School Mom.

(Sorry, readers, this won't be as riveting and action-packed as my Anti-FUN Dragon story. Perhaps there will be a sequel in the future... :) )

Even though Tuesday was an early release day and Wednesday was a teacher workday (aka no kids), this week was exhausting. I don't know why exactly. I'm just mentally spent. By Friday, my eyes were overly tired and red. With all sleeping jokes aside, I should probably get checked by a doctor to see if my love of sleep is normal! I think I don't have too much to worry about though if I've been like this since I was a tot. I wonder if the picture of baby Chelsea falling asleep while eating a french fry from her hand is still around... it is the start of many, many blackmail pictures. :P

I received my "final evaluation" from the principals. They're recommending me to be rehired next year... which is a nice thought. On the paper, they said that I do "an excellent job teaching Science to all students." Ms. R got slightly unsettled because she didn't get an extra comment like that on hers... but I tried to reassure her that "trust me, no one even saw me teach a Science lesson," sooo I'm not sure how they would know. I hope she doesn't take it to heart... even though I am pretty excited that they wrote that.

Anyway, there were some cute moments this past week. (Don't know how many will happen this week since it's Benchmark testing... please, God, help my students do well on these tests...)

M: Momma---- ahh, I mean Miss F! [nervous laugh]
Me: [laugh]
M: Well, you're like a mom. A mom at school!
T: Yeah, she's our School Mom!
T: Miss F, you're the best school mom EVER!

You don't even have to know me that personally to know that made me smile.

Another was on Thursday...

Me: The Ancient Egyptians had to wear very light clothing because it was so hot! Boys wore skirt-like things [teacher stare to prevent incessant giggling] since pants would be terribly yuck! Girls wore dresses. [drawing of the boy Egyptian] So here's the boy and probably what he wore... and here's the girl. [drawing of girl]
TB: That's great, Miss F!
Me: Oops, probably should give her some hair.
TB: NOooo, I like her bald! Leave her bald!

Our new place is officially a home now. Last night, I broke in the oven with the first batch of chocolate chip cookies. Everything is finally coming together; it's a new chapter in my life that I'm eager to read.

I woke up this morning to the sounds of a mourning dove; it was very close if I could hear it that clearly (we know my hearing isn't the most fabulous--- don't tell my students that though! I still have them trained that I can hear an ant walk AND see with my 15 eyes). This made me incredibly overjoyed. It's going to be a good day. :)

I want to go buy a bird feeder, so some birds can hang out on our patio... especially now that I know that mourning doves are pretty close around here. I bet Home Depot could hook me up! ;)

Breakfast time now.

- Miss Chelsea :)