Fussin' for Nothin'

Wrapped up my report cards this morning. Round one of hopefully many report card rounds... Let me just say, I don't know what all the fuss is about! They weren't difficult or even that time consuming...and I think I did it right. Yesterday I uploaded all the grades and this morning I started on the comments, 29 to be exact. I have 34 students but I don't write the special ed report cards. By 11:05 am, I was finished and asking myself, "That's it?" I went back to my room to gather some day-to-day assignments to grade and started on that. By the end of the day, I felt pretty darn accomplished.

Back home, I took a nap to gear up for our big event tonight...Styffe Family Christmas Card Picture! Oh yes! At 9:30 pm, 10 Styffes will gather in Brea and hope to smile all at the same time, in the same direction. See why I needed a nap? It was cut short though; Peter decided he wanted to make mom's famous pretzel jello. Bang. Bang. Bang (smashing pretzels). Whooosh (water running). Bang. Bang. Bang (pots). "Lauraaaaaaaa, how do I......?" Yep, nap went out the window. I told him if I was grumpy tonight he just needed to remember- Bang. Bang. Bang.