I haven't been here in a while; I haven't gotten to do ANYTHING in a while.  I had a visitor this weekend, I was sick this weekend, and now my co-teacher has been absent for 2 days, so the room has been EXTRA chaotic and  right now my back and neck are SO TIGHT IT'S GIVEN ME A HEADACHE.  Even my dad (who I had rubbing it for about 10 minutes a little bit ago) said I was ridiculously tight, and my dad was in a terrible car accident before I was born and the muscles in his neck and upperback are actually warped and go the wrong way, so for him to make that comment....pretty severe.

Otherwise, and despite what I just wrote, things are good.  We have a new aide in our room, and he's hilarious and easy going and will help keep me sane.  I was thinking about how much I missed Amanda this morning, and while I was sitting here trying to do work, my cellphone started ringing and it was Amanda and we got to talk for about 15 minutes and instantly, I had a good day.  Anything negative (like one of my kids being sent home for striking the aide) was severely down-played by the fact that my favorite Amanda in the whole world was thinking of me and called me.  I miss her so much.  I hope South Carolina knows how lucky they are to have her.  That's right.  The whole damn state.