Four Day Week

During (almost done)

Four day weeks are hard, and last week was no different.  After doing nothing (video games and sleeping) for two weeks, the kids are struggling with the writing process and the work it entails.  The weather is horribly cold and so are the classrooms.  Getting up is not only difficult for the students, it's damn difficult for the teachers too...  Yesterday during my 6th hour class that typically drives me bonkers on a good day, my assistant principal did a "drop in" visit.  I really appreciate it when principals take the time to come into the classroom and see what's going on.  She left a kind note on the desk as they do that says what they saw happening (focusing on good teaching) in the classroom.  It was fun to read on a day when I was really ready to be done.

Last night when I returned home to put on my flannel pj pants and layered long sleeved shirts to settle in and read Fire and Fury:  Inside the Trump Whitehouse, the top switch of my light switch in my bedroom literally popped off meaning I had to find my warm comfy clothing in the dark.  I realized I'd have to figure out how to change this switch, but it would happen later.

This morning I opened my email before heading to buy the new switch.  My assistant principal had sent a follow-up email with more kind words.  ...and this my friends is why I love working with my administration.  Starting the day with kind words is important when one needs to set out on a foreseen challenging task.  I read my emails and headed to the hardware store where I was told that a double switch didn't exist.  After my persistence, the clerk found my double switch.  Changing the switch was actually easy, and now my lights work.  Everything is getting a bit brighter.