Long weekends

We had a glorious 3-day weekend! It was WONDERFUL!!!! Three whole days of sleeping, crocheting, and reading books. I couldn't have asked for a better weekend. Waking up at 6am today was a bit of a slap in the face.

Parent/teacher conferences were last week. It's amazing to talk to parents. The majority of them are very supportive. And many of them aren't surprised their child acts the way they do. To which I want to say, "Then why aren't you doing anything about it?!" I had to call one parent a few weeks ago regarding their daughter, and after I told the parent everything, he says, "Well, what do you think we should do?" Um, be a parent?! Take away her phone, no cheerleading, no after-school activities...something! That's what being a parent entails. I really want to have children someday, but right now, working with junior high kids is the best birth control there is!

Teenagers

I wish we could invent a drug that would allow junior high kids to skip puberty. My junior high kids were all over the place today. Sheesh! I told them that it's automatic detention for anyone who talks or plays when they're not supposed to. It's getting REALLY old. This was probably one of the worst rehearsals I've had with them. At least there's over a month til the concert. HS went a lot better today. I hope Wednesday is that good. Look for another blog post tomorrow night. I'll likely be quite bored in parent/teacher conferences!