Less Labor for Labor Day Weekend

Phew, teaching is hard. The work NEVER ends. I'm so happy to have a day off today even though I've been working most of the day! I'm finding peace in the knowledge that the first year of teaching is the toughest as I keep trucking though lesson plans, grading papers, creating powerpoints, calling/emailing parents, tracking data, and planning for the Art Club and the class trip to Little Rock.

These things are helping me to stay sane:

Drawing from students (NOTE: the protein shake bottle)

 Homemade crafts by my friend Callie

and a quick road trip to visit this pretty lady! 

And - during Advisory last week, my homeroom scholars shared prank stories. It was a great community building conversation. The best story was about one of my scholar's putting a hamster up his brother's pant leg while he was sleeping (and then held the bottom of his pants so the hamster couldn't get out). Love it.