too fabulous for words

i had a few joys today. seriously i think sometimes that it gets better & better every day. like the school song we have.

today, we (the cy corps members) led the school words of success in the morning. it was hot, especially when we panicked when the kids were leaving the blacktop to go inside for class and we hadn't started yet. but it made me feel good. and today was a great day. super ups all around. andre gave me some daps. and it was nice. took some pictures at afterschool because i've decided we need to document our activities. and i left my house in 20 minutes today, instead of my usual thirty, which is incredible because, yeah, i got extra sleep.

today we were doing factor trees in class and since i had a substitute, things were rough, but i was sitting on the rug with a bunch of kids, working with them in small groups on the prime factor trees worksheet. and so i explain to mark what is going on and he says ok, i understand. and i'm like, great so draw me a prime factor tree for the number 48 while i help someone else, ok? and he says, ok.

i look back at his paper and he had drawn a tree. like an actual, trunk and leaves thing. i laughed and he laughed because he knew that wasn't what i wanted at all. but there are moments, just the smallest things that make me smile. and that's what a joy is all about.