It is winter after all

So it is February and we finally had the first snowfall....it was a pretty pitiful accumulation of 2-3 inches.  Wasn't enough to get school cancelled and definitely wasn't enough to take Caden sledding for the first time. (on a side note....SO glad we returned all 3 sleds he got for Christmas)

It was on the other hand just enough to go and play in. The pictures are blurry because I forgot the auto focus wasn't on...SUPER bummed about that mistake. It is probably the only snow we see this winter and I messed up the photo opp. and Coleman slept through it.

our snowman is furry....we obviously still have leaves in our yard

he is trying to shovel...he just slid backwards

creepy snowman and goofy Caden

February blues

I can tell it is the end of January/begninning of Febrary without even looking at a calendar. I am cranky, I want to be more active and I'm considering a career change. Well not really for the last one.

I don't know what it is about this time of year but this is when I'm feeling like I'm on the edge of losing it at work. I'm frustrated with lack of growth...some kids, it is their behavior, some kids its their learning rate, some kids....well I don't know what it is because we as the 'professionals' haven't quite figure out what makes some kids 'tick.'

Past years it was easy to blame the weather for the winter blues but this year we have only a handful of days that the temperature has fallen below 40 and I can't even recall a single day we had snow.  I love it! Playing outside at a park on the last day of January in sweatshirts is awesome.  wait a minute...I'm on getting off on a tangent.

back to the topic
I am trying to stay positive but it is sooooo (not sure that is enough o's to prove my point) hard when I'm faced with the SAME things day after day. Don't get me wrong, I like my job. I'm not in love with it like I used to be, but I'm getting back to that. After a really, REALLY difficult year or two, I got burnt out, scarred..emotionally, physically (none of them were permanent scars), mentally.  I probably should have had some therapy but either way I'm getting back to myself, slowly but surely.

BUT
There are days I just want things to be easier, for me, for my students, for my co-workers. There is a lot of