Weekend... What Weekend?

Word on the street is that this is one of the nicest weekends we have had in Houston for a long time... It is currently 74 degrees and no humidity, but it could just as well be raining to me.

I left school last night, Friday at 8:00 pm. I was busy cleaning up my room, grading papers, replying to work emails, and filling out paper work for one of my students who got suspended and will now be going to an alternative school for the next 30 days. The student has had numerous warnings and trips to the principals office for behavior this school year, but on Thursday he took it to another level by slapping a girl in the face.

I heard the large "SLAP" when I was working with another group of students (the students were working in groups in stations so they were all in different parts of the room). By the time I turned around the damage had been done. The girl had her hands on her face with tears running down her chin and neck. The boy was in the middle of telling the student that he would he hit again too... when I ran across the room to grab him. I did not know what fully happened, but did know that I had 16 other students in my room that I needed to teach so I had my classroom "neighbor" watch my room while I escorted the students to the office. I dropped them off at the office for the principal to figure things out and went back to teaching.

Usually I am not one to pass things off for others to take care of them, but in this case (physical violence) I felt more comfortable having the principal take care of it. Also, I knew it would take too long to talk with these students in the hall and figure out what just happened and I couldn't leave my classroom unattended for that long.

I arrived home Friday night, ate, supper, and fell asleep. I was planning on finishing grading some of the approximately 80 math and science journals I needed to grade this weekend, but instead, accidentally fell asleep on the couch around 9:30pm due to exhaustion.

I was up at 6:00am this morning to get ready for a training that I needed to be at by 8. I got ready and drove to the location it was supposed to be at, but I could not find the school. I think the email had the wrong address as the GPS in my car and on my found had me arriving at a large house where the school was "supposed to be." I decided the "highly recommended" training was not meant for me and headed home in frustration after not finding the school.

I treated myself to a Starbuck's on the way home and began grading journals. It is about 3:15pm and I have just finished grading the last journal (along with a stack of assignments). My math and science grades are all up to day. It is a good feeling to be caught up with everything... well until next week comes.

Tomorrow I will be up early to lesson plan and ensure everything is ready for the week to come.

Weekend... What weekend?! For me all the two days formally known as my weekend are are two catch-up and planning days... not the time outdoors and football watching they once were...

I hope your weekend is going well. Do something fun for me!