Thankful Thursday, now that it's Saturday and all

I used to be so good about doing this every Thursday. Eh, better late than never.

Today I am thankful for:

• the grace of the good Lord
• my family and friends
• the health of my family and friends
• my own health, although I've now completely lost my voice, am coughing my guts up, and am pretty grumpy that I paid the doctor $30 and got two shots to feel...worse
• my job, and the students I have the opportunity to impact...I pray every day that I'll impact them in a positive way
• the people I work with
• getting to have some really good conversations with some really good friends this week
• the news that several sweet girls in my life have babies on the way...God is good!
• the microphone my principal brought me so that I could still teach even though I've lost my voice...I looked a lot like this, minus the hat and guitar (try not to be jealous):

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• a chance to recoup, rest, clean, and maybe even sew this weekend
• making myself stay late after school yesterday so I could finish up my lesson plans...I don't like to stay late on Fridays, but I really don't like to work over the weekend or come in at sunrise on Mondays
• feeling like I'm finally getting into my routine and feeling a little more "normal"...relatively speaking, of course :)

HAPPY WEEKEND, yall!