What gets me through the day?

I work 16-hour days 6 days a week. I am on my feet all day, it is 11o degrees. I don't get enough food, sleep, or exercise.

But when Jimmy, who had brain cancer last year, can master how to use a dictionary AND a thesaurus and know WHY to use each one, I can get through the day.

And when Melanie, the quiet girl who sits in the back and wants to be a veterinarian and whose Mom is her hero, who got an astonishing 85% on the pre-test, says "I like your tie, Mr. Boyle," I can get through the day.

Today was a good day.