I'm Flying Now!!

My very first position in the field of education was over 10 years ago now, just after I graduated from university, when I became an ESL aide for a local high school.

I don't know where I got it, but somehow, I ended up with a bookmark that had 101 Words of Encouragement to say to students.  Some were borderline mundane: Way to go!  Great work!  You can do it!

Others were just wacky:  You're tops!  (What does that even mean?)  You can be trusted!  (Like you couldn't trust me before?) and one of my favorites, You're A-Okay! What kind of goon would actually go around saying that?

But my favorite, my absolute favorite was this one:  YOU'RE FLYING NOW!

It just reeks of geekiness, and therefore, I love it.

My BFF and I would write that to each other back in the day before Social Networking, when we actually sent e-mails to each other.  We still say it though.

Today I decided that I needed to give myself a little praise, and to tell myself that I am, indeed, flying now.

With the exception of Sunday and Monday, I've worked out every day this week.

I've stayed within my Points+ allotment.

I've been drinking water.

I've been rationing out Girl Scout cookies every day, WITHOUT CHEATING.

Today, however, I was a star!

After school we had a big meeting where all the 2nd grade teachers in the district met together.  There is always a plethora of candy - mostly chocolate (And not the crappy kind of chocolate here, there is nothing labeled "Best Choice" or "Sam's Choice" here!  We're talking Reese's, Kit-Kat, Snickers, Hershey's....drooooool......gurgle...gurgle....slurp.  Ack!  My brain is turning into a chocolate-infused zombie!) that is available when we sign in, but also usually scattered and draped ever-so-lovingly over the tables where we sit.  

What's a fat girl to do?

COME PREPARED, THAT'S WHAT!

And prepared I was, my friends!  I wasn't a girl scout for years and years for nothing.

My purse held the contents of a 100 calorie pack of dark cocoa powdered almonds (yummy!!), a banana, and a cheese stick.  And so I didn't feel the least bit of deprivation, I stopped off at Sonic for my favorite beverage:  a Route 44 Diet Vanilla Coke (easy on the ice, of course).  

I was able to sign in without hoarding 2lbs. of candy, and sat sipping my Rt.44DVC-EZice (see Sonic reference above if you're confused about that).  And believe it or not, I was thoroughly contented just eating the cheese stick.  I delved into the rest of my booty after the meeting, but throughout the meeting nary a single piece of chocolate crossed these lips.  Girl Scout Honor.

PLUS!!

PLUS!!

(I had to say it twice, just in case you didn't get the extreme amount of enthusiasm I'm mustering up here.)

Even though I had to be back at school two hours later to watch my students sing in their annual music program, I STILL went to the gym and worked out.  I even planned ahead enough to bring things (including clean didies) so that I could take a shower at the gym.  

I was simply amazing today.

Forget about flying, I'm en fuego!