Parent-Teacher Conferences (again)

Ug.

I'm sitting at parent-teacher conferences again. I'm here until 7:30, folks--that makes for a 12 + hour work day, and I dislike that quite a bit. It's been 35 minutes and I've seen three parents. So, hopefully my trend of not having a lot of parents continues so I can get some work done. The only light at the end of my tunnel is Allan is bringing me nacho dinner at 6:30 (hooray and yum!).

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Okay, so now it's 4:00 and I've seen 6 parents. So, my three parents/half-hour trend continues. But they come at such staggered intervals that it's hard to get much of anything done before the next parent comes.

Anywho, it is almost March (crazy!), and the weather is improving. This is lightening my spirits greatly, and I do see hope for spring. And then summer. Ooo, I'm excited for it to be warm! And I'm ready for all of the ugly, dirty snow to be gone and to see some green. And (I know this is going to make me sound like SUCH a geek) I'm excited to be out identifying plants again and to plant the school garden. Ahh, the joys of warm weather!

Tonight there is a lunar eclipse. Too bad I'll be inside . . . perhaps I'll sneak out for a minute or two.

We're in full science fair mode. District science fair is next week, and then regionals are at the end of March. I love this time of year. It's fun to work on all the projects, and it's fun to see the kids work and win. (Hey, Jo, do you want to be a judge for district? There's free dinner involved!)

I think that's all for now. Not much of a post, but at least it's something.

Funny Story

Sometimes students say the funniest things. Before B1 started, one of my students said she was reading a dream interpretation book. We were discussing it, and then I asked her, "Could you interpret my dreams for me?"

"Probably not," she replied.

Then, out of the blue, a boy from the other side of the room cried out, "Jesus could."

It doesn't sound very funny as I'm writing it, but I laughed REALLY hard.