MY 3 WEEK COUNTDOWN

the great thing about teaching is that time is divided into little chunks of weeks leading up to some milestone to help pass the time. like summer vacation starts and then it's 8 weeks till school begins and then once school starts it's 5 weeks until canadian thanksgiving. then 5 weeks till remembrance day and then 2 weeks till parent teacher interviews and so on. i think i drive j crazy with my constant mini countdowns and my number of actual teaching days ... the joys of being married to a teacher

well n has a few more countdowns for the coming month of december ... 1 more day until i start working half time at a new school teaching the littlest ones (kindergarten), 10 more days for 1 christmas concert and staff party, 15 more days for the christmas concert at the other school, 17 days till the other staff party, 18 days until christmas vacation begins and 15 actual teaching days to try and cram in all the extra christmas stuff on top of all the kids regular learning

i went into school yesterday to plan with my teaching partner and we couldn't believe how quickly the next 3 weeks filled up with activities ... decorating gingerbread houses, grade 6 buddies to visit, a fieldtrip, retelling christmas stories and traditions, christmas concert practices ... what the what ... i can't wait to take some time to relax with family and friends and when that starts it will be 2 weeks until i go back to work ;)

cheers ~n