First time teaching jitters

A month ago was my first substituting job. No, I haven't switched positions, I am still a staff assistant but my boss wanted me to substitute for one of the 2nd grade classes for a few hours.
I was so nervous about teaching kids as a whole class solo. I actually didn't sleep much the night before. I knew we had a morning assembly so I was going to be able slowly adjust myself into being the teacher.
So the next morning I went to work and went right into the classroom and grabbed the kids and went to the assembly. The assembly was so fun and the kids learned a lot and actually had a great time.
After the assembly we went back to the room and started on the math lesson which was on counting coins. It was a lot of fun teaching them what a half dollar was. Most of the kids already knew what to do when they got the assignment so they were done within 15 minutes, while I helped other kids.
Then we worked on English and on Adjectives. To be honest I have never liked English and it still doesn't make that much sense to me so I am glad they knew what to do already.
After that we had about an hour left so I had them think about what they learned in the assembly and I picked a few kids to tell me what they had learned. It was so much fun inspiring them, boosting them up, and telling them that they can do whatever they set their minds to. It also helped that dad and Tia (one of my coworkers I've known since I was in elementary school, she's like an aunt to me, so I call her Tia) stood outside of the classroom and cheered me on.
I have definitely have found what I want to do for the rest of my life and couldn't be happier!!

Super Heroes Get Sick, Too.

Today the sun was shining, the leaves were back on the trees... today was going to be a wonderful day.

Or so I thought... I had just walked into Bonneville when a coworker told me that one of my adorable little first graders (who happens to also have Aspergers like me)  was just diagnosed with leukemia.

I went totally numb when I heard that. I just couldn't believe that it was happening to my little K (that is my nickname for him).

I went through the rest of the day kind of in a daze until it finally hit me when I was sitting with my first graders when their teacher told them the news.
After they received the news they were worried about him and said that we needed to make get well cards for him.
We all made cards for him, and we all miss having him in our class!

Little K has been that inspiration for me to continue pursuing teaching, and now he is our class super hero.

Super heroes get sick, too. And that makes their teachers feel helpless.