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Will I Make It????

I ended my last post (only a few days ago during spring break sitting at a coffee shop...already seems like ages ago) saying that there were less than 2 months until summer. And that I might survive.

Today was the first day back at school. And I am really wondering if I will survive until June. I am currently laying in bed with a terrible sinus headache or migraine waiting until 9:00, which seems like a respectable time to go to bed. And I don't want to go back to school tomorrow. I almost burst into tears this morning in front of my class, not because of something specific that happened, just because of all of it. Because this is what my days are like. Fighting will battles with angry five year-olds who punch me and throw blocks at me. Trying to fill the gaps intellectually, emotionally, and socially, and teach basic right and wrong that some of my students are kind of clueless about. Plus the only break I got from my class today was about 1 minute and 30 seconds at lunch when I snuck away to use the bathroom. It's craziness.

Oh man.

June, are you almost here???

I think I need to start a countdown. I believe there are 41 school days left in the year. 6 of which I will miss because of professional development, a reading training and an inclusion conference. So that makes 35 days with my class. 35 more days.

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