Optimism

As I said in my very first post, August was the pits. And outside of Mumford, it continued to be the pits. But guess what? Now it's September! And I am choosing to be optimistic that September will be better.

Going to work was hard today after having a three day weekend, and I found myself saying "I just need to make it to Thanksgiving..." which is a terrible way to live! I don't want to live that way at all, and so I am trying to be present in the present - or at least look forward to the near future. So I'm making a mental list of things that will make September the best ever. Here is that mental list made into an actual list:

Friday night - Santa Fe Art Walk (part of my personal goal of learning to love Denver more).
Saturday - I get to go to a wedding! For the first time allllll year! And dance my booty off.
Soon - My BFF Ashley is moving back here from San Fran! Can you believe it?!? Me neither.
Also - Mumford's new album!!
Also - JK Rowling's new book!! (This is both exciting and a little scary.)
Also - TV is starting back up! (Go ahead - judge me. I love television.)
Best - I'm going to Seattle for my birthday!!!! I can. not. wait!!

So there you have it, September is going to be awesome!

I went into school today with this attitude - of September marking a change and moving into the best time ever - but that didn't happen. Not one bit. Apparently the three day weekend set us back quite a bit because my kids were craaaazy today. They did not stop talking, humming, tapping, moving around, etc, etc, etc. And they are basically the biggest tattle tales ever. There is a constant stream of kids informing me of something that someone else did or said. And it's usually their own friends that they're ratting out. This afternoon, Everett came up to tell me that Gavin broke his pencil. He said, "I mean, he didn't like break it in half. It's just that the tip of it broke off." Then why are you telling me???

I'm choosing to remain optimistic that tomorrow will be better.