Color me Sleepy!

I can't believe it is only Wednesday night. This week is DRAGGING! And we've been super busy so it's weird that the week is taking forever. I so wish tomorrow was Friday!

Monday was super boring and mostly pointless PD at school (only pointless for me because I don't wait around for someone to teach me stuff -- I play around and figure it out myself so I already knew how to do all of the stuff we were doing). Then fingerprinting and home.

Yesterday I stayed at school super late because The Littles had conferences (and The Youngest is *that child* who is soooo smart but doesn't apply herself in reading and thus did not pass the MEAP and is showing herself to be below grade level on the MAP -- the kid can read 146 words per minute and comprehend it yet her MAP shows she's at a early 2nd grade level...so she's pretty much grounded forever). I figured since they had conferences and I didn't want to drive all the way home first that I would just stay and get some work done. And boy did I. I got all of my plans for next week written, including both of my sub notes (training Tuesday, Fabulous Personal Day #2 on Friday) and a bunch of random little stuff done. Then went to the conferences and didn't get home until almost 8 p.m. Thus there wasn't a whole lot of productivity happening after that!

Today kind of flew once we got into the swing of things at school but the afternoon/evening has dragged a bit for me. My "team" (so using that term lightly right now), always plan without me because they have specials at the same time. But we usually meet after school to make sure we're all on the same page....well both left at 3:30 and never told me they were leaving. Um, thanks? Not that I really care because I did my own plans anyway but how freaking rude! Fortunately Mrs. Literacy Coach, who is helping my class with our Transportation Unit, is awesome and we sat and did some planning with our unit for next week. She was not impressed that they just up and left me.

We were chatting a teeny bit about next year and I told her I kind of want to stay in 2nd grade because I do like it and I looooved not having to deal with MEAP this year...but I also don't think it is where my strengths necessarily are either. There are pros and cons to staying 2nd or going back up. I was chatting with Mrs. Literacy about it because now that I feel like I have a firm grasp on Reading Street, I really want to do Daily 5 next year...Daily 5 Literacy AND Daily 5 Math (which I have read a lot about lately and many people use it with Everyday Math which is our curriculum so that would be super awesome if I could pull that off). Plus I won't be bogged down with National Board so it will be feasible. Mrs. Literacy told me to absolutely do Daily 5 and just not use those words with Mrs. Principal because she'll say that I can't...and then Mrs. Literacy said "because she has no idea what Daily 5 is". So glad I am not the only one who realizes that sometimes Mrs. P just doesn't know what she's talking about! 

Anywho, so tonight despite being tired, restless and wanting nothing more than to crawl into bed at 8 p.m. like a big ole tired loser, I did work a teeny bit on National Board. Actually this morning since I was mostly caught up, I typed up my Entry 1 template for NB before school and emailed it to myself. So that's all done and now I just have to type in my answers. The template makes it so much easier. Tonight I came up to finall put the finishing touches on E2! You may remember my short checklist from Sunday, well here it is:

Notice those fabulous check marks?? Right now in my big ole National Board box, E2 and E4 are nestled nice and neat into their respective envelopes. Yay! Of course I have not done my final inventory sheets and blah blah but that will be saved for the last part of March. I am crossing my fingers to get my next two drafts done sooon....but I'm tired and kind of draggin behind. I need to take a day or so off just to not do anything and then hit it full tilt. I know that's why I'm procrastinating. I'm tired. No matter how much I sleep, I am tired. (My depression is part of that too.) I need to go get another acupuncture because that sure did help.

I am off to snuggle in my warm bed and wish that it would snow 8" overnight so I could have a snowday. :)

Night all! Happy Hump Day!