I have to take a moment...

I've been ridiculously busy these last few weeks with finding out that we're having a baby and everything! That and work have just drained me of time! Today is just as busy as it's the final week of this Fall 2012 semester- so with both Universities (UVU and BYU) ending this week, I've got to gather all attendance and such to enter in final grades!

With that said though- as busy as today is I NEED to take a moment and share how special I feel today.

This semester has been so rough on me personally, trying to teach all my classes and battling the middle to the end of morning sickness, then after that getting strep throat and a crazy cold, learning to deal with myself not fitting in any ZumbaWear specifically etc. All that, while also trying to figure out my class schedule and going through and dropping classes everywhere I teach because I physically cannot teach the 22 classes a week I was burning through before.

But yesterday and today, the last two days of seeing my University classes, has made all these hard things so worth every minute.

I've been blessed with a job that people look forward to seeing me every time I walk in the door! I love the feeling I get when I just walk in wherever location and people greet me with hugs and smiles and "I'm so glad you're here-s!". Who doesn't like feeling love at work?  I'm blessed enough to feel that EVERY DAY.

Yesterday, we had the last day of Aerobics at UVU as well as BYU Zumba.  Both these classes were so amazing all semester long! My Zumba class, BYU is such an amazing place to teach! I have amazing students and this semester in particular, I got so bored of my music so often, but had ZERO energy or motivation to make up new dances. So I'd throw way WAY old stuff at them and they followed like they've known my choreography forever! New stuff never phased them! Even if they didn't know the steps, I could count on them to "WOOP" and cheer through every song! I loved seeing 55 smiling faces every Monday and Wednesday! If you ever want to feel like a celebrity, teach at BYU. I'm proud to see a lot of my students graduate this semester, as well as go on missions as well as getting married! I'm so happy to have grown with all of you and seen you progress throughout the semester!

UVU Aerobics:
I was TERRIFIED to start teaching aerobics. Ask anyone! I went to all my fitness friends asking for ideas and asking how on earth to use a step or create step routines, and boot camps and all sorts of things just trying to get ideas for this class for MONTHS before we even started! The second we started though, it all came so easy. We had INSANITY week, as well as Step weeks and a million boot camps! This class took aerobics to the next level! Everything I threw at them they took with such ease! It almost made me feel my workouts were TOO easy! Then I started receiving emails from students telling me about weight loss they've experienced just from taking this class and how much stronger they feel. Getting to see this particular student as well as the rest of the class get stronger and work so hard, even so early in the morning was simply amazing! We had a graduation and everyone received a diploma and chocolate coins as "Medallions of Honor" for graduating- and we even had awards for best attendance! (0-1 absences). It was so great! The second they left class, I sat in my office and cried at the thought of never seeing them again!

Haha THE PREGNANCY HORMONES!!

Last of all, My UVU Zumba class:
This class has been so amazing and so incredibly patient with me this semester! My prime morning sickness time was right in the middle of this class for the first half of the semester, then all the sickness came blah blah blah. These poor gals had to deal with me being so sick and awful all semester and they still were so amazing and kind and happy to see me! I don't even deserve the love I felt from these amazing girls! I think I've cried the hardest missing this class ESPECIALLY after graduation today. I did the same for this class as UVU Aerobics, in having a diploma, metals and chocolate coins- THEN This amazing class of mine turns around and surprises ME!

They all went in on a photo album for baby, and all signed a card and poster for me! THEN One of my amazing and talented students made DELICIOUS cupcakes for everyone that included Zumba cupcakes and Justin Bieber cup cakes because they all totally know about my crush on J. Biebs.

Other students brought me individual gifts and I stole hugs from a bunch of these sweet girls.

This was an amazing semester. I've met the sweetest people everywhere I've taught and I'm heartbroken it's already over! I was talking to Scott yesterday saying "WHY DO I GET SO ATTACHED TO MY CLASSES!?"

I know for a fact though, I've been so blessed and lucky to have met everyone I have along this journey and career. I'm glad I get attached to my students! I'm crying like a child thinking about how amazing you all are.

Thank you all my sweet classes, all my sweet friends out side of these classes that I've met through teaching! You make my life worthwhile. YOU are the ones that make my life/job so amazing! YOU are the ones who inspire me to be better and work harder to improve myself to be a better teacher/instructor every day.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for being my friends! And university people-- You'd BETTER come see me out side of school!! 

I love you all.