I'm home today, on what I'm calling a recovery day. You know, the day after you've been sick for 2 days and you still don't feel 100%, and you really shouldn't be at school because you've not been fever free for 24 hours yet, but you have just enough energy to start feeling like you should be doing something?!?!? Yeah, that's today. So, rather than clean my house (that really really needs it...I've been on my death bed for two days), I thought I'd blog and then see if I had the energy to clean. ;)

I've been reading a blog lately, and they have an incredible story...I highly recommend you check out MckMama Anyway, yesterday, she had a great blog about being authentic. And it got me to thinking...am I authentic? (webster.com says authentic means not false or imitation) In my everyday life, yes, I think I am. I don't think I say things to my friends or coworkers or students that are not authentic. But my blog? (Despite the fact I haven't blogged in months!!!) No, well, yes. Everything I say is the truth. However, it's not the whole truth! But to be authentic, do you have to always give the whole truth? And I'm not sure that's why I started this blog. I started it because I was in a terrible place, emotionally, and needed the reminder to be positive. I'm no longer in that place (Thank GOD!) But, does that mean I need to be completely authentic now on this blog? Is it possible to be authentic and positive? I mean, certainly I could post everything in my life that is happening, but I really don't want the whole world to know everything that is wrong with my life...if I tell you that's one thing, but if I post it here, anyone could see it, ya know?

So, with all that in mind, I'm going to spend the rest of the month and next month doing something I'm thankful for every day. Today?

I'm thankful for recovery days...so I can feel 100% when I go back to work tomorrow! :)