9 days to go

i remember writing a blog last year about how 9 is the most beautiful number. there were 9 days of school left then as well. the only number that could be better than 9, is 8. the only number that could be better than 8, is 7. the only num... you get the point.

it seems that the end of the school year here in the big sa is just as stressful on teachers as the beginning of the year. there are one million things to fill out. things to pull from my files and add to another file. prc's to organize and complete for my kids first grade year. there are pinks, blues, yellows, whites, and reds to fill out, one for each of my kids. there is an awards ceremony in which i have to make 4 awards for each kid and have them printed and ready to go. the ceremony is tuesday morning at 8:15. yucko. we have to do a book audit and stack them against a wall in our room in a certain order. they will be taken away and then, returned to be stored in our room. why taken away and returned? no idea. i have to put all of my saved doc notes, parents notes, tardy slips and go home early slips into baggies for each of my kids and then put them all together for the ladies in the office. thank goodness i've been organizing most of them all year into specific files. i have to meet with the principals to make classes for next year. i have to meet with kindergarten teachers to talk about my kids for next year and then second grade teachers to talk about my kids from this year. i have to fill out and sign the final paperwork for students being promoted, placed or retained for next year. i have to put in grades and print out report cards and get all of the rest of the stuff taken care of.

geez. i'm tired from just writing about that.

on the other hand, i'm really enjoying these last few days with my kiddos right now. this has been my best class so far and while they were not ever perfect, they were pretty stinkin sweet. that does not mean, however, that i want to keep them for any time longer than 9 days.

anyway, point being 9 days to go.