It has been about a week since I passed the big one year mark! Hurray! :bouncing_off_wall: I haven't really had much to say since then. It came, it went, I am still here. Not really sure what I was worried about.

At any rate, I am beginning to notice that I might the only sane person I know, and that scares me because I am the one with the brain damage. I am always amazed at how much some of the adults I know behave like the teenagers I teach. I mean, am I the only one that is super happy to be sitting on the other side of the teachers desk now? Anyway, I digress.

My students often complain that we treat them like little kids and they hate it, and I always tell them that if they want to be treated like adults, they should start acting like adults. The thing is, they probably are, and that says a lot.

On another semi-related topic:

I have always been amazed how life can kick the sh** out of some people and they smile like nothing has happened. The would around them could be crashing down and they go right on. Then there are others who have something minor happen to them, and you would think that the world was at an end. A woman I work with is going through rather difficult time right now, and has decided to make herself (and everyone around her) miserable. She barely speaks, and is outright mean to people here who have been very kind to her in her time of need.

The reason I am thinking about all of this is that I have decided that no matter how life treats me, I am alive! And I am pretty happy to be that way. I survived a stroke and am 95% recovered! LIFE IS GOOD!!! :happydance: