I am certain our bus driver used to drive demolition derby!  Today I had my eyes closed and was trying to rest on the way to campus, when he turned a corner and hit the curb.  Hard.  I was flung out of my seat, completely startled awake!  I was like at least I am awake to teach now!

I haven't been sleeping well at all for the past month, so I was just exhausted this morning, and I got to class and my students were just as wiped out.  But we persevered and learned a few things!  I have such an amazing group of students.  I am so proud of them!  They really work together and we have fostered a great learning environment.  And I am trying out a new idea this semester called cookie pts.  If they spot a mistake I made on the board or said, instead of waiting and wondering, if they ask right away they get a cookie point.  If they ask a good question or something else like that - cookie point.  We get to 30 points and I bring them cookies.  At first they were skeptical.  But now they are really into it.  One of them emailed me and wanted to know if a typo on a worksheet was a cookie point!  Goodness I love teaching so much!