Another Hurdle

I've just jumped another hurdle in my teaching- the dreaded four part meeting/observation with the LPSD division Human Resources Personnel. I have been working like mad to beautify my unit plans, while trying to stay on top of my planning and get ready for the Christmas concert (seriously, why not just have kids dress up in their best Christmas outfit and sing carols, but no it has to be a production and my class being the oldest in the school have all the speaking parts, the complicated songs, and I have to track down or make 22 various animal costumes, BAH!)

Yesterday was the official observation and it went very well, in fact the man who hires teachers for our division said he would find me a place when I come back to teaching (he probably thinks I plan to come back to teaching in a year and he could easily be in a different position by the time I actually do come back but at least there is a killer review and two very beautiful unit plans that make it appear that I am a meticulous planner on file at division). So now only three weeks of teaching left! I feel ready to have a holiday but I also know I will feel ready to go back to teaching after it. So for now I'm just enjoying it while it lasts. Yesterday I did a science experiment (a lot of baking soda + a balloon + 2L pop bottle) that made my kids go wild and made even my hard to impress Mr. Moody exclaim "That was the best thing ever Mrs. Harker!" And there was a quiet peaceful moment in my busy classroom at the end of the day where we were all softly singing Christmas songs and coloring paper ornament when I looked up and surveyed all those funny and lovable little faces that almost made me tear up. I'm predicting that pregnancy hormones may contribute to a colossal cry session on my last day.