memories

i called one of my former student's house to see if he wants to come up to school tomorrow and help me set up shop.

his mom answered and said, ms. matthews! i was wondrin' if we would hear from you this summer! (kid) gonna have you this year? oo ms. matthews he really hopes he does.

and i have to say, no, i'm only teaching 6th graders this year, so they'll be in 7th grade and i won't have them.

and she says, so wait, you won't have any of them? not (kid), or (kid), or even (kid).

nope, none of them (silently SO thankful).

she says, ohhhh ms. matthews they gonna be so sad. they talked about you all summer.

and suddenly, i wasn't so thankful that i don't have those kids again. quite frankly, i (briefly) got a little envious of my friend who's teaching 7th grade SpEd and will have them all. but then i remembered last year, and was thankful again.

i *am*, however, excited to see him tomorrow!