Yes, I am finally ending my radio silence….more on that in a later post.

Today I am inspired to once again share my successes and hardships after surviving yet another rainy-recess day!! This must be the 44th day with inside recess since winter break, but I am seriously not counting.

During my daily prep, the approximate 16 minutes I get every afternoon, a time also referred to as “recess”, I had enough of chasing my students out my classroom door and RIGHT INTO the GIANT PUDDLE outside my classroom. I get it! They’re tired of being cooped up in the classroom and it is SO TEMPTING!! “YAY puddle jumping!” But seriously…..more times than I can count already this week (and it is only Tuesday) I have chased 1, 2, or all 3 of my frequent-flyers out the door of my classroom. Today I am wet, tired, also bored of inside recesses, and have a TON of work to get done!

SO, how did I solve the problem? I pulled a student desk in front of my door and sat down with my computer. No one could get by me and I had a perfect view of everyone. Now, how would I explain this to the fire marshal or admin if they had happened to come by? No idea. Luckily I didn’t have too.

Now I am home, dry, almost warm and sitting in front of my laptop finishing IEPs with, yep, a huge glass of wine!! Cheers 🙂