April 26, 2011-Quiet Day in the Office...

    The first day back to work after being gone for a few weeks is always a good day to catch up.  It remained pretty quiet all day because most of my co-workers were not sure if I was back yet or not, so I took advantage of that fact to hide out in my office and complete paperwork before being pulled back into the classroom. I love being with the kids, but once I enter, it's so hard to leave, then I begin to get behind in all the other requirements of my job, and I have a hard time keeping up.  Being able to work on some of the editing and paperwork from Alabama this time really helped, but there's always something going on and some "right away" need to take care of when working in the world of child care.  Children are still learning patience and how they are feeling at that very moment often outweighs everything else in their small worlds and they react emotionally instead of rationally, but their openness and their sweet, naive nature is refreshing in the world of adults most of us live with for a majority of our time each day.  So, I look forward to catching up with the little ones tomorrow and getting plenty of hugs and giggles from them as that is my absolute favorite part!  :)