my pink life, mi vida rosada

It's back to work I go. I started back on Tuesday. It was rough. The kids have the attention span of a gnat. They talk a lot. They tattle. They whine. They also give hugs all day long, which is pretty sweet. Wednesday was rougher. I was already tired. I wanted to play with my baby girl. I didn't want to fight for the attention of my students. I hate school fundraiser assemblies. I didn't want anyone else to ask me whether I was glad to be back. (No.) Thursday was a little better. My students and I started working on a plan to get them speaking Spanish in the classroom. We moved forward a tiny bit in math. We (finally) went to the computer lab. We still had some rough moments, especially in the afternoon. Friday was a little better still. It was Friday. There was enough Spanish spoken for the kids to earn their reward. They tattled a little less. My team teacher sent one to the office right before he would have been in my room. Lots of students