T.G.I.F.!!!!!!!!

whoa...kind of overwhelmed at the moment, but keeping a positive attitude.
GREAT CHOICES GREAT GAINS!!!!

This weekend I'm going to make the great choices of catching up with all the assignments, planning, paperwork, etc. that have been stacking up. . . eeeeek. I also need to grade the diagnostic assessments of my math class and figure out what areas we need the most work on, and how I can get my class, who are all on dramatically different levels to sixth-grade math.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!

Tonight I got to see Meagan, someone I worked with in the I-triple-L last summer at Carnegie Mellon. She's off to Indiana to start a Ph.D. program, but she's from Hawai'i, so she was back for a few weeks before leaving. We went to Bubba Gump's at Ala Moana, and it was way fun! I love Forrest Gump.

I'm going to spend the night in tonight--I need a break!

I also can't believe how exhausted I am after only 1/2 a week of teaching!

Oh and funny story: today I ended up with over 40 sixth graders in a tiny, sweltering portable classroom that only had 35 desks. A lot of them were in the wrong place because of renovation craziness and a confusing schedule format, and I didn't have an up-to-date list so I couldn't bounce them if they didn't belong, because I had no idea. I ended up taking them all outside and I'm not sure what all went on, but I don't think I mentioned a word of Spanish, and the class is Spanish class. Also, since we were outside, I released them when we heard the bell. But it was the elementary school's bell, so I let them out 7 minutes early, and they got sent back...hahaha...craaaaziness.