Tired

I am tired.  This has been a challenging week.  So far I have had no days that I would consider "smooth" or "easy".  They've all been hard.  The last two days I spent with chatty, bickering, and often disrespectful fourth-graders.  Today I taught a group of rambunctious, mischievous, LOUD first-graders.

The whole day I was battling to keep the group relatively calm, and getting everyone to sit down and listen.  They certainly weren't the worst behaved I've ever had, not even the worst this year, but I was just so tired!

And then at the end of the day we had a birthday party for a kid who's name I could hardly remember how to pronounce.  I was just glad I was waving goodbye to them before the chocolaty, sugary cupcakes had a chance to fully infiltrate their bloodstreams.