End of the year checklist

It's down to the wire now. My last student just took his exam and I have turned in my grades, handbook, and purchase orders. Basically I just have to get a couple of more items checked off, turn in my keys, and I am out of here!

I ran into one of my assistant principals. He told me that he had overlooked my evaluation. I hadn't mentioned it because these evaluations have always been pretty meaningless anyway. So...I get to go in this afternoon and wrap that up. I am basically pretty organized and usually have all my stuff done with lots of time to spare. Now is when it gets a little tedious, the waiting around. I wish we could just go home when we are finished with everything. I guess then they wouldn't be getting their 'hours of service" would they? I'll read some science magazines, browse the web, and scout out a few items for next year in these remaining 2 1/2 days without the munchkins.

On the social front, Karen and I are taking a girl out to dinner tonight, followed by a visit to our house to see Sir Francis the bunny. She is a member of my house rabbit internet group PetBunny. Though we have never actually met, I feel like I know her well from her years of emails. It's funny how sometimes you can feel closer to people on the internet you've never met in person than to some of your own relatives (whom you may wish you had never met in person!).

The health front has been fairly stable. No major problems with my type 2 rosacea or with the colon. The migraines haven't been much of a problem either though I keep Maxalt around just in case. Near the end of the school year I sometimes have a "physical and emotional letdown" migraine or two.

It will be refreshing to have some time to myself for a change and to not have to follow a rigid bell schedule like a lab rat. Lately when I went down the hall between class changes I overheard conversations between students. They generally follow one of three patterns in high school:
1) Boy-boy : talk about cars or sports
2) Boy-girl : talk about who cares the most (or least) in the relationship
3) Girl-girl : talk about what clothes people are wearing and what other people are saying (usually bad) about them.
Listening to this gets old very quickly so I have to just tune them out while I still have a little sanity left. I pray that with age comes a deepening of their interests. For now their social lives are like living in an endless series of commercials. Really bad commercials!