Magnetic Erasers

How early is too early to go to bed?  Because I am thinking I can stay up until 6pm on school nights now, tops.  I am only blogging right now because I just want to go to sleep, but it is only 5pm, and that seems like a bit too early, yes?

My brain is jello.  Its because I have to think so much and my brain isn’t used to it.  I need to build up my thinking stamina.  I am exhausted.  I have a very sweet class and I feel very lucky.  I have a couple of tricky ones and a couple of kids who have never been to school before.  The new-to-school kids are just funny and wacky and aren’t really sure what to do with this whole school routine, but they will routine it up soon.

Boy:  I wasn’t sure if I was going to have a good first day of school.

Me:  Oh yeah?

Boy:  Yeah.  It took me awhile to get used to my kindergarten teacher.  Like 1-2 days.  And I didn’t now how long it would take to get used to you.

Me:  Oh?  How is it going?

Boy:  Pretty good.  I think I am used to you now.  It only took a couple of hours.  I think it is a good day.

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Boy:  Is your eraser MAGNETIC?

Me:  Yes!  I have to have a magnetic one so it will stick to my whiteboard.  Otherwise I will lose and spend all day looking for it and lose my mind.

Boy:  Oh, that’s ok.  Our kindergarten teacher lost her mind all the time.  We are used to it.

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My own children started school.

Left-right

HD: 9th

HIGH SCHOOL!?!

Hadley, 12th

LD, 8th

How is it possible that HD is a high schooler?  I ask you?

Also, let us take a moment to be sad and look at Hadley’s first day of kindergarten picture-

And now her first day of senior year-

I am really, really, really tired.  My burned knee skin is giving me fits.

I am going to try and cook dinner.

And clean up dinner.

And eat dinner.

And then I will go to bed.