Go Kris Allen!

I normally don't get into American Idol, but when I saw there was an Arkansas boy I could not resist. I am so pumped that he won tonight. I know it sounds silly, but I haven't been this excited for my state since I was in 5th grade and watched the basketball team win the national championship! All too often Arkansas gets a bad reputation and it is good to see my state well represented.

Well, we are down to 7 days. This has been a very tough week for me. I found out on Sunday night that a student in my class lost his mother. This was pretty shocking for me since I had just talked to her the week before at our Mother's Day lunch. I can't imagine what my sweet student is going through right now. Even though I went to school for 5 years to be a teacher, they don't teach you how to handle these situations. The rest of the class is so sweet and are worried about their friend. We decided to get a build-a-bear monkey for him since that is his favorite animal. I got it on Monday but had to go back tonight because my students informed me that it is NOT OKAY MRS. WORTHY to give him a monkey without clothes! I had to laugh a little because when I was young there were no clothes for my animals! My how times have changed! Anyway, I will be going to the funeral tomorrow. It is going to be a tough day.

Along with the funeral, I also found out about a big change that will be happening next year. I will share more about that later, but thoughts and prayers would be appreciated for this big change.

Well, I am off to bed...oh yeah, I just ordered a Kris Allen shirt for Josh and myself!