Yesterday we threw our daughter a birthday party in the park. Make your own boba and bagels for 16 kids. We had to make pretty much everything for the boba bar – 6 different kinds of tea, simple sugar and boba pearls. It was quite an endeavor.
The party was a hit. Our daughter was happy. The weather was cloudy, cold, and so, so windy but we made do. They painted each other’s faces and made bead bracelets. They picked up their stuff when it blew off the tables.
We spent most of the weekend prepping for the party, hosting the party, and then cleaning up after the party. I’m so glad it’s over.
In mid-May, when things started getting busy, I looked to mid-June for relief. I’m almost there. It’s like I just finished the big climb at the end of the marathon. There are still several miles to go, but they are all downhill. Just four more days with students at work. Plenty of events to attend, but none that I’m responsible for.
I can’t wait for this week to be over, but I’m also not particularly stressed for any specific part of this week. I need to get my classroom ready for check-out (counters cleared is the biggest thing). And I’m trying to write a procedures slide deck to use in the fall. Spring Me doesn’t usually care much about Fall Me; Fall Me just enjoyed summer after all and Spring Me is limping to the finish line. But last fall I never managed to get my procedures written in a coherent way and I suffered for it. After two years of being back in the classroom after the pandemic, I know how I want to run things and now is the perfect time to get it all written down. So Spring Me is doing Fall Me a solid and creating a procedures slide deck for next year. With a 120+ 7th and 8th graders, I know Fall Me is going to need it.
PROUD of Spring You and know Fall You will be be delighted. Next June You will also appreciate it Today You can write up detailed June lesson plans based on this June You. And really, as I watch what you achieve each month and all year …. Well! Anything that helps future you will be great. You ALWAYS do so much more than I think can be accomplished.
Sounds like a wonderful birthday Bobba Party and like everyone had a grand time. Proving again you achieve at an amazing scale.
Happy end of this week wishes!!!!!!! You are wonderful.
This week is my absolute favorite. Students are taking finals (two per day) and I have already cleaned up my classroom and have been paying it forward, too. Plugging away at the “back-to-school” check list so I don’t have to do it in September. Feelings wise I am sentimental -I had such good kids this year. I have grown attached to them, and they- to me.