Cleaning Blessings........

So as most of you know, I have entered BACK into the work world of Reading Specialist. I cannot express how much I LOVE this job!!!! Truly this is a GINORMOUS blessing. As of right now, I have two kids on my case load (soon to be three). This is what that looks like: Tuesdays and Thursdays, I arrive at the school at 1pm. I tutor one student, have a clean up break, go and tutor another student. When I am cleaned up from that, I go and pick up my kids, and we all go home with nothing to do but homework, snacks, get dinner etc..........

Here was my dilemma..........I was carrying too much stuff! So in my "Why didn't I think of this sooner, Knucklehead!" wisdom, I found my old briefcase. It was like finding an old friend. It was given to me when I first started student teaching.....and carried me through my career. I love that case, it still is perfect and exactly what I needed.

But alas, it needed to be cleaned out, and dusted (ack!!!). When cleaning it out, I giggled at some of my finds. Random notes, cards from flowers that Mr. C. sent me on the last day of school (every year), you know......STUFF. With the exception of the cards from my Honey, most of it quite honestly was trash. Why I kept it, was pure laziness on my part. But then I found...........

MONEY!!!!!

Oh, man did I find money!!!! Lots, and lots, and lots of coins. Now you might be thinking that I am off my rocker at this point, but here is the short story.....

When the kids would turn in their book order, a lot of the times it was in the form of coins. So I created an envelope to stash it in for sodas after school, and meetings that we were required to attend (great planning on my part!) Well, the stash grew, and grew after 8 years of teaching. I don't drink THAT much soda. So apparently when cleaning out my filing cabinet on the last day, I put the coins in my bag, came home and forgot about it. I forgot about $27 dollars and some change to be exact!! That is a lot of quarters. So to celebrate, I am going shopping for a new top or something to wear to work, using my new funds. I know it won't get me much, but the thought of using money that was found is a blessing in itself. Maybe I should clean out my stuff more often. Who knows what I might find!