Tuesday, Nov 10

My day today went well overall until my last hour. We had penmanship and towards the end of the hour it just got crazy. My kids were all finishing, and they were asking to put their stars on their card for good behavior and asking if there was tutorias all within the same 10 minutes. I hadn’t given any names for tutorias so I didn’t know if kids should stay or go, so I didn’t know what to tell them. Meanwhile the bell is ringing, buses are leaving and I was getting stressed out. I didn’t want kids to miss their bus or their parents to be confused whether they were supposed to be here or at home…ugh. So once they all left I just sat down on the floor of my classroom and had to breathe deeply for a little bit and compose myself. I had one kid who missed his bus because of the confusion so I worked with him on math, then packed up and headed home. We got our laundry, hung it up to dry some more (it’s been so damp here it takes forever to dry outside), then I did dishes. Then dinner, more dishes, grading, planning and finally a little relaxing at the end of the night.