March Craziness

The idea for March was to write one "old fashioned" letter/note to a family member, friend, or acquaintance each day. Except for about three days this past week I met the goal, mostly due to a school mandate that forces teachers to write a quota of "good news" cards to our students each month. Most days I don't have to work too hard to identify a deserving student, but we are "encouraged" to write to all students throughout the school year. I must admit I have had a few students where the best thing I can come up with is something along the lines of "Congratulations, your student rose above his normal level of apathy today...", so those students have to wait until I catch them on a VERY good day so that my "good news" card doesn't have such a sarcastic ring to it. Though for most students its easy to identify a positive characteristic to highlight.

The problem that I've found with this month's goal is not writing the letters, but remembering to send them. Currently I have quite a few letters sitting on my dining room table, that need to be addressed and stamped. A few of you should be getting letters soon. So, Jenn, Mom, Grandma P., and a few others you've got mail coming! (Please ignore the date I wrote it...it will only serve to highlight my new level of procrastination.)