Back to work.....

It's been a long almost seven weeks, but I finally went back to work today. So many people said they were surprised I was back so soon considering the type of kids I work with and the type of surgery I had?!?! I never planned on it being this long!!  Anyway, I teach mostly special ed/ ESL kids aged 3-5. They are all over the place and I don't sit down for most of the day. It was so, so good to see the kids- I had about half of them come back from last year and half were new. They were all great and happy and cuddly, just how I like them! Really, there were only a few times that I felt twinges in my knee and remembered I had an injury. The rest of the time I was cautious, but not in any pain at all. I iced for about 5 minutes during my about 15 minute lunch break and took 2 Aleve. A boy with autism threw himself on the floor while I was walking with him and holding his hand and that twisted my knee and was painful but that was the worst of it. I am a dork, but as soon as I walked into the classroom I got a little tear in my eye. Because I was happy and so ready to be back there and back to my normal life. It is coming back slowly, and for that I am so grateful.