Can You Say EXHAUSTED?????

Okay - this is not my first rodeo here, but wow - I'm exhausted!!! I don't think I have ever been this tired after day 2 of a school year - even the years I was pregnant - and that's really saying something!!!!

Maybe it has something to do with getting 2 teenagers to work with me at 7:15 in the morning, or a morning meeting, or maybe lunch duty, or maybe having to coddle my crippled son during my planning period, or duty after school - or maybe its just the really WIRED 7th graders I have. Now don't get me wrong - they are nice kids - they seem to be really good-hearted and kind and friendly, but I'm thinking an image of gas molecules in a constant flux of motion would give you a pretty good picture of what I'm working with!!!

I'm a pretty high-energy teacher and already I'm wondering "How will I keep up?". Is that just the first week talking or my age? Possibly both? It's only a 3 day school week and I'm already wondering whether or not I'll survive!!! That's pretty sad!!

Okay - enough wallowing in my exhaustion! I'm now mentally pulling up my boot-straps. A good 8 hours of sleep and I will be as good as new (or close enough for 7th graders). Tomorrow will be another success - and then.....I can collapse for the weekend.

Hey kids - guess what - its XBox and Wii all weekend - Mom needs to recover from the first week of school!!!!