In other news, the packing has begun - 3 boxes down in E's room and one shelf emptied, a whole rest of the apt. to go! I can't believe the time has already come!
I attended an AMAZING workshop today. Marcia Tate is a charismatic and super knowledgeable speaker who has been teaching for 30+ years and shared her 20 Strategies that engage the brain when learning. Now that this is my 2nd year in Coppell ISD, I will say that I have yet to attend a training that did not get me excited about teaching/teach me something so this was nothing new but she was over the top amazing! I almost wish school was starting in a week (JK) so I could go practice these things in my class! Sure, I do a lot of them already but this only encouraged me to be more cognizant of the necessity of each of these things being included in my lessons. I am super pumped!
I also had a major "ah ha" today as she talked to so much about stress and its negative effects on the body. I have been sick for 3 weeks and it is no doubt heightened/not getting better because of the stress that was going on the last few weeks of school. I am residing myself to be a more prayerful (offering things up) and joyful person from here on out. It is amazing how quickly I have become more negative and pessimistic and how I am robbing myself of better health and of a much more fun way of living. Whether you are a teacher or not, I encourage you to read Marcia Tate's "Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites" as it has some amazing scientific research and proof that would help any profession - we are all either teaching or trying to learn something in our lines of work are we not? Also, if you are a parent, join me in purchasing her book for parents titled, Preparing Children for Success in School and Life. I am so greatful to have been able to attend this workshop and see it as completely providential - I needed to hear all that she said - it was a complete attitude changer!
As if this weren't enough to ice my cake today, Andy let me go to the gym and put E to bed. I came home to dinner on the table complete with candles lit and a glass of red wine! He made a salad, grilled asparagus, and probably the most perfectly grilled ribeye I have ever tasted - and it is hard to impress me on steak as I like it basically imprinted on the grill and taken off (I am vampire-like when it comes to steak). He even cut it up for me and only gave me pieces with no fat (I am a filet kinda girl so ribeyes aren't my fave). What a wonderful husband I have! Tomorrow we are headed to CS for Andy's 10 year HS reunion! We haven't been to Aggieland in a year - crazy!
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