A Little Vacation Chez Moi

This was supposed to be a post about Luxor, Aswan and the cruise along the Nile between the two. That is what I had planned for this vacation. But as the day got closer I realized that not only had I not planned anything at all, but I also had not given it any thought. I was not looking forward to it. Even while wrapped up in my kids and report cards I should still have been excited about it. I found myself saying "I SHOULD go on this trip because I SHOULD see these places but what I really WANT to do is stay here and work". It seemed backwards. I was overwhelmed and stressed and felt that there were some things that I wanted to do better SO I stayed here. I read books about things I have been meaning to implement in my classroom and I got some sleep and I made some fun games. I feel a little bit guilty for not tackling the Luxor/Aswan vacation but I just knew it would be stressful and busy and I wasn't up for it. Soooo that leaves me with nothing to write to you about....

My life consists of watching kittens grow and chasing 6 year olds around the classroom ...I can't post any more about kittens because living with 8 cats makes me crazy enough, let alone if I were to talk and post more pictures of them. So that leaves me with school. A little story for you. We got to celebrate Halloween this year (not allowed last year for religious reasons) so on the day we carved a watermelon that I spray painted orange (SO fun) and went trick or treating to the older kids' classrooms and then we had a little pot luck/dance party. Anyway so the time of the party had changed and I guess I forgot so I got the kids all excited and gathered all of our stuff and started walking outside for the party. I got five steps out of the classroom when I realized it was NEXT period SO I had to turn all excited little 6 year olds in costume around and bring them back to class. Oops. So we got back and I was very apologetic, explaining that t I made a mistake. So they immediately jump in, in this concerned voice, "That's okay Ms. Don't worry. It was an accident". It made me smile. I now realize that I say to them all the time when they break/drop things. So even though I am always stressed out I really do love my job.

(This post would be so much better with pictures of the little ones....too bad!)