roses and thorns

i havent really been super motivated to blog about anything specific lately, but i thought a short lists of highs and lows that have been going on recently would be nice...

roses:

• its almost the weekend! 
• my pandora was ON POINT allllllll day today
• starting this month, i will visit have visitors at least once a month until april...yippeee! 
• i finally got my reimbursement check from work today 
• im relieved that i finally have a solid plan for next year and am anticipating the exciting new challenges that the next step of my journey will present
• i got my hair cut for $2 today- thank you gateway technical college beauty school
• warm weather in january...i dont hate it
• a group of students that i work with as part of our outreach program asked to make a presentation and host an event about what they learned from our group to their classmates- sometimes what we do really does get through to them! :)
• my to-do list is almost empty
• i really honestly LOVE what i do and the people i interact with on a daily basis

thorns:

• i feel like january flew by! and im nervous that the rest of this year will speed by too! 
• lots of the kids are struggling with working on division and im struggling to find ways to better help them with
• im not getting my taxes done until march, but i want my refund now! 
• people who dont take things seriously 
• even though i know that i am going to be doing nyc teaching fellows next year, i have to wait a few weeks to find out where i will be teaching/going to school and i am IMPATIENT!

more roses than thorns, life is good! :)