Losing my Little Ones

This week has been rough, but today was especially difficult.  We had to set up the new class lists for our new homerooms now that we have the new teacher.  As much as some of my kiddos drive me absolutely bonkers on a daily basis, it was so hard to choose the ones that needed to be put in the new class.  And, of course, we didn't want to just dump on the new teacher, so some of the super sweet ones had to go, too. Even though I'll still get to see the kids that are in the new homeroom every morning for math and science, it's so tough to have to get rid of them. 

This will make for smaller classes, though. It will definitely be a good thing once we can finally get into our routines and such.  I'll figure it all out one day...

Exhausted.

I am exhausted.  Thank goodness for 3 days weekends, but this 4 day week has been quite a challenge.  I haven't been in a very good mood for a number of reasons and as much as I try to leave that out of the classroom, it doesn't make for very positive days.  My kids are super funny and sweet, but they LOVE to talk.  I've done a lot of "warning," but we're about to have to get serious.  I probably should have already gotten serious, but that's just not my personality.  Off with the silly/playful face, on with serious/mean face. :/

The powers that be keep changing their mind (or at least telling us different stories) about whether the new teacher is coming or not.  We have our team meetings with the principal every Thursday during conference, so HOPEFULLY we find something out then.  At this point, I don't even really care whether we get another teacher or not.  There's positives and negatives about every situation.  I just NEED to know what's happening so that I can move on with my procedures and schedules and such. 


On a lighter note, my Godson, Jaxon Kane Miller, was born yesterday at 12:36pm.  I got to hold him in my arms yesterday afternoon, and he is absolutely precious. :)