The Ultimate

I am clearly not the ultimate wife, daughter, or sister... but I can definitely say that I am getting better and better with my PMDD.  I kind of still hate talking about it to anyone but my mom and husband because I still feel like it means that I am broken but I'm feeling great right now so I'm a bit more optimistic about it.   The thing is though, I haven't reached the first testing point yet.  I still have two weeks left of medication before we see how I react.  I am crossing my fingers but also slightly dreading it even though I know it could take two months for it to fully be worked out.  So we'll see.

In other news I do feel like the ultimate teacher.  I have been frustrated lately because some of my extremely young kids are like blank slates... and I keep writing upon them yet they keep going blank.  They just are not ready yet.   So I went to my boss and told her how I'm feeling "a little lost and frustrated" and she asked about which kids were retaining and which kids were my blank slates.  It was obvious that it was my kids that are a good 6+ months younger than my older students that are turning four in the next month or so.  She explained that my younger kids will have two more years of pre-k before they go to to Kindergarten so that really for them this is just about exposure.  My older kids will move on to Kindergarten in one year (not counting this year) so for them it is about learning and retaining.

Big DUH moment for me, but I obviously did not catch that.  I was thinking about how there was only one class above mine before Kindergarten but in reality by next august there will be a 3 1/2, 4, 4 1/2 and 5 year old class.   I'll have the five year old class.  So okay I get it now and I feel better.  HOWEVER right after that she talked to me about how they feel that I'm doing.  That boosted my mood completely. :)  I have nothing to worry about.  So while I'm still working on becoming the ultimate in my personal life... I feel like the ultimate teacher today. :)