A Not So Good Day

Today was definitely a day for the books.

Let me just preface this by saying that yesterday we had our open house at work - a time for parents to come in & tour the school & classrooms & hopefully like what they see so they will enroll their little ones for next year. On such a day, much prayers are said by teachers & staff for polite, kind, well behaved little friends.

Our prayers were certainly answered. The kids were awesome. They weren't yelling across the classroom, they weren't beating each other, they all had fun & played well together. Granted, less than 10 people came to the open house, but hey, who's counting?

So back to today. IT. WAS. AWFUL. The kids did not have such a great day.

Oh & did I mention that one of my teachers from school was coming to observe me? Awesome, I know.

It started out great. The kids built this awesome fort in the gym. They had so much fun & all worked as a team & it was wonderful. But then we had circle time & my teacher showed up & it all went down the crapper.

One boy threw the biggest screaming, kicking, fighting tantrum I've ever seen him throw in my entire life, so out of character for him. The kids were frustrated that they couldn't get their toothpick & gumdrop structures to stand up. Later in the day, I had to have another teacher remove a student for throwing toys at another. My little friends decided that throwing the chairs on top of each other in a giant heap was a better idea than neatly stacking them. Said tantrum boy decided in his words "he doesn't like to listen to people". & to top it all off, I had to stay late because they had 2 too many kids in their group so I had to stay until they dropped. It may have only been 15 minutes, but when you've had the emotionally draining day that I had, 15 minutes is like 15 hours.

Needless to say, it was a looong day.

Some days just aren't going to go according to plan.
Some days will be a little rough (or a lot rough).
Some days will require you to simply just get down on your knees & pray.

And that is what I am going to be doing tonight. Thanking Him for the good & the bad. Asking for his grace. Praying for a better day tomorrow.

On another note:
     In exactly 2 days Ben & I will be celebrating our 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!
     I'm just a little excited (: