Well, it’s been a wild ride this school year.

I am sick (again) today, but bad enough that I am staying home. Left work early yesterday, too. So that does give me temporary free time to write a post.

It’s been beautiful weather here lately. We have so many amazing butterflies in our backyard. They love the flowers that are back there, and I never am back there without at least 15 butterflies to watch. It’s actually “cold” outside- in the 60s. haha. We will be visiting our families back in Utah this time next week, and it’s already snowed there. So far, the 10 day forecast doesn’t go over 50 degrees there! EEK! I think I might just die!  I definitely fit in with the warmer Texas weather. Other than that though, it will be wonderful to visit the family and not be responsible for all the cooking for a week. 🙂

There have been some interesting challenges in my life lately. I really have been enjoying teaching much more this year than I did last year. These kids are much more willing to work and be on top of everything from last year, and I am understanding the system that we are using so much better. But of course, every class has it’s quirks and trying to work around that can be interesting. The challenges this year are very different than the ones I faced last year. But I don’t think I would EVER go back to my first year of teaching!

The only true negative is my health. I am starting to slip back to the bad again, and I am just fighting to keep being happy and healthy. Still investigating ways to prevent the downward kamikaze spiral that seems to happen with my depressive moments!