Here Comes the Sun.

It was our PD Day today at work, and I very nearly said "Screw it" and ditched going because I got stuck in awful traffic on my way to the office and figured there was no point in showing up during the presentation/workshop.  By some miracle, I still managed to get to the office on time ... okay, so I wouldn't have been that late even if the traffic had held me up a bit longer, but it was still mighty tempting to skip hahaha

Anyway, I'm glad that I got to work on time and stuck around because we had a life coach come in to do the workshop.  I've always been under the impression that a coach would merely be someone who motivates you and helps set you on the path appropriate for you.  It turned out to be so much more than that; it was a lesson in self-awareness and overcoming adversity.  We touched on how to dissect our own feelings and problems and how to move forward from there through a bunch of awareness and empowerment techniques.  By extension, these techniques could be used to aid us in the work that we do with children and

It was really quite a substantial.

As I've been in a bit of a funk lately, I figured with the lessons I learned today, this entry would be an exercise in positivity.

1) I felt really pretty today ... my hair cooperated and lay straight, my hand was steady enough this morning to make nice lines on each of my eyelids, and my mascara wasn't clumpy at all :)

2) I was rocking my gold pants today.  I worried I couldn't pull them off, but I'm actually quite happy with how they looked with my outfit.

3) I got to have lunch with two of the ladies I worked with last year and it was a lot of fun catching up, gossiping, and just being able to connect.  They still work at the preschool I was at last year, whereas I'm all over the city with the schools I work at this year.  Working through a private agency, I don't get to connect with the staff at these preschools as well as I did last year when I was only at the one preschool.  Not to mention, this agency only has PD Days every two months so it's difficult to make friends with the other staff as we very seldom see each other.  It makes for a bit of a lonely life, to be honest, so it was really nice to connect with familiar faces again.

4) I'm going to paint my nails today and perhaps play around with my new dotter set or manicure tape.

5) I've started a new scrapbook. I haven't scrapped since the summer, so I'm looking forward to releasing some creative energy.