SwImMiNg...

so yeah...i remember the first time i took swim lessons and they made me go off the diving board...but i refused.  i wouldnt go off, nor would i go back down.  i sat on the board with a death grip and cried until the life guard pried me off.  i think i was 6.

so im not quite the swimmer, stating the obvious.  i also recall the 5,000 times my brother wanted to secretly drown me, or the time i got stuck under rafts at the water park, or the time i got caught in a rip tide, or the time my life jacket came off when i was thrown from the jet ski, or the time i stopped breathing and turned blue, so....basically what im saying is:

AMY + WATER = NO BUENO

however, i enjoyed my nice, slow, RA-TARD swim tonight.  i dont know how to swim and im totally ok with that.  but see the problem is this.  competition.  the guy next to me was really good and i think we were secretly racing...well...i was racing...or maybe it was more like tag, but i was IT-the whole time.

dee, kinda like when i said, "so...i dont really like running next to the same person the whole time...?"  it was one of those moments.

going on the record #1:  men should not wear speedos. period. the end.
going on the record #2:  do not walk around the locker room with ZILCH-O clothes on...please.  thanks.
going on the record #3:   IM AWESOME!

THR33 AcTs of Kindness...

today, i may have witnessed 3 acts of kindness...or did i?

1.  ....the driver in front of me politely waved a car on, then proceed to cuss him out and flip him the bird for makin him miss the light.

2.  ...a student kindly asked his teacher to "PLEASE...shut the "F" up.

3.  ...at recess, a student shoved another into a metal beam...followed by the words "im sorry...that your a little B and that i had to shove you into the post"

KINDNESS: the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

on a serious note, my job does NOT offer many opportunities to be kind.  i secretly (bc its not cool to admit it), try each and every day to perform three acts of kindness at work.  its something im working on.  whether its being kind to my students, someone else's students, or other staff...i try to do THREE nice things each day.  i want to make the place i work at-a pleasant and calming environment.  i am well aware that this task is WAAAAAY to large for one person, especially at my school, but i figured it has to start somewhere.  

sometimes (ok-alot of the time), it sucks waking up every morning, knowing that my day will probably be rough---and in more ways than one.  but, i have three goals each and everyday that i try to meet.  one: be a positive role model for my seven wonderful students. two: provided them a fair opportunity to learn-something that other schools did not offer them.  three: develop their social skills so that they can, some day-i hope, be a productive and successful member in society.