Don't Worry, Be Happy

If there is one thing I've learned from my mom* it is to be optimistic and positive. She can be insanely positive...at times, to a fault. When I was a kid, I used to worry that I would break my arm and my mom would say, "It's not broken, you're fine!" I never even came close to breaking my arm, but she was so good about not overreacting to things. Even now, I'll see her and say, "Ugh, I'm sneezing like crazy! I hate allergies." and she'll say something like, "It's probably good for you to sneeze!" Haha, oh mom.

Anyway, so she has instilled in me to have an extremely optimistic attitude and positive outlook on things. I'm not always that way and do get down about things and worry**, but I usually get to a point where I remember to find the brighter side to things and focus on that.

I've been having to do this a lot lately. Since August 28th I've been super tired and besides my Four-Day Labor Day Weekend, it's been nonstop between work(s) and school. It's hard to keep the positive attitude when I'm using what little energy I have left to stay awake and not kill middle schoolers***. Often times my way to stay positive is to focus on the end of the day or on Friday. Every so often something good happens in class which gets me through the day. Today is was my Mr. Holland's Opus moment when I had a class practicing "Louie, Louie" while standing up and I started dancing while conducting. Not much, ohhhh not much. I don't need 13 year olds making fun of me dancing, but it was a good moment of them sounding awesome and us playing a fun song. (Note: I heard that the writer of "The Hey Song" was caught with child porn or something. Nast! I hate that song, it makes me cringe to hear.)

XO,
SVR



*And there are WAY more than just one.
**Haha, oh man.
***If any of you see this...I'm just teasing;)