Taxes

I've been very nervous about filing our taxes on our own just because I've never done it and had no idea what to expect. We had intended to have someone do them for us, but it was quite pricey. Today i bit the bullet and I did them online with H&R Block. It was the EASIEST thing in the world. And the return numbers were quite nice too :)

100%

I've never been a 4.0 student and I barely ever got a 100% on a test, but today at work we had an audit done by one of our corporate bosses and my class got a perfect 100%. Only one other class in the entire center did that. It made me feel really good especially in a week where I have been ridiculously stressed with work.

Unexpected Buys

I went shopping today and took my mom along for company. It's our thing that has always been what we did whenever we went out and spent time together. We typically do more browsing than shopping, but when you find a good deal you have to jump on it. My mission today was to buy a new pair of shoes for work. I am incredibly hard on tennis shoes as I am on my feet all day. I decided I wanted to spend a little more money to put into a nicer pair. I also decided we should go into Old Navy since it happened to be next to the shoe store to check out their clearance sales. My mom picks up this bright emerald green trench style coat. I'm like NO way will that ever look good on me. I can't pull something like that off. She keeps holding it up and says "oh just try it on for fun" So i put it on and shes like it looks so good on you we have to go find a mirror. I don't believe it, but to amuse her I say ok whatever. We find a mirror and I put it on. Gosh darn it! It did look good on me! So I now own a green coat. This coat to be exact...

A clean house on my day off

Typically the weekend is my time to clean the house because it tends to pile up all week. Today though our house is clean for the most part (i need to sweep the floor and what not), but there isn't much to do. I can lay in bed and watch tv for as long as I want because there isn't this huge to-do list staring me in the face. In fact if it weren't literally 2 degrees outside right now I might consider going shopping :)

My name

I have a class of 25 preschool children and there is another class in the room of about 15 preschoolers who I spend a decent amount of time with throughout the day as well. All of my children call me Miss Brooke and it is nice when a parent takes the time to learn your name as well. I see these a lot of these parents daily and they still have no idea what my name is. They say thank you in passing because it is what you are supposed to say, but it is really nice when a parent stops to say "Thanks Brooke". I'm flabbergasted at how many parents don't know the teacher's name. Even when I mention another teacher in the room I often get "which one  is that?" There are only 3 of us, come on now. So, if you have kids in school at any level, do you know their name?

Hugs

Sometimes I feel weird hugging people. Actually I feel weird hugging people that aren't my husband, or my family. I love hugs from my preschool kiddos though. Every day I walk into our room and they scream my name and wrap their arms around my leg. Ten kids hugging on me at once almost takes me to the floor some days, but it's totally worth it. It's that little bit of peace before they start tackling each other, stabbing each other with straws, throwing rocks, and peeing their pants. The day ends the same way. I think it's what takes me back each day ;)

Post-It Note Commercial

I'm watching TV and see a commercial for the new super sticky post-it notes. No big deal I get the point they stick better than they used to. What makes me laugh hysterically and pause the commercial is the fine print. The commercial shows a little kid hanging from this post-it on the wall. The fine print says "Just Kidding. It can't really hold a child" It makes me laugh for a couple of reasons. 1. the ridiculousness  that they have to put that on there or someone will try to sue them when their child cannot hang from the post-it and gets hurt and 2. the fact that it says Just Kidding. It makes it seem so light and not serious. I love it.