May is coming fast and furious. I’m still eyeing next Friday for things to calm down at work, but I’ve already noticed some more margins in my day to day life. (I’m realizing this might just be that I didn’t have to take my daughter to swimming for two days.)
Saturday night I went to sleep wondering if my sore throat was really just allergies and talking a lot, or an actual cold. My 4am I was sure it was the latter. All day Sunday I felt absolutely awful. I rallied to have brunch with my parents (I told them ahead of time I felt gross), because reservations at that spot are hard to come by and I knew I won’t be able to meet with them on a weekend again for over a month. But once I got home, I didn’t do much. I was so, so grateful to my husband for managing everything, including taking our daughter to school at 10:30pm for her two day college visit trip to SoCal.
Monday I also felt awful but I went to school because it was not a good day to be out. The first three classes were rough, but by 5th and 6th period I felt better. By Monday evening I felt almost decent. I was able to stay up until 11pm to get some work done, and I was glad for that. Tuesday was another okay day at work. I took my son to the dojo, but didn’t assist. I tried to go to bed early but I couldn’t fall asleep until midnight. I am so envious of people who can fall asleep early when they want to.
Wednesday was kind of a nuts day. I had a meeting at school and then it was STEAM night at our daughter’s school, where a video project for her media arts was shown, and her Robotics team did a demo. Of course it ran way later than it was supposed to and we didn’t get home until 7:45pm.
Today is a hard day at work, but it won’t be as bad as it could have been because 3rd period lost their opportunity to film their third and final video skit. I am relieved and they honestly don’t seem that disappointed. That means I only have one more video skit to film and by this afternoon it will be over!
After I finish processing the free reading boards this weekend, and putting together each classes’ Digital Portfolio templates, I will be feeling pretty good about work. Next week is our “Celebration of Learning” (formerly know as “Open House”) and I’m trying to decide if I want to put on the big Blackout Party (for kids who blacked out their book bingo boards) the day before or the next week. Part of me thinks doing it the day before is nuts, but I don’t have to teach anything in Advisory that day, which means I could spend that entire hour prepping for the party. And if I decorate for it, that stuff will still be out for the Celebration of Learning. Also, I don’t plan to teach much on Wednesday and Thursday of that week, so maybe it’s the perfect time get it over with.
I think really I just want to get it over with. Because the last week of May there is a lot of family stuff (our daughter’s 8th grade promotion! Eek!) so I think I’d rather focus on family that week. I guess I just used this post to help me make my decision!
Sorry this isn’t much of a mid-May update. I can’t really believe we’re half way done with May. I can’t believe I just got a gnarly cold. I can’t believe that my daughter spent 48 hours in southern California on a school trip. I can’t believe her promotion is in two weeks. I can’t believe how bad my allergies have been, despite still getting shots once a month. I can’t believe I read that taking anti inflammatories can lengthen healing times for knee injuries, but my doctor never mentioned it to me (no more lower back pain relief I guess). I can’t believe there are only four weeks of school after this one.
I meant to put this up last night but I crashed hard around 10pm. Oh well. It’s Thursday and I’m taking my daughter to swimming again so it will be an extra long one. But there are only three horrible long Thursdays after this one! (the last Thursday is the last day and a minimum day so it doesn’t count). I definitely can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
What a lot of successful work and decisions! I think your planning ahead makes great sense. Yes, dropping a week of after school sports activities for a child really changes the landscape of time/energy/activity for the transporting adult.
So sorry re your cold. Am hearing lots of people talking about catching nasty cold … probably in part due to the covid masking hiatus of colds. But also a sign there is a really nasty cold virus hanging around. Hope you can continue to get some extra rest for next few days. (Even if it is just quiet time not actually asleep time.)
Cheers to school ending soon! (What schools did 8th graders look at in S.CA?) (Does that seem very early to do in 8th grade or is it a motivational visit process. And wondering how this is funded, sounds like good idea.)