Today I...

• Went to bed at 1:30 a.m. after ending a work conference Skype call at 12:15.  
• Takes some time to wind down after talking about writing for an hour with my new boss, new reading specialist and a writing consultant.  I got the shaft in the time zones.
• Proctored a math test covering decimals and the kids did great,
• Said goodbye to my amazing and wonderful maid Davina because unfortunately ans sadly her mother passed away (done during the test),
• Determined placements for my students into their 4th grade classes,
• Don't like this one for many different reasons.  The biggest one is that I won't be here or with them next year.
• Watched third graders create decorations for a baby shower,
• Blue monkeys?  Well, he is a boy...duh!
• Helped a third grader to realize that when your water bottle falls off your desk 4 times that there's gotta be a better location for it,
• In my room the sound is awful so this is just so loud and interrupts everything but it's really annoying when it's 4 times in a 5 minute time span.
• Wrote my final parent email of the year,
• Called the Indian Embassy,
• Read my other blog if you want to learn more about this call.
• Met with a student book club for the last time,
• We had such an awesome, easy and intelligent discussion.
• Was amazed by my teaching assistant's McGyver skills as he constructed the perfect sponge device for washing 42 brand new water bottles for the third graders to take on tomorrow's field trip,
• Three dowl rods, one sponge, hot glue and staple gun = pretty awesome bottle washer.
• Reviewed,  Shared, Tried to share information for our field trip tomorrow to the jaguar sanctuary we visited last year,
• The kids are so excited and it's the end of the year but why would I do this at 2:45?
• Broke up a third grade kicking fight on the soccer field,
• Yup.  I'm cool.  But to be completely honest when there's a third grade you really just have to say, "Stop that!  You two come here now," and they do and then you start the process of figuring out what happened.
• Shared a banana and chocolate crepe with Erica while talking about silly school stuff like what kids "accidentally" google when they're supposed to be looking for jaguar information,
• It starts with an "s" and rhymes with hex.
• am headed to a final EAB end-of-year celebration at a local pizza place with everyone
• It's chilly here, like in the 60s, so I'm wearing a fleece and jeans and a scarf. 

All of the above events are in chronological order and there's lots I'm forgetting but it's just been one of those days.  Glad I'm gonna end it with my friends.