Am Not Coping

Will gladly sit with you @Former-Member 💕💕

Thanks @Snowie @Anastasia 💞

@Zoe7 💞

Hi lovely,

I'm contemplating getting up but before I do I just wanted to say hi and catch up on how you are. It's finally the weekend and you survived a massive week, well done 💞

How are you? Did you get a good night's sleep? How are your babies? Are you on track to rest for the weekend? @Zoe7

Hey @Anastasia No not a good night again so very much feeling the lack of sleep and after effects of nightmares. It takes time to get rid of those images and thoughts and is very much hard to do when I am also still tired. Need more sleep today but also know I have a lot to do

Fur babies are good - Tobes is sleeping next to me and Cat is outside asleep in her kennel. She will likely stay there most of the day as the weather is pleasant. I would like to be outside as well today but with so much work to do I do not think that will be possible. Work has to be the priority otherwise I will fall too far behind and not be able to get everything done I need to over the next few weeks. If I can get all my Art comments written for reports over this weekend then I can concentrate on the class reports over the next couple of weeks. We have some more work to do in the classroom before I cn finlise those though so it is going to be very busy.

Oh @Zoe7

I am sorry you had an awful night with nightmares not good at the best of times let alone when you desperately need quality sleep.

You have such a lot on your plate. I am sending you positive vibes from the Universe to get the art comments done over the weekend as well as get some much needed rest. You are the definition of what it means to be a great teacher. You have genuine care for your littlies around ensuring that they have the best care and learning experience possible. They are very lucky, as are their parents to have you. Reports would be a mammoth task for you.

I remember reading my son's report one time and it had another child's name in the comment, clearly copied and pasted from "John's" report card. An honest mistake and as I had great respect for the teacher I understood the need to copy/paste to get through the workload and held no judgement. To err is to human.

I am happy to hear your babies are doing well. 🐕🐈💞

Go easy on yourself beautiful. I'll keep you in my thoughts over the weekend 💞💞

Than you for you wonderful words and vote of confidence. I do love my job but it is hard work doing both roles throughout a week. Every day is differnet though and I do enjoy each class for different reasons - some are fun to work with, some are really motivated, some just want to know more and some are easy to enagage and want to please - they are all different but different in a good way.

Our Art comments are only a general comment on what we have been doing and covering so far this year @Anastasia They are to be the same across each grade group so that makes it a little easier. I do not have to do individual comments this year - mainly because I have only had them for a term. Next year will be different though.

The class reports are different - there will be some bulked comments for specific subjects but also individual comments on progress and achievements. They are the hardest because my co-teacher and I have been concentrating on different areas and now have to pull it all together in reports. That is the downside of having 2 teachers on the same class becuse it takes a lot of time together to combine everything we have been doing with the kids, finding the right balance and then averaging that out in the reports.

@Zoe7 hoping you can get some downtime in this weekend, but I know you have lots to do.

Got coffee and Izzy with me, what more could I want on a gloomy Saturday.

Glad you have had coffee and Izzy with you @Snowie I have slept most of today ...until my mum turned up - but need to try to get up and do things soon anyway. Still in jammies but don't think I will bother getting dressed today ...too much to do that can be done in jammies anyway 👍

You must have needed the sleep then @Zoe7

A pj day sounds like a great idea.

Done 2 loads of washing, food shopping, strawberry picking and looked after H.

Time for a rest me thinks 😁