A Good Tired…

I always thought that was dumb, “a good tired,” until I became a teacher. I don’t want to sit here and complain because I did just have an entire summer off, but it’s hard to get back into the swing of things! Alarm set for 5:30 am (still not enough time to check Facebook), traffic, just the stress of driving in before I’m considered late is hard! I only work 15 miles away from my school but it takes a good hour (there’s that word “good” again) to drive there! That’s crazy time! That’s 4 minutes for one mile! At least I don’t live in LA right? I listen to music, drink coffee, and eat my breakfast snack to pass the time, and hope that I get there in time.

Today is an emotional day for me. It was my birthday and the anniversary of my dad’s death, five years ago. If you know me and/or read my post entitled “Oil and Water Really Don’t Mix” you know of my relationship with my dad. He loved me, but didn’t know how to show me, and I really didn’t hold it against him, I still loved him, he still taught me well. But it was tough. My birthday present to him every year was leaving his home in North Carolina, what he wished for. And, in the end, he ended up leaving us on my birthday. Ironic. So, which leaves me in a predicament. Do I celebrate my birthday? Do I remain solemn all day to remember my Dad? I don’t know what to feel. I’m just tired, a good tired! Today was also the first day of school with the kids!

First days… what can I say? I have the same group of kids I had last year, no, I don’t have to teach them again, I just brought them through second grade, now we will go through third grade together, it’s called “looping” in the education world. It was really like we never left each other. Same kids doing the same things they did last year. A positive thought is that I was right on top of it. I just hope they still love reading! Again, I am a good tired. I did a lot today, felt a lot, thought a lot, walked a lot, drove a lot. It is a good tired, I guess. I guess a bad tired would be still tired but didn’t do anything all day! At least my life was full today. I thank everyone that took the time out of their busy day to wish me a happy birthday, I really do appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you for a good tired. May tomorrow bring us all another good tired.