Welcome to Craziville...

I still am not handling stress very well.  The day was pretty typical running from one end of the school building to the other, chasing kids and keeping order and peace...all while trying to teach the skill of reading even IF they don't WANT to read... until... 7th hour...when all kinds of craziness broke loose!  I think they left the doors open to the local zoo and the wild animals wandered out and into my classroom!  I'm sorry...I was not trained in zoology...

Then my own children came after school with a boat load of homework!  I understand the thought behind homework and the need to practice certain skills at home and I have even been known to assign homework once in a while...but to tell you the truth...I HATE HOMEWORK!!!  are you kidding me...homework is very painful at my house!  We finally finished at about 6:30...yuck!!

Needless to say, this and a few other unmentionable situations this afternoon drove me to the mini snickers and chocolate cookies and by the time we took our number 2 out for "gotcha day" celebration dinner, I was so scattered and irritable that I didn't even WANT to try...all I could think was, 'let's just get this day over! eat food, drive home and retreat to our separate corners of the house until we can finally drop off to bed'...

Well... they are all in their own space snoring away and I am sitting here going over my points for the day and finishing the last minute chores before shutting my eyes for the night.  I am still behind and still don't have MY homework finished but I have given all I can today... I'm spent...gone...lost in Craziville...and off to bed to dream about a better tomorrow!