Kindergarten Week in Review

Weary, tired, exhausted and thankful to be able to come home to a wonderful family. Hannah is cooking dinner. John told me not to do anything. Just to relax and watch some TV. Here are a few highlights of my week:

• On Monday Eddie peed on the bathroom door making a mess of the bathroom and a puddle on the floor. His mom and dad got a phone call. Thank goodness for janitors!
• Wednesday we had another fire drill. We have one a week for the first month. I knew about Niki's fear. I read a book about fire drills. We talked about it. I told her she could hold my hand. But she still screamed louder than the fire drill siren and noise of all the students.
• Last night was open house. I was on my feet for the most part of 13 hours.
• Dee-Dee brought in $20 and said it was for lunch. I knew she had already brought in money and I had to figure out what it was for. After calling her mom, I found out that it was for a $15 school t-shirt.
  
• Wonder was acting up in art class and I had to go get her. I had her go with me while I was dealing with Dee-Dee's money. I didn't get a restroom break until lunch.
• The secretary brought $5 change and a receipt for Dee-Dee.
  
• Jimmy, who still likes to cut, decided to try to cut Phoebe's finger. He pinched it good and I put a band-aid on it.
• After lunch, I noticed the receipt but the money was missing. I don't remember putting it down but that was right around the time Jimmy tried cutting Phoebe's finger.
• I told the kids we weren't going to recess until we found the money. Ron ratted on his best friend Eddie. "I saw Eddie with a dollar and it had a 5 on it." Eddie said that he didn't know whose it was so he used it to buy lunch. Once the money is in the lunch account, it can't be taken out.
• After nap time, Phoebe came up to me and told me that her finger was purple. I looked at it and she had re-wrapped the band-aid tightly around her finger.
• During math, Quiet Jimmy Who Loves to Cut, cut the front hem of his t-shirt off.
• This classroom is beginning to feel like a battlefield. While I don't like time to slip away so quickly, I am really looking forward to Thanksgiving!
  

A Place in My Heart

I just have three days left and right now I am too tired to be excited about it. I'm tired of kids who need lots of discipline and serious spiritual help - both of which I am unable to give them. But mainly I am tired of stupid (sorry, I'm too tired to think of a better adjective) decisions made by those in charge. Enough said. I'm also tired of being away from my family. I have missed being a stay at home mom in so many ways.

Friday is my last day and I will walk away from there and never miss that job. But the children, as horrid as they can be, have found a space in my heart forever.