Just one quick note. I stumbled into work today after teaching virtually nothing last week (state testing). I was feeling out of the loop, unengaged, and unsuccessful. It took the space of about thirty seconds- stimulus a room full of over-energetic 11th graders- for me to get over it and swing into completely inexplicably giddy mode. The edge wore off slowly during first period, but the mood didn't fade completely and helped me get through the day. So maybe I didn't actually deserve to be completely exuberant since I'm definitely behind on lots of important stuff, but claiming a little unearned joy seems to make everything lighter on a Monday morning.