Day 124

Yes that's another Redbull to the neck. Yes, I know it's the second time this week I had to kick off the day with some extra Pantothenic Acid. I took so long a nap yesterday afternoon that I wasn't able to sleep until after 3AM. Craziness. Here's the thing, though. When I plan as thoroughly as I do for an instructional day, these physical setbacks seem pretty minimal. I remember during my first couple of years of teaching - the amount of distractions that were available to me as I tried to adjust to living on my own coupled with the stress of being a young, immature teacher - I would be a total mess trying to put lessons together the morning I was to teach. No, I'm not proud of the person I once was, but I'm glad I was able to learn how to treat this profession and think farther enough ahead that I could begin to gain a new perspective of what I get to do everyday, and be ready for it even when I didn't feel like it.

Today's bow was acquired at Century 21 and features a bold paisley with lots of shades of blue. Tomorrow marks my 125th consecutive day at this thing. Guess what 8 x 125 is. Yup, 1,000. If I wear the ties I've already worn 8 times each I'll get to my goal of wearing a bow tie for 1,000 consecutive days. Or I could keep trying to rock a different tie for the next 875 days, but I personally think that's just cray cray. Stay tuned to see what I decide to do. And don't be surprised if you see another Redbull tomorrow morning.