I Don't Feel Done!

Somebody get a fork and check me for doneness!  Today was the last day of school for the students in our district.  For those of us who teach eighth grade, it was a marathon with no breaks.  First and second periods consisted of the awards program (with parents).  Third period, we gathered the kids in the Media Center to see the end of a movie they had been watching in math, as well as a homemade video (Power Point) of the school year for this year's class.  Fourth period, during all three lunches, we had a pizza party in the gym for the eighth graders.  (That was 1 1/2 hours.)  Fifth, sixth, and seventh periods, the kids retired to classrooms to watch movies they had signed up for.  Popcorn and pop were provided.  The teachers didn't even get a break at lunch, although I did sneak out for 10 minutes...

At 6:00 this evening, I was due at Eagle Creek Corps (of The Salvation Army) for a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, with some of my friends from SATERN.  It was nice, but I didn't get home until nearly 9:00...and the grandchildren were still up.  I hate to sound like Scrooge, but after the kind of day that I had, I really didn't want to deal with the young'uns.  God bless them: they are good children.  It's just that the house is in such disarray, and they are such whirlwinds, that sometimes I just want to flop instead of deal with them.  (I know their mother feels the same way, but they are HERS!)  I haven't been getting quality sleep this week because Robin has been thrashing around in the night.  Sometimes she is sleeping upside down in the bed and kicking me in the ribs.  Sometimes she is on my side...or rolling over with the blanket rolling with her.  Right now, she is asleep on the floor on her side of the bed (a very narrow space) with the comforter all balled up around her.  I'm going to have to wake her up just to get her back on the bed...

Tomorrow is "records" day at school.  Have to get my grades in--and I'm not nearly ready for that.  There is my desk to clean off...Papers to file...Things to turn in...  Textbooks to account for and put away...  I would feel good about being off the hook for the summer if there weren't still so blasted much to do!  We are apparently getting new software for grades and attendance.  There will be a training session for that this summer...plus I am on a curriculum committee that will meet a couple of times.  The show much go on!