todays "lightbulb" moments

• preparing for something does not always mean you are fully prepared
• teaching might be an awkward job for someone who does not always have the right words to say. oh who are we kidding, it IS an awkward job for those who do not always have the right words to say.
• i will always be awkward, but i like it
• skipping church to sleep in is okay to do every now and then
• making a poster makes everything more exciting (back to that old teaching thing again)
• school supplies make the world go round (lets be real, i have always known this one)
• criticism comes with authority
• nothing stings worse than a hateful attitude from someone you love
• cold shoulder accomplishes nothing, even if it feels like the right thing to do at the time
• smashed cherry chocolate hershey kisses are sticky and the make a mess
• purple is a magnificent color

last but not least...

• Dumbledore definitely groomed his beard