Saturday at Its Best

I am so glad that God thought to create a day of rest!

The beginning of this school year has been tough. However, I must admit, it is my own fault.

Every six years, a task force is created of teachers and administrators to evaluate a subject area's benchmarks. These are updated and then resources are evaluated and chosen.

Last year's task force was English Language Arts, which encompasses a huge chunk of my day- reading, writing, grammar, phonics, and spelling.

All my lessons for reading and writing developed over the past five years were no longer usable. 

As a result, new lessons and assessments need to be developed, written, and implemented.

I had all summer.

I had the time, but did I look at it, I mean really look at the new benchmarks?

No.

I was just plain, old lazy.

And now, I am paying the price for that laziness.

That price has been quite taxing- eleven, twelve hour days, as well as time in my classroom Saturday for the past seven weeks.

That's why I am so glad for Sunday. 

I say all that to celebrate the fact that when I locked my classroom door Friday evening, I was ready for Monday. I know. That doesn't sound like an accomplishment worthy of a blog post, but in my heart it was very worthy of a celebration.

So, instead of working, I instead enjoyed the plethora of activities available Saturday on campus. Starting Friday night until late Saturday afternoon, I cheered through three volleyball games,

 

two soccer games,

and multiple swimming events at an international swim meet.

And the best part was I never left campus! While I was watching Jake's team, I could hear my former students'  names being announced at the swim meet. From the gym where volleyball was happening, I could see the lights of the pool.

Amidst all this competition came an unexpected reunion with a couple of former teammates.

The best part of this crazy day was cheering on Jake during two extremely hot soccer matches. The real feel of the day was well over a hundred, but that didn't stop Jake and his teammates from claiming victory. It was during the second game that Jake was able to shoot an impossible looking shot and score one for the team. He had several other scoring opportunities as well, but the other goalie wasn't about to let him score again.

As the sun went down the swim meet was still in full swing, but  between the heat, the sun, and cheering, I was done. 

Saturday had come and gone, but it was good while it was here!