Calgon take me away!!!!

It has been a hell of a week. Both at school and at home. It was teacher appreciation week at school, but I think the kids forgot they were supposed to be good to me this week. They were determined to push every button. They just would not stop talking. For any reason. They missed recess time. They missed center time. They lost game time today. Nothing seemed to phase them. To add to all that, one day I had a killer migraine and I've been fighting a cold all week. This doesn't make for a very happy teacher. Ugh!

At home I had a sick kid. Ari had a fever for 2 days so she couldn't go to school. Both kids were also very good at pushing my buttons. Neither are listening to me. They are running crazy all over the house and continue to do so regardless of what I say or do. They aren't eating even when I make what they say they want. Time outs are fun (apparently). They tune out my voice and act like they don't hear a word I say. This doesn't make for a very happy mommy. Ugh!

Mother's Day is Sunday. What do I want? I day to myself. A quiet house or a nice quiet lunch out somewhere. No kids allowed. I'm tired. I'm frustrated. I'm depressed. I am feeling like the worst mom and teacher ever.

Today was a fun day at school

We had a lot going on and were always busy, but it was fun. First, we had an awards/pep rally and later in the day we had a wedding. Yep. In kindergarten. Seems that Mr. Q and Miss U fell in love and just had to spend the rest of their lives together!! LOL It was so cute and the kids did such a good job. I was very proud of them. Sadly I can't post pictures of them for privacy reasons, but it really was cute. We even had a reception afterward in our classroom. Complete with a Little Debbie Snack Cake wedding cake and punch.

I'm tired now though and glad that it's over. We practiced all week and the kids have been absolutely wild with excitement. Not to mention the fact that the song "Going to the Chapel" is going to be stuck in my head for weeks. LOL Including the little hand/arm motions. Good thing I like the song. ;-)

Yay!! It's the weekend!!

I have to say that as a teacher I hate the week of Halloween. The days leading up to the holiday are crazy because the kids are so excited. The days following the holiday are crazy because the kids are all hyped up on sugar. It makes for a week from hell classroom management wise. I didn't know if any of us would make it through today. I'm tired now. I'm also feeling somewhat overwhelmed with kindergarten. It's a huge long story that I will save for another day, but I will say that kindergarten is hard.

Long Day

I'm so tired. I went to work at 7am this morning and taught 17 kindergarteners all day. After school I went to the doctor for the follow up on my finger. She sent me to another office to get x-rays on said finger. I still haven't heard from those. Then I went to the shoe store to to get 2 of the 3 charges taken off of my account. (Yeah, they charged me 3 times for one pair of shoes). I was able to come home for about an hour and a half to actually sit down. Then I left again to go back to school for Parent Night. I left school at 8pm. I'm finally sitting down on my recliner and my feet hurt. I need a foot massage. Honey? Tomorrow will be a long day too. I have school from 7am-2:30pm then I have to go to an inservice from 3:30-5:30. *sigh*

Whew, first day is over

Wow, they wore me out today. My kindergarteners really weren't that bad, but I did have to pull some cards for those breaking the rules. I hate to do it on the first day, but I have to or I lose them for the entire year. I'm not about to let that happen. LOL Hopefully they will get the idea and the number of pulled cards will go down in a couple weeks.

I have a very young class. There are 6 who are still four years old. A couple of them are acting like it too. Some of my kids can't write their names nor spell them. There are others who do not know how to use scissors. They don't even know how to hold them. You can really tell those who were in preschool and those who have never even been to daycare.

I'm tired now and it's only been one full day. LOL I'll be completely exhausted by the end of next week.

Wish me luck!

Tomorrow is my first day with all 17 of my kindergarteners. For the past 5 days I've had them in groups of 3-4 and they've only been there until noon. Now I will have all of them and for the entire school day. I'm nervous!! It's one thing to have 17 first graders, but kindergarteners are a whole different species!!! I may be in over my head!!! If you don't hear from me in a couple days then you will know that they devoured me. LOL

Tired..............so tired

I'm completely exhausted. I worked really hard in my classroom today and I still have a lot to do. Tomorrow is useless since I have to be in in-service meetings all day. I am going to go in from 6:30-7:30 before my meetings start and try to get a little bit done. We have kids on Wednesday for 2 hours so it all needs to be done by then. I'm not sure that it's going to be done.

I've talked to almost all of the families in my classroom and I'm really excited about this year. I'm still nervous about teaching kindergarten, but I think it's going to be a lot of fun. I just hope that I am a good kindergarten teacher.

Summer is officially over. *sigh*

Well, it's back to work for me. Tomorrow is our first day back at school. That means we will be up at 5am everyday. Yuck!! I'm definitely not looking forward to getting up that early. The kids and I are going to have to get used to going to bed early as well as getting up early. Well.......earlier. They both are usually up pretty early anyway, but 5am is much earlier than usual for them.

I have to say though that I am ready for my kids to go back to school. I think they are tired of playing with each other. They are fighting constantly. It's driving me nuts.

How long until your kids go back to school?

Update on things I need for my classroom

Well, my mom sent me some money and I went shopping today. I was able to get all the things I need for my kitchen set, a couple baby dolls with pack-n-play, blankets, clothes, and a couple things for dress up (boas only). I was lucky today and was able to get a small piece of carpet, but I could use another piece about 5x8. I still need a couple bean bags, tennis balls, table and chairs, puppets (these things are expensive!), and dress up items.

Anything that you could donate to a poor kindergarten teacher would be greatly appreciated.

I'm exhausted

It has been a long day. I was up early to go to school and move my classroom. I'm just moving down the hall, but it is still a big job. I guess I should give credit to my wonderful husband since he is the one who actually did the moving of the boxes. We came home for naps and then went back. I left the school at around 6:45pm. It's not easy unpacking all those boxes with 2 kids running wild in the classroom either let me tell you. They would not stay out of my sink and I had water all over the floor. I'll be back up there tomorrow and over the weekend. School starts on Aug 1 and my room isn't close to being ready. Ugh!!! It's usually all done by now. I hate having to move rooms.

Oh and can I just say that my whole body hurts? I swear that I've got muscles that I didn't know I had that are hurting. Who would have thought that your upper body can hurt from running/walking? I had to take 600 mg of Ibuprofen last night just to get to sleep. LOL I didn't get to go walking today since we went to school as soon as we got up and then Michael had to work tonight. I guess it will be the weekend before I get to do it again or maybe if I get up early enough in the morning, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one.

Busy........busy...........busy

Well, my summer is pretty much over. School starts back on Aug 1 and between now and then I will be very busy.

1. July 18--In-service---12:30-4:30
2. July 23--In-service---9:00-3:00
3. July 25--In-service---8:00-11:00
4. July 26--Work day---8:00-3:00
5. July 27--Work day---8:00-3:00
6. July 30--Work day---8:00-3:00
7. July 31--In-service---8:00-3:00
8. Aug 1--2hr school day--I'm there 7:00-3:00
9. Aug 2--Work day---8:00-3:00
10. Aug 3--full day of school---7:00-3:00

During one of those work days I will have to lead an in-service to teach our school personnel the new attendance/grading system. Not looking forward to that, but at least I'll get 2 additional hours of in-service for it. That means that I'm done for the year. I won't have to worry about it during the school year. That makes me happy.

How the heck did that happen?

I've been getting PORN emails in my SCHOOL email spam folder!!! I don't visit these types of sites on purpose and I sure wouldn't be using my SCHOOL email if I did!! Why the heck am I getting those emails? How do I stop them? At this point I don't know if the entire school system is getting them or not so it makes me nervous. If the whole system (or school) isn't getting them then it could possibly get me into trouble. Ugh!!!