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auntiemeeshWow, what a day!
We went on a field trip to the Carnegie Science Center this morning. The bus was twenty minutes late picking us up and then the driver drove like a madwoman getting us to our destination. Normally we get a bus that has seatbelts for the kids, but today we didn't have any. Nineteen 4yr olds on a bus with no seatbelts. *shudders* Luckily, we arrived with all children still alive and in one piece and we had a great time touring through the exhibits. The group that I was with behaved really well, despite the fact that apparently two of the parents thought it might be neat to feed their kids speed this morning - that is the only explanation I can find for their guppy-like attention span and insanely fast zipping around the entire time.
This afternoon was equally exhausting but less fun. It seems that the people who do the schedule think that I can work in three rooms at once at the end of the day. No, sorry, make that four rooms. I have been working in rm 102 in the mornings and then usually end up in 108 in the late afternoons, except for the days when 107 needs help in the afternoon.
Well, today, 102 was going to be out of ratio at four o'clock if I left to go help anybody else out, but 107 and 108 were both going to be out of ratio at three-thirty if I didn't go help them. I ended up going to 107 at three-thirty (102 was down in numbers and managed to be in ratio by four). Then, a little before five, the teacher from 101 came out to see if I could come to her room because she was going to be out of ratio at five. I couldn't leave 107 but I could take a few kids from 101 to help out, so that's what I did. Two minutes later, the teacher from 108 came out and told me that both of the teachers in that room were scheduled to leave at five and I needed to be in there, like, now. So all I needed to do was clone myself or find a way to split my body into three parts and all would be well. It felt a bit like I was living out a real life version of "Who's on First?"
Only six more working days until Dragon*Con and I am counting the minutes!
We went on a field trip to the Carnegie Science Center this morning. The bus was twenty minutes late picking us up and then the driver drove like a madwoman getting us to our destination. Normally we get a bus that has seatbelts for the kids, but today we didn't have any. Nineteen 4yr olds on a bus with no seatbelts. *shudders* Luckily, we arrived with all children still alive and in one piece and we had a great time touring through the exhibits. The group that I was with behaved really well, despite the fact that apparently two of the parents thought it might be neat to feed their kids speed this morning - that is the only explanation I can find for their guppy-like attention span and insanely fast zipping around the entire time.
This afternoon was equally exhausting but less fun. It seems that the people who do the schedule think that I can work in three rooms at once at the end of the day. No, sorry, make that four rooms. I have been working in rm 102 in the mornings and then usually end up in 108 in the late afternoons, except for the days when 107 needs help in the afternoon.
Well, today, 102 was going to be out of ratio at four o'clock if I left to go help anybody else out, but 107 and 108 were both going to be out of ratio at three-thirty if I didn't go help them. I ended up going to 107 at three-thirty (102 was down in numbers and managed to be in ratio by four). Then, a little before five, the teacher from 101 came out to see if I could come to her room because she was going to be out of ratio at five. I couldn't leave 107 but I could take a few kids from 101 to help out, so that's what I did. Two minutes later, the teacher from 108 came out and told me that both of the teachers in that room were scheduled to leave at five and I needed to be in there, like, now. So all I needed to do was clone myself or find a way to split my body into three parts and all would be well. It felt a bit like I was living out a real life version of "Who's on First?"
Only six more working days until Dragon*Con and I am counting the minutes!
