Things don't always work out the way that you would like them to...

...But they always work out one way or the other.

So I got a call from my professor saying that she's sorry she had to do this to us but school should come first so I have to be sure I'm in class. No help on that end.

We happened to have a meeting later in the day so I was able to talk to my boss directly. She was in a good mood and understood that it wasn't my fault, and there wasn't a lot that I could do. Unfortunately, we simply just don't have any teachers to take over my class so the only option was to close it down completely and open up a new one on a night that I am free.

I knew the guys weren't going to take this one well...

So, I go to class later that night and figured I'd just be 100% honest with them and tell them how everything went down. Told them that if they liked me, move with me to Friday night and if they don't, this is the chance to jump ship and get shifted to another class with another teacher.

So then I wrote down all the possible times we could create the class on the board and told them that I would let them figure out what would work best for everyone, and then I'll make myself available.

EVERY SINGLE ONE CAME WITH ME.

They didn't bitch, they didn't complain, they just took 10 minutes or so to talk and figure it out so that everyone could come.

And that was that. I was absofuckinglutely amazed.

I called my boss later to tell her that we wouldn't have to shuffle anyone to a new class and that everyone could come with me. This is the email I got from her this morning:

"Kristin, you are a star! All the guys from your Tuesday 7:30pm class want to move to Friday. I am amazed. That just shows what an impact you guys are having on them and it should make you proud of yourselves. Frank and I were together tonight when I got your message and we said what a great statement that is and how proud of you we are."

Man, that was a confidence boost and a half.