i quit for today..

I just wrote a long wonderful post and was just finishing up when the whole thing disappeared. I am just too tired to do it all again. I have been working ALL DAY since 6 am on things I need to get done for school. We have two inservice days after Labor Day and then kiddos come on Thursday. But I spend the first 10 or so days assessing all the students on my caseload. ISaiah left this morning to go see his gf, who is away at college, before he has to start his senior year. She is living with her Dad so he will not really be alone with his gf on a campus! Ahhh, I am just not ready for all this. So, today I dropped him off at the shuttle at 5:30 so I wanted to head straight to school and work, but it was still locked. So I came home, which is probably better, because there were few distractions. I had the house to myself almost all day. So I spent the entire day working on school stuff, aside from a little time I needed to do some shopping at the local teacher recycling store...great finds today, and EVERYTHING is free. Our PTO pays a small fee for our whole staff to be able to go there. I also brought in some new crayons and markers I bought on sale . Ruth, the lady who runs the wharehouse (which started years ago in her garage), puts together backpacks for some of the neediest kids in our county. She makes sure they all have a new backpack, crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc etc. You would not believe what we can get free there...today they had a shipment of whiteboards on easels that some company donated. In fact I think I will go back there next week and see if the custodian will go and we can get some in his pickup for those teachers who needs a smaller one to use in their teaching corner or circle. Well. I am going to go get a snack and then I need to wipe up the floor here. It is smelling stuffy in here, like dog. Yeah, nice image huh? well, I didn;t turn the air on today, but didn't open the windows either, so what would one expect? So til tomorrow... By the way, if you are reading this, perhaps ypu will consider pressing the follow button. Today marks 4 weeks and I have ....drum roll please....da..dah....ZERO followers. YUP! til tomorrow Cindi Oh yeah...and here is the link to the recipe I made...