February is Gonna Go By Fast...

At this rate, anyway...we had a long day today, with parent-teacher conferences til 6, and exercise until nearly 8, making it nearly a 12 hour day at school. Of course, there is the half-hour lunch, and we should be grateful for that. I can't complain, though-the conferences were fun for the most part, and it feels good to be getting back into a regular exercise habit. I really got away from that about the time that I started training for this whole silly gig, and hadn't been able to get the groove back consistently since then. I am feeling better already.

The weekend promises to be a mad one. We have several teams coming in for junior high basketball Friday night and Saturday, and then we are hosting a crab feast for the community Saturday night. It occurred to me that we actually have to get our lesson plans done tomorrow night if we have any hope of actually having any time to ourselves on Sunday. There will be no time on Friday, and none until late on Saturday. We will have to be working the games, and many of the staff are gone this weekend. It gets no better next weekend, when the high school will host its only home games of the season. That will make four work weekends in a row, not counting lesson planning time, which tends to take four to eight hours. It helps to have a lot of energy out here, and no personal life, if you want to make it in the long haul.

As for Sunday, there is the small matter of a football game that I would like to watch. I am still not sure if that is in the cards yet. I hope that something can be arranged...