May

This year really did whiz past. With all of the field trips and other end of the year stuff, there's almost no time left to teach. I feel like there's so much I forgot, or ran out of time for, or did wrong, but there's not much I can do about it now. I'm going to finish up immigration in social studies, and then try to do some economics. In language arts we'll do some writing, and try to read the lion the witch and the wardrobe. That's it. All the cool projects I thought I'd get to...oh well.

We went on a field trip yesterday. It was a reward thing rather than anything educational. We played putt-putt, raced go-carts, and drove bumper boats. The kids completely soaked me in the bumper boats. They took way too much delight in shooting me with their water guns. Way too much. I promised them all F's then went to drown my sorrows in a scoop of chocolate chip ice cream.

Some of them do love me, though. This week was teacher appreciation week and our PTA spoils us. Breakfast, catered lunch, afternoon snacks, presents, gift certificates, dessert raffles, cards and signs, every day this week we got some treat. Our doors were hung with paper and kids came by and wrote little thank you's.

Also this week I took my first sick day. It was hard. I kept looking at the clock all day, wondering if everything was going ok. I had to stop myself from calling to check in. And of course I was being ridiculous, everything went smoothly. But you know me, I'm only really content when I have something to worry about.