This is the last official week of summer for the Brightmans. Which means it is a week filled with working in the classroom, rushing in the morning, and getting distracted by a million different things.... Today was supposed to be the trial run. We were going to get up and moving at a relaxed yet focused pace. No video games, no phone calls, and definitely no computer for momma! WELL..... it was an epic fail all the way around!! First I was up WAY too late putting together my new little blog Crazy in the Classroom. As a result I slept way too late, and was distracted by a million phone calls. (actually it was 3 calls but they were important people I just HAD to speak with!!) lol Top that off with a battle about opening new cereal boxes, some wardrobe malfunctions for little Mack, a counter filled with raspberry juice, and a demanding set of pets and you have one frustrated momma!
SO!! I decided to let Marshall play some video games (I KNOW!!! TERRIBLE MOM!!) while I enjoyed my coffee and vented to the blogosphere! Now the house is calm and quiet.... and as soon as I am finished with this giant cup of cafeinated heaven I can load the family up without the yelling anxiety we can so often find ourselves stuck in. Thank God I have the opportunity for trial runs and can make some attempts at keeping myself and my kids sane!!
Monday, August 22, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
The last days of summer.....
Well.... one more full week of sweet sweet summertime and it is back to my second favorite job! This summer has REALLY flown by and each year it is more bitter than sweet to see it go. I guess it is because with the end of summer 3 of the 4 Brightmans ring in another birthday, and although they are WONDERFUL to celebrate.... it means everyone is growing up and growing older. I guess the marching of time has always made me melancholy. That and the thought of losing our lazy days of time spent together! On the bright side (cause there always is a bright side!!) I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fall and changing of the seasons!!
I am getting excited to start a new year. Last year was one of the most emotionally exhausting years of my teaching career. There were MAJOR cuts in programs, we lost some AMAZING teachers, and I had one of the most challenging classes I have ever seen. I mean.... there were some babies with SERIOUS emotional damage. It took me most of the summer to get over those pumpkins and the challenges they faced. Add to that the PITA parents who always just challenge my more outspoken side.... I do have to rein it in from 8-4! LOL The political state of public education grows more uncertain and dark each year, but regardless of what happens at the capital, there are still Firsties and their families who are depending on us to lead them through another year. Thanks to a lot of rest and these BLOGS I have stalked all summer, I think I have a fresh perspective and some wonderful ideas for this year. I am anxious about class size, schedules, cuts, and getting it all done with fewer resources. I am going to miss my friends and the programs we had in place. But, the show must go on! So.... I am going to end this last summer blog to enjoy the outdoors one last time with my own punkins and try to make some more memories!!
I am getting excited to start a new year. Last year was one of the most emotionally exhausting years of my teaching career. There were MAJOR cuts in programs, we lost some AMAZING teachers, and I had one of the most challenging classes I have ever seen. I mean.... there were some babies with SERIOUS emotional damage. It took me most of the summer to get over those pumpkins and the challenges they faced. Add to that the PITA parents who always just challenge my more outspoken side.... I do have to rein it in from 8-4! LOL The political state of public education grows more uncertain and dark each year, but regardless of what happens at the capital, there are still Firsties and their families who are depending on us to lead them through another year. Thanks to a lot of rest and these BLOGS I have stalked all summer, I think I have a fresh perspective and some wonderful ideas for this year. I am anxious about class size, schedules, cuts, and getting it all done with fewer resources. I am going to miss my friends and the programs we had in place. But, the show must go on! So.... I am going to end this last summer blog to enjoy the outdoors one last time with my own punkins and try to make some more memories!!
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