Say thanks

Want to make a teacher's day? Have your kids write them a note. It needn't be long or complicated.

Strider has gotten a few thank-you's recently and I wanted to share my favorites...

"thank you for not making class boring, but fun"




"thank you for teaching something fun and interesting. _____ has always been an easy subject for me but you have made it more exciting"

"you're so cool and funny. I wish I was in your class again. you're the best teacher ever, man"

Can you hear that?

Too quiet.



How is it possible that for two months there has been chaos, fighting, tattling, swimming, playing, and noise...and now there is just the two of us.


Potter and Daddy left very early...7:00 am for their school adventure together. I can't believe how old he looked when he put the uniform on.



I hope he can make friends quickly. He should; he's outgoing enough. He didn't seem overly nervous. More excited I suppose. I can't wait for his call at 3:30 to tell me how everything went. He will get an hour of homework time every day while he waits for Dad to be ready to go. So yes, my 10 year old will be gone every day from 7-5. Yikes!

Back to the grindstone

Being married to a teacher is an interesting thing.


Fact: There is never enough time in the day to get all the planning and grading done. Period. Even when he gets home on a school day there is tons of stuff to do.

Fact: They do not get three months off from school. Strider has less than two months before having to be back in the classroom (June 10-Aug 4).

Fact: Teachers have to love what they are doing or there is no way they would work the long hours for such low pay. Strider started another job yesterday because we can't survive to just have him "home" during these two months.

Fact: Before he got this other job I thought I would go crazy with him here at home all the time. Now he's working again after only having two days off and I miss him :(

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My hubby is a history/geography teacher. He'll be so disappointed!!