UPDATE 9/8/15 Today, four of my students walked in to my room and said, "We are reading today--I am SO EXCITED I LOVE THIS BOOK" (may not be a direct quote, but it is close). We have a block schedule, so I only have English every other day, so they haven't read since last Thursday--but they are all so excited and plugged in to this book--it is truly amazing. There are not enough words to adequately thank my santa for this gift. The impact is so huge, and I feel so giddy with each page read, because they are all so in to the book--it is AMAZING.

I had the worst day ever. I have had two days to get ready for my students--freshmen--because first day of school is TOMORROW, and of course, there is PD at least one day for meetings, etc. The copy machines broke today that I use, and of course I didn't get my needed copy-making before they broke down, so I will need to be at school early to get things ready for my kiddos' first day! Anyway, I get home, see a GIANT box, open the GIANT box, and FALL OVER.

A CLASS SET OF ANDY WEIR'S THE MARTIAN. The book I was going to play the audiobook for in class next week to get them hooked into English class for the year. I have been checking copies (2) out from the library, and asking my librarian for help, and was just going to throw out the idea completely, and then this magical amazing human gifted me with the most generous gifts EVER. I will post pictures this weekend after the crazy first two days of school are over, but I had to immediately share my gratitude, because OMG AMAZING. THANK YOU AMAZING SANTA!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!