Don't read this before dinner!

So, it was a minimum day because it parent/teacher conferences start today, that in and of itself was interesting. We also had an assembly and library. I probably only taught for about an hour today! Anyho, I didn't schedule any conferences today so I am at home about halfway through the necessary report cards for tomorrow's conferences. Report cards are a pain by the way. I will say it is hard not to slap a couple cliches on these suckers just to be done...i.e. Timmy is not working to his full potential, Susie is a joy to have in class, etc. The highlight of the day was when one of my most "interesting"little boys brought me an exceptionally sized booger. Ack! I don't know how something like that is humanly possible!! It took everything I had not to hurl! He asked, "where are the tissues?" Umm, there is a box in just about every corner of the room! At least he didn't find a place to hide it, right?! Eww! Eww! Eww!
Lastly, a parent of a student who was absent today came in to get the child's homework. The parent said, "Yeah, she just walked up to me last night and puked everywhere...and lots of it." Please, please, please let that be some random bug the kid picked up somewhere else. I really don't want something like that wiping out our class.
I think I got into the wrong profession, because this stuff just grosses me out. Puke, farts, and boogers are what it's all about in second grade and I just don't have the stomach for it. Just thought I'd share my eww-iness.

just a few random items...

• Thursday was my one month anniversary at Bancroft! I was bestowed the gift of two absent kids and at one point, when two of my students were at Special Resources, I only had 16 kids in the room. It was soooo quiet and productive! The kids were all just working and following directions and for a whole hour, I actually felt like, "hey, I can really do this!" It totally made me smile like an idiot watching them all work and listen and learn. It's hard to explain, but it felt magical.
• Michael and I heard on the news that teaching is a "recession proof job". Woo-hoo, for the toughest job I have ever had!!!
• Parent-Teacher conferences are next week and you could easily describe my mental state as nauseous. Yeah, that's right, if my brain could throw up it probably would...that is how much I am dreading this. I haven't even begun writing up report cards. Eeek!
• Not that it is anything new and interesting, but I am so incredibly tired! Over the past month, I have been trying to get the routines down with this class. I add more and more routines and procedures everyday, so not only are many of then new, but there are more everyday. The scary part is that, I am not even in auto-pilot yet. I am more in zombie mode. Sometimes I go through the day and can't remember one thing specifically that we did. I am that person now that yawns through meetings and nods off during dinner. I have bags under my eyes the size of pillowcases and I do mixed up stuff like put the cereal box in the freezer. I do stuff like try to ask the kids a question and inadvertently tell them the answer instead...ding dong....your brain dead teacher is here!

Okay, that is it for my wild Saturday night blogging. I'm off to zzzzzzzzzzz..........