Here it is... Sunday!

Well, spring break 2020 is over. SIGH. Went on a few walks, cleaned out our storage building and put things back neatly this time. Lastly, got some extra sleep that was needed!

Now, back to work tomorrow. Work? Isn't NC under shelter in place order? Why YES, yes we are; however, the governor sees educators as essential employees! HUH? What can we essentially do at the school building w/o children to teach? Let me list the things we can do!

1. We can clean our classrooms
2. Find work for students who do not have access to either their Chromebooks or the internet.
3. Handout food from the buses as they go to each bus stop so the children can eat breakfast and lunch.
4. Search the internet for cool things to do with students when we start digital learning.
5. Walk around the school to get your steps in all the while keep social distancing.
6. Lastly, hope and pray they don't see you leaving school early because you are so stinking bored!!!!

So, here it is 9:11 PM EDT and I am going to get myself ready for bed b/c I have to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for our Google Chat and Google Meet tomorrow! Still going back and forth whether or not I am actually going into the school or not. Decisions, Decisions!

Peace

I am back and ready to blog again! 

COVID-19 rocks world!
Just a quick update... since 2012...

Let's see...2013- Still teaching and still married. Johnathan turns 10 and Lee's son Logan comes to live with us. He's from California!
2014- Pretty much the same--- Johnathan turns 11 Logan turns 12. Both boys finish elementary school!
2015- WOW what a year! Boys started MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!! I get to go to Ron Clark Academy for professional development, see my goddaughter play soccer, meet her sister's boyfriend, and see my best friend. Hubby and I got to sneak away for the weekend!!! Charleston, SC!
June 2015- My school- my little country school closes 😢
Packing up 6 years of memories is hard and tiring. Heading across town to merge with another school that has closed.
July 2015- Met my new principal, moved into my new room and started to mold it to what I wanted! Just not a new building!
School year 15-16- Uneventful, stressful, and nothing really notable. Boys moved to 7th grade.
School year 16-17- Fourth grade again--2 different teammates during the year! Good kids overall. Principal and AP leaving!! Nothing notable, uneventful, and still stressful! Lee started dialysis due to kidney failure! SIGH. 
School year 17-18- Moved to 5th grade- New principal, a friend joins the staff, and VERY STRESSFUL!! Not the year I wanted nor desired. Was moved to the middle school for the next school year!
School year 18-19- 6th grade Math and SCI!! Had some of the same kids from the previous year! It was good overall. Kids definitely different. 2 principals that year! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE middle school!!!
School year 19-20- Well, here we are! Moved from a 2 man team to 4 man team!! Teaching JUST SCIENCE!!! I love my team! We work well together. Kids are very bold and brazen! They try to tell us what they are going to do and not do! HA! 
November 19- I found out my dad had brain cancer- CANCER SUX! I went home for Thanksgiving to see him!
December 19- Go home for Christmas. It might be his last one!
January 2020- Dad goes into hospital b/c he has pneumonia. Sad!!
Late January 2020- Dad comes home, I go to stay for 8 days b/c he's declining fast. It is bad.
Feb 2020- Daddy left his earthly body here on Feb.13. Family heads from NC to Ohio!
March 2020- Still trying to get my groove back from missing almost a month of work. Kids going crazy not wanting to work.
14 March 2020- Without warning, without a single word---- Schools closed due to Corona Virus or COVID-19! 3 weeks they say... minimum!
Starting 16 March 2020- teachers reporting to the school building to plan and help hand out lunches to kiddos. Did what I had to do! Created packets for 2 weeks for my babies.

Week of March 23-27- worked from home b/c my boys had class too! Also started a flowerbed in memory of my Daddy.  Chatted with students in Google chat, did a couple Google meet sessions with students, and worked on new material. 
SCHOOLS NOW CLOSED UNTIL MAY 15, 2020!!  WHOA?!?!?

Week of March 30-April 3- SPRING BREAK!!! OH YEAH!!! PSYCH!!!! NC is now "Sheltering in Place" due to COVID-19 as of March 30! OH JOY!

Perks of being home--SLEEP on Spring Break, not as stressed, assisting my 2 HS Juniors with work-- what I can, and watching things grow! OH, and spending time w/ my doggies!

I am going to make it a concerted effort not to be gone another 8 years. I think I am going to blog about our new normal for the next month or so.

Today, April 2- Gas was 1.75 at Wal-Mart, we've been sheltering in place now for 4 days, didn't leave the house all day today, and went on 2 walks with my doggies! Loved it!

Hope you all are staying safe, social distancing, and being smart!