Tomorrow we are taking 100 of our seventh graders to the Memphis Zoo and some supposedly-awesome places called Incredible Pizza. I guess it has go-carts. I’m sold.
In addition to looking forward to seeing panda bears and tigers, I’m excited for the kids to travel and enjoy themselves. It’s the end of the year, they deserve it.
| Student 1: | Get yo ugly self away from me. |
| Student 2: | Un-uh baby I ain't ugly. I might be ugly in your eyes but I'm sexy to someone one else so take your big tail on somewhere else. I'm sexy, baby. |
Day 1 testing is done. I just want my kids to keep it up until their Math test on Thursday!
And I was playing softball when it was 92 degrees out. It’s gonna be a scorcher this summer, folks!
Not too shabby. I guess since Tuesday is May, it’s the official start of summer here.
I’ve gotten a lot of funny renditions of my last night in my life. But I think the funniest was this weekend: Ms. Toucan.
“No that’s the bird from the cereal…”
“…Sholl is!!”
It’s 10 days until our state test.
My kids are exhausted. Frankly, I’m exhausted.
Today I was feeling really beat down. I really wanted to quit, to stop, to give up. I am frustrated with my kids who aren’t focusing, who can’t grasp what’s at stake. I’m frustrated with the stress I’m getting from my administration, because we do understand what is at stake. By the time 3pm rolled around this afternoon, I was just over it. But then something happened.
There’s a sign I hung up in my room back in August. I made it with magic marker and construction paper, and all it says is “Never Give Up. Ever.” It’s not very exciting. In fact it’s rather corny. But today, it worked.
I looked at that sign and I thought of how far I had come. It’s the end of April. I am TEN days away from my state test; we started counting down at 70-something. We’ve come a long way and we’re almost there, I can’t give up now and I won’t.
Watching “Wild China” on Netflix is giving me wanderlust. Where would you most like to travel?
Brie, wine, and fellowship. This is what we do to love our lives. That, and it’s beautiful outside.
And it’s a good one indeed. :]
Spartan Stadium, 1975.
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