Me and the Boyz

So it's time I guess for a little update. It's been an insane last few weeks. Christmas was spent redeeming my title of "driving ho" by going to the houses of our dear family all over the freakin place. From Alabama to Georgia we went around spreading Christmas cheer. Ok...so we made it to each spot by the skin of our teeth, plastering our fake smile on while we probably fought in the car. Ok...so it wasn't that bad either. I did start the tradition of making Christmas cookies with the nieces and cousins in the family and hope to get those pictures up soon.

Christmas closed again this year with Mee-Maw Christmas and it was incredible. We were once again failures at watching a DVD, had an insane amount of chicken and creations from the Jones house, stayed up way to late, and yelled way to loud at the announcements of babies to come. I still go around my house saying...Heather is having a baby!!! :)

Since then it's just been back to work. Me and the Boyz as I like to call it. Around November I was switched to our EBD class room. EBD stands for Emotional Behavior Disorders. Yeah...right person to teach the class right. Right now I have 7 boys in the class. They range in age from 12-14. All of them have rough home lives or emotional circumstances. We apparently lose our minds after Christmas break because we are just now starting to remember how to act semi-appropriately again. Semi being the theme.

I love my boys though. I guess you can almost say I've found my calling (almost because I promise you if a wealthy benefactor came to town I would say adios to the boys and hello to the beach.) I love seeing them make the right choices. A good day is when we realize that someone cares for them and out of respect we do the right thing. There are some hard days with these guys (my chiropracter should be able to build a new wing thanks to me), but those bad days make the good days AMAZING.

I hope all of you are doing well and hope that 2009 is a year filled with precious moments and memories!