Another Long Day!

There is a little bit of chaos in our school district this year.  We have built a new elementary school that not all of the classes have moved into yet...and the old elementary is being remodeled to become our new middle school (where I will be when it is finished).  In addition, we have a new superintendent in his very first superintendency, so things are...well...different.  I like the man, so far.

This time of year (after the first 9-weeks report card), we have typically had a 2-hour parent conference time in the evening where parents just show up to talk to whomever teachers they want to see.  This year, all of us were brought into line with the elementary school's hours on this.  Thus, the students went home at 11:00.  Parent conferences went from noon to 8:00 PM, with an hour for supper.  This would have been great had our conferences been scheduled.  As it was, I got a lot of papers graded before 5:00 because no one showed up until after supper.  The evening, however, seemed to drag on and on.  I have talked all day!  Guess who didn't even want to get on the radio on the way home???

The students go home at 1:00 again tomorrow, and we will have conference availability from noon until 3:00---then we are off Thursday and Friday for fall break.  I'm betting there won't be many parents there during those hours also!

Interestingly, one of my students this year is the new superintendent's daughter.  As it turns out, her maternal grandparents are friends of mine from Cloverdale days.  I talked to her mother tonight.  Very animated lady.  I guess I am in luck--the daughter likes my class! 

Meg and the children came down last evening so Meg could use my computer for some stuff that HER computer wouldn't let her do.  Robin is an absolute whirlwind, and Ryan just gets cuter every day.  He talks in long sentences now and gets very vociferous when there is something "bad" going on.  He gets a furrowed brow and talks quite loudly, sometimes gesturing with one hand.  I made the mistake of saying that he was in Grandma's back yard.  "It's OUR back yard!  It's OUR back yard!"  Okay, Ryan...if you want it to be YOUR back yard, be my guest!

I really have a ton of stuff to do around this house, but I'll be going to Muncie on Thursday to help out there, with dawg.  The joke's on them.  They have to feed me!