good times

today was a great day. God is good. (all the time!) i've got so much going on and so much coming up, but everything is working itself out so well. whether it's school related or personal stuff, everything's exciting right now. my host teacher's daughter was sick today, so she and her co-teacher agreed to let me teach all morning. things went really well, and i'm learning more and more by doing. i skipped math today (which also has a positive effect on the emotions) to attend one of my student's sst meetings (the first step on the way to being identified as special ed). it was really encouraging to see how involved his parents are in his learning. they aren't married, but they came to the meeting together and seem to cooperate well and help him a lot. i felt empathetic for them. that meeting can't be a comfortable time. i can't imagine sitting there while people around the room take turns discussing the areas that your child struggles in. they handled it very well considering it was a lot of information, and to the teachers' and staff's credit, they handled it very professionally and gently. i don't want to leave that placement. a bunch of the kids drew pictures for me today. i even commissioned one to make me something for katie. all i told him was, "i want something that i can give to a girl." he started it out by drawing "i love you" in bubble letters, but then flipped the page over and drew, "i like you a lot." then he drew this awesome butterfly. he's such a ladies man. if i can't do it on my own, at least i've got my kids. =P