Thoughts on a Tuesday

Mondays are the first day of the week. 

Wednesdays are "hump day", when you know you've made it half way through the week. 

Thursday is one more day until Friday. 

Friday is...well we all know how fantastic Friday is. 

Saturday is the day off for many of us. 

Sunday is church day for some and a second Saturday for others. 

But...what is Tuesday? 

Tuesday was named after the the Norse god of single combat, victory, and glory.

Tuesday has the lowest percent of absenteeism at work and school at 11%.

According to a study done in 2005, Tuesday is the most productive day of the work week. I wonder if that's because they're aren't thinking about how terrible the day is like they are on Monday, or how antsy they are to get out of the office on Thursday and Friday. 

Me? Well I despise Tuesdays, for the very reasons listed above. It's just usually a "blah" day for me. Not good, not bad, just a day. 

Today, I'm headed home from work to whip up some cookie bars for the bake sale our school is having to raise money for a child who has liver cancer and is in need of a transplant. The school has been holding several fundraisers and have raised over $3,000! It's so amazing to see our school rally together to raise money for such a sweet child who is in such dire straits. Cancer {and anything or anyone else that could attack a child} is such an ugly, evil thing. 

Cancer is sad. So here's some sunny citrus fruit...

Here is a random, unrelated photo of oranges, taken at Jennings Citrus Stand in Florida. That orange juice is what they serve for breakfast in heaven. ALWAYS stop for citrus in Florida.

It's a full moon this week. In a school system, that means you're just trying to make it through the week. Kids are horribly effected by a full moon. The best children in the class who are usually calm and quiet are even wild and crazy. I'm really glad we did this craft the week before the full moon.  

This was our Mother's Day craft. So cute, and pretty easy to do! I always love hand crafts. I could imagine as a mother, it would be so precious to have their little tiny hands preserved forever!

I really love having such little kids in my class. I love Pre-K. If  I am able to stay in education when I move to Kansas, I would really like to find a place in Pre-K. They're so much fun, so innocent, and just so loving. I try to remind myself daily to see the beauty and the love in their faces. I'm not always good at it, sometimes my patience wears thin. But I love their little souls.

Sometimes I feel as if my lead teacher and I are the only ones who see the beauty in Pre-K. It seems like we are either an afterthought at our school, or we are despised. I hate that, because I think this is such an incredibly valuable program. It would be fantastic for every one of them to be able to stay home with their mommies until Kindergarten but that's not always realistic. In fact, it usually isn't. But also hate that people "don't get" Pre-K because these are my babies! I want everyone in our school to see their light the same way that I am able to see it everyday.
Here is a little thought on that for Tuesday.

 

Well there's a short, random post for you. I'm thinking tomorrow or Thursday, I will continue with my recommendations for beauty products. Comment and tell me if you would rather hear about my makeup and face faves or body & misc beauty faves!