"Good is good and...

...bad is bad."

Good: Thanksgiving
Bad: Mom having the stomach flu on Thanksgiving
Good: Knowing that I can singlehandedly prepare a full Thanksgiving meal without my mom
Bad: Having to singlehandedly prepare a full Thanksgiving meal without my mom
Good: Hanging out with my little cousins
Bad: Having a sore arm from holding heavy babies all day
Good: Knowing that I graduate from college in less than 2 weeks
Bad: Knowing that I will have a broken toe when I go through the ceremony


**Disclaimer** Gross picture to follow...if feet gross you out scroll down farther.

It is the 4th toe--in case you can't tell.

Yup, that's right. I broke my toe this weekend (at least I assume it is broken but I am not going to the doctor to have them tell me "Hey, it's broken...there's nothing we can do about that."). I stubbed my toe on a bed. This is ironic because stubbing my toes has always freaked me out and I have always been afraid of hurting my toes. I have combined both of them now...ugh. It hurts to wear tennis shoes so I don't know how I am going to wear "teacher shoes."

Speaking of teacher shoes--to those of you who are reading this: you rock. I was (obviously) having a string of bad days. It is great to know that you are all behind me and supportive of me. It is great to know that I have a support system when things go awry. BUT things are much better now and I get to start dropping of some of my class load at the end of this week and that will make my life <---this---> much better. And besides, I AM GRADUATING! It finally hit me this weekend and, even though I am going directly to grad school, I am still getting a degree. AND I got into grad school--they are waiving the interview process for me because I had a couple people put in good words for me. They are making a special exception for me--this rocks!

Wow...I wasn't as excited about all these things until writing this. I am pumped. Now I can start the cleaning process for the party...and ya'll should come. As soon as T and I start planning it. Hopefully I can walk and not hobble by that point.