Back to School

The Bug Hero took this picture of the Baby Hero to send to me during school. This is the Baby Hero enjoying some tummy time mid morning today. I sure did miss my boys. The hardest part about today was leaving the apartment. I cried on my way to the car.

At school I felt like a rock star, famous athlete, and a super hero all at once. The kids did dances in the halls, I heard them singing, "MRS. HUGHES IS BACK!!!" It was great! I also got tons of hugs from students, and two students even brought cookies to celebrate my return! I got a standing ovation as I walked into one of my class periods. They were really grateful to see me come in, and then they were excited that I started explaining the math to them.

The most frequent comment I had was, "You're BACK!" Said in a grateful, pathetic voice, "I can finally understand math again!" The other comment was, "Oh yeah! We have to follow the rules, she's back to enforce them." Strangely, that comment wasn't made while whining, it was just a statement of fact. Some of the kids seemed pleased that I was enforcing the rules and making them stay on task.

I was told by several teachers today that the kids were thrilled to see me, one teacher told me about how all of her classes danced in her room to tell her that I was back. A couple of the kids told me that they understood I needed to have the baby, but I should never leave them again for that long.

I feel loved. I hope I can keep it up and finish out the school year strong. It was a good first day back.