Whew! That is the most appropriate word I can come up with to describe this week. We made it though by the skin of our teeth, and I am still relatively sane. Don't be a hater - I said relatively!
I have had my patience tried a lot this week. Things don't always go according to my plan, and when things get off track, it makes me agitated. There is always a bright spot though, and this little baby girl is definitely good for boosting morale! I thank God daily for this blessing in our lives!
We have officially reached the time of the school year where classroom learning is done, the kids are done, the teachers are done and all that lays between them actually being done and summer break are a few measly days. We also threw in the summer activities, so the kids are tired, over it, and hard to get out of bed in the morning. I know I am not alone, mostly because I hear the kids on the bus talking about how their lives are going right now, and so that makes me feel better! :) Trying to keep everyone motivated to actually cross the finish line is taking some massive effort currently!
One thing that is going on, in my understanding, is that the State of Kansas has mandated that kids in public schools will participate in some sort of community service. Each grade has taken time to do their community service this year. I have seen kids raking leaves, fixing things around town, picking up trash, painting and numerous other projects. I am a huge supporter of getting kids to do community service, however I am not sure how I feel about them taking educational time away to do it. Kind of feels like with the other things they have mandated, it eats into their 'testing time.' I just really sit on the fence on this issue. Needless to say, no matter what my feelings are on it, the kids are meeting the challenge. This week, the 8th grade class came over to Overbrook and helped the city with several projects. I also had these photos sent to me by 2 different teachers. Apparently, in addition to community service, Preston and some of his friends were feeling nostalgic and wanted to do a photo shoot. I had to save these somewhere. This is the place! I will need them in a few years when they are graduating from high school!
Preston really does have some amazingly awesome friends and classmates. I enjoy them!
Yesterday, Preston and Quincy had a track meet at Rossville. I got to drive them, so I was able to catch a lot of their events. Quincy did shot and discus. Yesterday was the first time I got to watch her throw shot. She did great!
Preston did high jump, long jump and 4X400 meter relay. I caught up with him doing high jump. He is getting pretty good at it! I missed his long jumping because I was clear across the track watching Quincy. He did not place in either of those two events.
His relay team did not have a good day, or at least not as good as usual. Preston did pass a runner, and was right in front of me when he did, so I got a good picture of him! It was a long day, and I think we all got sunburned. I am glad I got to go though, because I did get to visit with an old friend, and I had a chance to watch my kids while getting paid! Win win!
This weekend is not going to be any less crazy than the week was, so despite all of our need for some down time, it just isn't going to happen. Hurry up summer break!
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