is the word I would use for when my bff called a little earlier. cheesy as it is, i was watching america’s next top model and even though we talked during the commercial, i did get distracted when it came back on. i wasn’t so distracted, however, that i missed this great thing she said: anger disappears when empowerment is permanent. I have to call her in the morning to a) apologize for being so distracted and b) give her major props for such a helpful statement!

I will say that after yesterday I feel much more empowered at my job. I feel like I made connections with the rest of the staff that I hadn’t made before – that they really see what I bring to the table. That’s important because I’ve been feeling really disempowered and disconnected – as if my boss could fire me on a whim. Now, I feel that the organization is much more vested in keeping me around. I feel like I earned a badge of some sort, a badge that represents how much I enjoy my work, love my students, and value my place in the organization.