Losing a friend

A few years ago I lost a close friend of mine. Actually she just disappeared from my life. I miss what we had so much.

It amazes me how you can be going through one of the worst things in your life and a friend just walks away. I was rushed to the hospital with a severe infection and had to have emergency surgery. My husband called my "best friend" to let her know what was going on, I haven't heard from her since.

Next week will be the 4 year anniversary of that time. It has been on my mind a lot recently. How can someone walk away from 10 years of friendship. There was no fight, no disagreement, nothing went wrong.....she was just gone.

Spring Break, Spring Break, Spring Break

If I say it three times and and click my heals, it will get here faster! We aren't going anywhere, but my students and their families really need a break. When talking with them, you get the feeling that this has been a hard winter and a week off can not get here soon enough.

For myself, I finally get to put my office together!!! :-) I am looking forward to having the time to pull everything out, put my new bookshelves together and put it all back together. The mess will be overwhelming but it will be worth it.

Weather and Testing

What a way to start ISTEP testing, not only is it a Monday but we also had horrible storms come through Indiana overnight. Tornadoes, flooding and power outages throughout the state. Last night as I sat in my basement thinking that I won't get much sleep before I go and proctor test, I started thinking about the students. Students that already have test anxiety may end up with even higher anxiety with the storms. How would the they handle getting woken up at 2:30 in the morning to go to their basements?

When I arrived this morning, I was surprised to see how many wide awake kiddos were. Some almost seemed excited to be here. I'm sure it has more to do with seeing their friends and classmates than with the ISTEPs..... :-)