Friday

I am SO glad it's Friday! This has been one of the "longest" weeks I've had in a long time.

Monday was Open House at school, which is definitely not one of my favorite things. It was a little more enjoyable this year because several of my friends stopped by. I'm so thankful for that!

Tuesday was a benchmark day. This means that the kids are taking a big ol' test all day long. My job is to walk around and make them think I'm watching their every move, so they will make the right ones! While it's pretty brainless and requires no real preparation, it can be exhausting and stressful.

Wednesday was another benchmark day. They took their reading test this day and since it's what I teach, I get really stressed about how they are going to do. They always do fine, but it always amazes me how anxious I am that morning, and it's just a benchmark - it doesn't even count!

Thursday I spent the day in Dallas at a conference thing. It was nice to step away from the classroom for a day, but it's so much work to be out. I had an encounter with some negativity in the afternoon that left me dumbfounded.

Today was full o' drama. The really strange, comes from left field, based on nothing kind of drama. I didn't think the day would ever end! I have decided that I feel like I'm living an episode of Survivor. Alliances are forming and soon someone will be voted off the island!

I did get to do the "Mentos and Diet Coke" experiment in Science today. Basically, you strategically drop a package of mentos into a 2-Liter bottle of Diet Coke and then it erupts 7-8 feet in the air. It was pretty cool! I hated to see all that Diet Coke go to waste though!

In all this week's "longness" I feel so silly even feeling a little bit bad about all of it. I am trying to find the balance between dealing with frustration and remembering that if what I experienced this week is a "bad" week then really I am quite lucky. People are having major surgeries, dealing with illness, balancing jobs and family, making tough life-changing decisions, and really I'm just being pushed beyond what I call "comfort." So, I'm glad it's the weekend. I'm thankful for the break from all that stuff and I'm hoping for a lot to keep me busy!