Ups and Downs

Teaching has a lot of ups and downs. Today:
1. I had to deal with a teacher I had a confrontation with yesterday.
2. I had classrooms full of kids working on these awesome projects for the end of the year.
3. I thought I was going to miss tomorrow, our last day before finals, which rushed many things and created a sense of panic in me.
4. My students pulled through and I'm going to have some amazing skits on tape of some very powerful subject matter.
5. I got a letter in response to my complaint of having to miss school saying I didn't have to go AND that I was single handedly bringing down productive collaboration and teacher progress.
6. I had a student who has complained non-stop about his project that I've been bending over backwards to make sure it was complete and today he didn't complain once!
7. I found out that the letter saying I was a terrible asset to the teaching was also sent to one of my colleagues (who does understand my e-mail and not the response that came with it)
8. At the film festival, when they showed my drama students' trailer for the play their doing caused the people nearby to say "Now I want to see the whole thing"
AND
9. My SLC surprised me by giving me an award at the end of the evening. I was a blubbering mess at this point embarrassingly enough but it was very touching.