Because I needed to

So lately I've been having a difficult time concentrating. I have a LOT of work to get done but today during my Commercial Art class I teach I decided to sit down and do the project with the students.... SUCH A GOOD IDEA! Art helps give me some confidence, oh ya, hey I can kinda draw... I forget that. You'd think as an art teacher I'd have more time to make art... but it's actually less. I only get one project completed every year. Sad. I have quite a few unfinished projects sitting around my art classroom because I"ll start the project with the students & then I get distracted grading, or trying to help them.

SUMMER?!

Is it time for summer yet? I really want to get outside and get in my garden (and nope, not your typical "gardener"....fact is, I kill everything, I'm just excited to try to make it look better this year and try to keep more alive). Also, I'm tired, just like every other teacher on the planet. Don't get me wrong, in August a teacher will tell you they love their job. Heck, I will even say it now, I love my job. I'm just so tired of answering the SAME questions 50x a day, 5 days a week. It's very draining. I'm so excited for my Ap students though, they've worked soooo hard! So that's definitely the good part of teaching, seeing everything come together at the end of the year. It's too bad that's when I am the most tired, cranky & whiny because I'd like to enjoy this part more. Can we just get rid of the whole waking up early thing for teachers? How about school starts at 10 and is out at 3? We can eat snacks in the classroom and get rid of the unimportant time wasting stuff we do. I like this plan, who wants to help me implement it? Then maybe we wouldn't look forward to summer with more excitement than the students. I'l just keep repeating my mantra "only 8 more days, only 8 more days" because we're on A B block so I only see my students every other day... so even though there are 18 more "real" school days left, I only have 8 or 9 with each group. And yes I realize not every job gets a summer break, but you know what? I've worked a "normal" job and I was never as tired as I am April/May when I'm teaching. So I'd really rather not hear "Well at least you get summers off & still get paid" Because we teachers also know that's a lie. We actually get paid for 9 months of work, we just choose to divide it up over the course of 12 months so we can budget better. My job is more rewarding though than my "normal" job so there! :) But ya, I'm TIRED. Massages anyone?