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Hello All and Welcome to the Thursday Thrive! Let me start by saying that I wish life came with a soundtrack . Or that we could all go around singing like in musicals. How often do you just want to break out into song? Shimmy your shoulders? At the very least, bob that head? Surely that's not just me. Today represents a particularly proud Thursday Thrive for several reasons. One-it actually came out on a Thursday. Two-I submitted my thesis statement to be finished with grad school. Three-Because of the fantabulous spring weather, I have been able to wear a dress almost every day this week. Four-27 days until summer . Please don't get me wrong. I love my students, love my classroom. In all honesty, I will probably spend more time there than I don't this summer. I just like being able to say when I get there and when I leave. Perk to being a teacher. Today bristled with glorious anticipation by all. The sun shone down on our sleepy little town. Over lunch, I walke...

Welcome to the next installment of the Thursday Thrive. Your weekly dose of positive in a sometimes pessimistic world. Remember: no matter how big, no matter how small. Every thrive, we count them all. Again, a little late with the entry, but better late than never. Hopefully, with any luck, next week's Thursday Thrive will be at least I posted the Thursday Thrive on time. Fingers crossed, everybody. How has everyone else's week been? (Please note that even as I ask this question, toothpaste covers the front of my favorite sweater. Apparently I have been walking around like this for three hours. This is why we can't have nice things.) Mine has been a tad chaotic to say the least. It was our first week back from break. Track season started. Baseball season started. Class and club meetings happened. Plus on Thursday, our school held its annual FFA banquet. I won a hat. Thank you very much. Bonus, the Dynamic Duo made bedtime Thursday night quite the treat. Pun inten...