Tomorrow, Tomorrow

Tomorrow will be the first day of my second trimester and I think my first trimester thought I've had it too easy. Apparently, since it was my last day they decided to throw every ounce of first trimester symptoms upon me. To start off, I didn't sleep well b/c I was having an awful dream about being some sort of mutated werewolf creature being exiled from the village I was living in. A group of about 5 of us went to the next castle which turned out to be some sort of train like restaurant and they were attacking everyone! I didn't want to bite anyone so was trying to stay off to the sides and just pretend I was biting people. Well, the one werewolf girl caught on and wasn't happy about me asking people if they would like to be bitten or not.

So after not sleeping well I went off to work and things were okay at first. Then apparently my body wanted to test my gag reflexes so while I was teaching I finally had to stop, after sending 7 kids to wash their hands for picking their noses, and have another discussion about the strict anti-nose picking policy in my room. I quickly explained that I fully understand that they may have something in their nose that needs to come out but that is what Kleenex's were invented for. So they all agreed to work on it. About 15 minutes later a boy comes up and says, "I couldn't make it to the Kleenex's in time to sneeze but this all came out." Yes, he did show me the substantial amount of material that came out of his nose and into his hand. Cue gagging. The only thing that made this morning better was that while teaching I was interrupted by a child to tell me that he liked my shoes b/c they were like his mom's.
Awesome.

Then the afternoon comes. Did I mention that it was also raining all day and the kids couldn't go outside for recess at all today? So the afternoon is starting and sure enough, my tiredness is not getting any better and as fate would have it the electricity goes off. I ask you all to spend a day in a classroom of 6/7 year old, with no outside recess, and no electricity for light when you are tired. So I finally decide, that's it, I'm getting a Diet Coke, I need the caffeine.
DISCLAIMER: I really haven't had any caffeine. I only have caffeine every couple days and it is very small amounts. They say you can have it everyday but I've really been drinking water only and I don't really eat a lot of chocolate either so I go days without caffeine.
So I finally decide that we are going to stop math and just read in the dark for awhile until specials. While reading I was interrupted yet again for a little girl to look at my I.D. card and exclaim,"You look so young in this picture!" Seeing as how I have only just recently rejoined the Nixa school district this picture was taken only 3 weeks ago. Apparently I have not been looking my best. After reading I was also educated in the fact that many 6 year olds can not handle going to the bathroom in the dark. Noted.
As I'm leading them to my salvation of specials for the next 50 minutes I realize that with no electricity means I can not work the Coke machine that holds the key to my happiness nor can I make that copy that really needed to go home today OR send an email explaining why the copy wasn't going to go home that day.

Halfway through specials the electricity comes back on. Hallelujah, I run to my purse and find that I don't even have enough change to get a Diet Coke. Does this stop me? Oh, no. Yep, don't put it past a desperate woman to reach into the coin cup that students put spare change into to collect money for the hungry during the holidays. Yes, I did take the extra 15 cents I needed to get that Diet Coke and it was so worth it. I was happy and ended the day with the kids laughing at a story and me smiling!
I promise to replace the money in double tomorrow.