Finding sanity after the crazy

You all know I'm a teacher for young children with special needs. Well, I pride myself on being patient. My job takes a lot of patience and I'm pretty sure that I must use it all up with the kids, because with adults and at home patience goes out the window and crazy pushes its way in. Trust me, I wish I was kidding. Our internet hasn't been working properly since Friday and it kept going in and out. Do you know how hard it is to type IEP's when you keep losing your work because the internet keeps cutting out? Not to mention that I'm already not happy that I am working from home on a Sunday afternoon. Then I got the pleasure of calling Comcast. After I push 1 and 4 and 2 and nine hundred other numbers just to get to the place you need to be to talk to a real person their phone drops your call and you get to call back and do it all over again 2 more times. I have NO patience for that and I honestly considered throwing the whole computer and cords and modem right out the window and letting them know it will be on the sidewalk and they can feel free pick it up. Then once I finally get everything sorted out and calm down I realize I just went borderline crazy and the person on the phone probably forwarded my phone number on to a psychologist. Oh well.

So after yesterday and the internet fiasco, today wasn't much better, but I came home to a wonderful hubby who listened to me rant about work and the recycling people (who never fail to annoy me every Monday when I get home from work). And because he knows just how to cheer me up he told me to open the jelly jar where I found this little surprise.

He said "I found that this morning, thought you would like it". It made me smile and remember the little things I am grateful for, like jelly smiley faces. :)

And these adorable mugs that I'm pretty sure wait all day just to see me again.

Then I upload the pictures from the weekend and find these sweet faces who remind me that it's the little things that matter, like learning to blow bubbles and trying to hold as many Disney characters as your little arms can manage and sharing the excitement with the people you love.

So when I lose my patience and need to find my crazy self a way back to sanity I know where to look and that's all that matters.