The end is near . . .

So far this week is flying! This is of course good and bad as half the reason it’s going so fast is I have barely sat down and had two seconds to think this week! This is good though since the kids are definitely going a bit bonkers! 8th grade grades were due today which is a bit of a nightmare since it’s so early but I think I got them in and done as accurately as possible. 6th and 7th grade grades are due Friday at 2. Guess I should have checked on all that before making the kids autobiographies due by Friday at 3:30! Oh well what the kids don’t know won’t hurt them. In reality at this point in the year their grades are pretty much whatever they are and not much is going to change. The B student is going to stay a B student and the F student will stay an F student for the next week. Worst case scenario if there is some huge change I’ll go to counseling and ask them to make it. I can always plead the “I’ve been stressed out by my pending unemployment” line

On a positive note tomorrow is our 8th grade ELD awards that I organized! It’s been a pain in the ass this week but the kids are really excited and I think it’s really important for them to be recognized. Any kid who moved at least one step in the program this year will get a certificate tomorrow. Most of these are kids who will probably never again be recognized by school and get to have their parents in the audience as they come to the front of the amphitheater to get their certificate. Being the materialistic person I am I wanted them to get something other than a certificate too so I started this whole raffle thing which I’m spending way too much money on but that I’m really excited about and so are the kids! I used up a ton of tickets I had been saving at Dave and Buster’s to get a ton of things there,  bought some $5 and $10 gift cards at various places, a soccer ball, and of course a ton of candy. I’m excited to have something positive for the kids and it was nice for me to have something positive to focus on at the end of the year other than packing!

Speaking of the future, on top of all the other craziness today I was supposed to have a phone interview with a school from L.A. at 4:00. I sat in my classroom doing nothing for almost 30 minutes waiting for them to call and nothing! I finally gave up and went to run the errands I needed to get done but when I got home I had two messages from the guy on my home phone. I rechecked the emails between myself and his admin assistant and I did give them my cell phone to call me. Either way he didn’t even call until 4:30 so that was his fault. Oh well, I emailed his assistant to set up another meeting. I’m actually glad it wasn’t today sinc I was completely not prepared but I just hope we can put it off until next week now.

Well off to figure out what the hell I’m going to wear to the assembly tomorrow – assuming of course that it stops raining!