Can't Help but count down...

It's inching nearer...and what am I doing? Not a whole lot.

I had field day today for my eighth graders. I am outright jealous of the classes that I see calmly walking around, loading into their buses and just chilling out for the ride. These are not my kids. My kids are 1) obnoxious 2) so so so mean to eachother! 3) cursing about anything and everything 4) LOUD
I walked away (kicking and screaming!) from those buses hoping NEVER to repeat it. In two weeks I have to chaperone Prom (8th grade prom, really?) something tells me they will be slightly classier on that ride. The fact they wont have to ride the "cheese bus" might help their attitudes some.

On a less annoying note, I am going on a solo vacay this weekend to DC. I am excited to get to the capitol city. I haven't been there since the 4th grade, and I was sick the whole time...boo. So, I'm hoping BoltBus after school gets out to arrive in DC at my hostel by 10pm. From there I will get to see the museums and the Mall. I don't know anyone in the DC area, but sometimes that can be an adventure. I really enjoyed running around London by myself, Italy was a little harder. I took a train in NW Italy and got off on the wrong stop and could not for the life of me communicate with the people at the station. Stressful, but eh, it all worked out :)

Hear's to adventures...

Here it comes.. the end of an era

Today is one day closer to the last day of teaching in NYC public schools. Although we still have several actual "teaching" days left it feels all but over to me. The kids are crazy restless and unmotivated. I really can't blame them- I just turned in their final report cards. They are annoying, not bad kids but just annoying. I'm regretting that I ever taught them the word lethargic as that is all they say to me. "Ms. I'm mad lethargic today." Ugh.
Other news, my knee and foot are really starting to hurt me. I've begun to cycle to work and back and they are not happy about it. It began around mile 60 of the tri and although I took a week off from really training I am nervous it is something more than just a sore spot. But I already signed up for the Grand Haven triathlon on July 12th. It's an Olympic distance (1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run). I want to try to stay fit- I like training for big things. THe tri (duathlon I guess) was really a fun experience.
I'll end this rainy Tuesday with tea and Netflix :)