday with the same group of kids) really well. And maintained momentum despite some frightening news.

[-] Irregular pap smear (which seriously, gynocology, you couldn't come up with anything better than smear? What am I, a bagel? Do I look like cream cheese?... speaking of which, unexpected [+] is strawberry cream cheese from Enstein's Bagels. I've stopped there twice this week to eat it!) which was really difficult to deal with. I know it happens all the time and is most likely nothing but the last thing I need is cancer.
[+] However, people were really supportive. Not only my partner-teacher (the woman who shares my room, LM) who watched my kids so I could make a follow-up appointment and allow me five minutes in the bathroom to cry but also CA (as always!) and S. My dad too. You know, the usual suspects.

[-] Angry parent email, telling me that I don't know the first thing about teaching. What's that Lincoln quote? You can't please them all, all of the time.
[+] I didn't let it bother me. I talked about this amazing thesis-drafting process with my principal, to help students get a better grip on what they need to be doing with writing papers. So, nope, I'm a good teacher!

[-] CA is working late most of this week.
[+] I'm dealing with it much better than the last time things got busy. I know what to expect now, and after our wonderful weekend, how could I not be thrilled with him?

[+] Despite the weather, I had a really productive shopping trip with S to Costco. I own more Simpsons episodes than I could watch in a week or two or even three AND I got new towels etc. for my bathroom.
[+] "You Shall Know Our Velocity" is an excellent book.
[+] No school on Friday!!!
[+] Thursday at the Evanston library with the 8th graders, working on thesis stuff.
[+] Talked to EW on the phone for two hours last night and received a wonderful card from her today. It made me feel good to know that there is still familiarity in the world.