Tag! I'm It! : 6 Things That Make Me Happy

My friend, Elizabeth A., who blogs at Archipelago, tagged me with this meme. I like this one because 1) it's only 6 things not 250 which seems to be the case for most of these memes and 2) it's about what makes me happy! And who doesn't want to make a happy list?

Here are the rules because I'm tagging you people!

• Link to the person who tagged you.
• Post six things that make you happy along with these rules.
• Then tag six others (letting them know, of course..I only tagged 5).
• Let the person who tagged you know when your entry is complete.

What makes me happy at 6:42 in the morning.

• that first cup of coffee after not waking up to the alarm clock.
• using our fun monitoring system to play with the children...Ambookgeek and I have moments of pure happiness this way and it also gets the kids to a little more relaxed around us so that they will come up to us for help later - whether it's for a book recommendation or help researching)
  
• laughing, having fun, and spending time with my loved ones (cheesy but true..my peeps are hilarious and it doesn't even matter what we are doing)
• sitting on a surfboard, waiting for a wave as the sun is setting (it is the most beautiful thing to ever experience and I think, even if you don't surf you should just paddle out there and sit on your board...nothing like it on the planet)
• curling up in bed with a good book and a cup of tea

Ok, I'm tagging some people but if you want to join in please do!

1. tiffanybbrown
2. jasontoney
3. mellemusic
4. miss mahoney
5. miss fel
6. joffi
   
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Acknowledging a breakthrough...I love my job

ssshhhh. don't tell anyone!

I actually twittered that I am very happy at my job. The first two years I was glad and pretty happy but I was also extremely overwhelmed and a little lost. Being a school librarian is a very challenging specialty of librarianship. No one ever tells you that. All you ever hear about is how you will lose your job and how under-appreciated you are by teachers and administrators. Luckily, I am at a place that appreciates us and what we do. I hear it and feel it everyday when students come up to me and say, "Thank you." Yes, there are moments where I am "ssshhhing" and there are moments where I look around and wonder, "where are their teachers?" But, for the most part, I am so very very lucky.

We have only a few more days before the Winter Break and I can honestly say that I feel really positive about the year so far. My class management skills are much improved. Sometimes, I wish I had a video of my classes before. I think I looked a bit frazzled. Trust me, there were moments where I would walk out of my class and it looked like I was hit with a bomb. I had fun and I trust that I taught my students well, but by this time last year, I was grabbing a cocktail and trying to relax and not feel so burned out. This year I just feel happy.