a good day for me

some days are good; some days are bad.

this one started in the middle. and stayed that way up until this evening. when i went to my evening class and discovered that our student who went to take the big test, passed! which i was thrilled about, naturally, but then when the life coach lady asked him what specifically he thought helped him pass, he answered right away, "oh it was xxxxx helping me with my math." and he looked at me and said, "thank you, i will never forget you helping me. i would never have passed without you sitting down with me the week before."

and that made my day. wouldn't it make yours? and it's doubly crazy for me, because well, you know, math and i are not always friends. but apparently, i'm good at teaching it. again, i think it's because i know exactly how you can screw it up, and so i know how to help people steer around those things.

so that really helped my day along.

but then it got even better. i was standing in the classroom waiting for something, and out of the blue, one of the students said, "you must never eat junkfood. you're so thin." and i said, "no, i eat junkfood all the time, and i'm not thin anymore. i used to be."

and she says, "no, you're thin. good thin. not creepy thin. you look damn good, girl."

and i said, "ha, for an old broad, you mean."

and the two young students who were standing near us started laughing. i looked at one of them and laughed as well. and about 3 of them at the same time, said something to the effect of "get off it, seriously you look really good and you don't look old."

anyway. i think they're nuts. or perhaps blind. but they sure helped make my day.