end to a long day.

i have vented to many today.  and i hate to whine or complain, but my goodness, i had a really bad day.
in a nutshell, every single kid in my class was bad, to the point of i actually was hit by one of my students today- first time ever.  i feel exhausted, angry, frustrated, and confused, because mostly my kids in class are great!  it was just a really off day.  and then, one of my favorite kids is leaving tomorrow, so i spent all night (actually, the last two nights) working on a good-bye book for him.  it made me sad and nostalgic in a weird way.  i thought of all my students last year, and how it won't be long before i have a whole new slew of kids come in...
and then, i did something today that i never thought i would do... i actually ASKED to be back with the two-year-olds next year.  i never thought i'd ever want to be back with them (no offense to 2-yos, but having 10-12 of them at once is quite insane!)  but out of either craziness, or just sheer love for these kids, i chose, yet again, to be in this room again!?!  wow!  so, i guess next year around this time, you may hear another rant of insanity from my class... but really, the insane one is me... and i'm okay with that.