5 More Days

I officially have but one work week left before summer. It’s a good thing...the kids (at school, not my own so much) are a little stir crazy and out of control. It doesn’t help that the last day in one of my districts was supposed to be last Friday, and in the other district it was supposed to be today. Right about now the fact that I had pretty much the whole month of February off doesn’t really make me feel better about still working.

My preschoolers don’t really seem to “get” the end of the school year like older students and the other teachers do. I guess time is just different to them. But every year at this time (even before I worked in the schools), I have a little bit of that end-of-the-year giddiness that I always used to get at the end of each school year.

Not so much now. I’m really looking forward to the summer with my kids, when the main goals we will attempt to accomplish revolve around getting J potty-trained and out of her crib, and teaching A to tie his shoes. I also have a couple quilts to make, and the entire summer will wind down with our vacation to MI. But getting through this last week is going to be no small feat. I have meetings scheduled every.single.day, a new student added on, and the prospect of cleaning up and leaving files in one district to which I won’t be returning next year.

It’s not giddy time around here. Frankly, I’m a little stressed out.