Time Machine

Do you ever wish you had a time machine that you could go backwards or forward in time to alter situations? If you could go backwards or forward in time... what would it be for?

If I could do either, I think I would go backwards in time... I would change the way I do a lot of things... I'd like to go back to the moment when I thought that simply because I'm SO much like my dad and stubborn as all heck that it gives me a right to be disrespectful. To the point that I'm also disrespectful to my mother because I get frustrated trying to explain things to her (just like my Dad) and end up saying rude things that I shouldn't. I think that's the biggest thing I'd change... and trust me it's something I work hard to change everyday... although, having to move back home due to financial problems is the biggest reason for this now! I don't know that there's much else I'd change... I think that so far the things that have occurred in my life are for a reason... I may not yet know the reason for all of the things that haven't gone my way.... but eventually all will be revealed as to why events unfolded the way they did... I suppose that's why even though I long to have my own classroom and not be subbing anymore... I still have a sense of calm about it... because I know that it happened for a reason. Look what it lead to.... my certifying in another area... my picking up LOTS of awesome ideas for organization, rules/consequences, etc. for my first classroom which will surely make my first year more successful... my meeting and networking with many wonderful educators... which is now making it MUCH easier for me to get a foot in the door at the kind of school I want to work in.

So dear readers... What would you do with a time machine???