Wednesday Warnings.

The predicted hurricane or the first day of school...I could not tell you which is more terrifying at the moment. Both shall pass, I just cross my fingers that it'll be with little damage and less scarring!

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door… You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.” The Fellowship of the Ring -J.R.R. Tolkien.

I woke up this morning to a spider bite on my swollen eyelid and I thought "Great, I get to look like Quasimodo, on the first day of school." As it turned out, it was a omen of worse things to come. Hunger, general crankiness, and the overwhelming sense of being behind on a job that has yet to even begin. The good news? My belly's now full, my eyelid has shrunk to it's usually proportions, and I can all but hear the Zzzzzzs, as I crawl into bed. 

"The world breaks us all. Afterward, some are stronger at the broken places." Farewell To Arms -Ernest Hemingway.

Tomorrow, my task is to decorate my classroom. This quote is going above the door, so that all those who exit my class, will take this promise and carry it with them for the three minutes they have until their next lesson begins." 

"Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." Winne the Pooh, A.A. Milne.