so dang proud

of my students. last night one of them came up to my desk at the end of class to tell me that his boss took him aside this week. boss man said "rudy, your english is getting very good. why?" <3 THEN one of rudy's co-workers asked him to translate to the spanish-speaking people who aren't good at english. double <3

another of my students told me this year she did all sorts of things to improve her english. she went to the doctor alone, talked to her neighbor, and went to the store alone. sweetness.

of my friends. in case you don't watch american idol [i don't!], let me tell you about my old buddy kris allen. he is ROCKING the stage, seriously. he's awesome! now he's in the finale, just competing with one other guy. my friends josh and rachel [and probably many others!] are working hard to vote him to a win and created the website i linked to. i had NO idea kris was going to get this far in the competition. our old 5th grade teacher, mrs. may, would be proud. check kris out~

of my family. my mom, dad, and aunt are all working their tails off at grammy's. they have done a major amount of cleaning, which should have been done 20 years ago. i know they're all worn out emotionally and physically and i'm grateful for all they've done.