I've got water, I've got heat, I've got food, I'm all good in the bush living department. I'm probably going to go home to veg in front of my Medieval Sims and possibly a movie. It was a rough day, because I had no T.A. (teacher's aide)!
I've been waking up every morning with a giant ache in my stomach. I realized after calling my dad in tears it is because of one reason. I am stressed, because I never know who I'll have in the room with me or if, like today, I won't have one at all. I had a great T.A. up until the end of January. Ever since she left my stomach has been aching a little bit more every day. Today made it even more volcanic because, well, I didn't have a T.A. at all! 11 kindergartners and me. You try teaching Math and Phonics to 11 kids. I tried to keep it routine. I split them for Math, but that didn't work because I had Specialists in during the morning to observe some students being referred for special education. Strike Two on the keeping it routine. The second half of the day went a little better. THANK YOU JESUS for answering my prayers!! Anyways it was rough as a whole. I cried three times. If you are a kindergarten teacher you know what it's like not having help, multiply that by 10 because we're in the village.
Somehow I still managed to get a few laughs in. Which brings me to quotes of the day:
1. One of my students comes up for me to star his homework and says, "My baby Kristin ate my homework Ms. Andrea." He sounded so devastated, and sure enough there was a little chunk missing, bite marks and all, from his homework.
2. Play time has just ended. They are cleaned up and in their seats, actually quiet. It's time for story. I walk over to the carpet, grab my chair, move it to the middle and see two toy bread sticks sitting right in the middle. "Why do I have two bread sticks in my seat?" I asked the class. That wouldn't make sense anywhere else...but they just got up and put them away, knowing exactly what I was talking about. It made me laugh.
Well, hope your day was great! Much love and see you at eight! It rhymed,
I won't really be seeing you at eight...sorry :(
Love,
Edah
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