Monday-Wednesday, March 22-24

Monday
I had a pretty good day with my kids. For reading class we were reading a story that had ‘chickens running frantically about’ and they didn’t know what the word ‘frantically’ was. So I demonstrated by strutting around like a frantic chicken in class. They got quite a kick out of that. Today was the first day we left the dog while we were at school and we were all worried about him during school. Chad, Jacki’s boyfriend who’s here visiting, went up earlier than the end of school to check on him. He did alright for being by himself, but we were glad to see each other. I ran Celaque and did really well time wise, which felt great. I had dinner by myself since LB and Sarah in town, did some school stuff, called Hilary, and played with puppy to finish my night.

Tuesday
Today was a long day; I was frustrated with my kids today in the afternoon. It’s just normal problems: talking while I’m talking or others are in multiple forms; not raising their hands to speak or asking permission to stand up. I just feel like a broken record player sometimes saying the same things over and over again. I don’t know what to do to have them change the way they listen. After my long day I took a nap. Sarah and I made chicken salad for dinner, which was delicious and something different. Our puppy got a flea bath so he’s all clean now!

Wednesday
Wednesdays are chapel; I had thought Mrs Lopez was going to do the devo, but when I got there it was just Tad and LB with their 6th grade and Nivelacion, so I did one on the spot. It went alright, I just hate being unprepared for things. I had a pretty good day; it’s getting consistently hot during the day, which I think affects the kids’ attention in class. I really had to go to the bathroom at the beginning of class and since I always tell my kids to go at lunch and recess, I decided to let them time me to see if I could do it in 3 minutes; I give them that much time when I let the whole class go. So I started running across the plaza and they all yelled to walk. I went to the bathroom so fast, skipped washing my hands (I had antibacterial stuff in my class) and started walking out when I hear my whole class yelling: “5, 4, 3, 2,1!” and I had missed the mark. I gave them a few extra minutes for recess in exchange. We went to town after school. I was feeling tired and hot, so I skipped running to do some laundry and started to pack for vacation. Almost there!