SO SORRY, for you faithful blog readers, I have seemed to disappear off the face of the blogger earth! Interestingly enough, my last blog post was Monday, April 1 and things have changed drastically since!
For those of you who don't know, I have been called in to be a "long-term sub" for our 5th grade teacher Mrs. Fash. When I got the call over two weeks ago, we knew that her daughter had been very ill and close to death. Since then, her daughter did pass away and now Mrs. Fash is getting back to the "new normal" for her life. I have stepped in and took over her 5th grade classroom until she is ready to return, which should be sometime next week, which will mean that I would be in 5th grade for three weeks.
So, after teaching 1st grade for 3 months for a friend on maternity leave, I went back to my "normal job" for all of about 2 weeks and then got the call to step up to 5th grade. If I thought I was busy in 1st grade, this is a whole other type of busy - wow! It requires a lot more planning and a lot more grading - yuck! BUT, I knew I once again had to be selfless and step up to the challenge for the sake of the school and the kiddos.
Needless to say, it seems there have been things that have been put on the back burner, such as updating the blog and sadly, to be honest, spending QUALITY time with Steve and Aubrey. When I get home, I have a quick tendency to pop on the TV, let Aubrey be and me get to the grading and planning at home. Steve has been WONDERFUL about helping out with suppers and even bringing Aubrey to school each morning for the babysitter to pick her up there, so I can go into school early. It looks like Mrs. Fash will return sometime next week, so MAYBE I can finish out the school year "normally" for the last few weeks!
There. Now you know where I have been.
Time to shower and go to bed before I do it all over again tomorrow!
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