The lack of sleep wasn’t very bad yesterday. I normally get 7 to 8 hours, so I was nervous to be running off of 5ish hours. The bus route in the morning was a good wake up.
I normally have breakfast at home, but the school serves a breakfast every day as well. For the teachers it’s 4 slices of bread and a cup of black tea—for the kids it’s 2 slices and a sip. In the past I haven’t typically enjoyed tea (unless it’s black licorice); this tea is different. Every morning I look forward to my tea break at 10:30 and there must be a decent amount of caffeine because I always feel more alert starting around 11:00.
Yesterday I finally finished all exam grading and input them all into the grade book. I’ve spent quite a bit of time in excel this week, I’m starting to feel like a pro. I was a bit bummed because I was stuck inside while all the kids and most teachers were out doing relay races and games for sport and games Friday.
Whenever I wasn’t working on the exams I was in the music room helping grade homework and teach the kids. I’m really hoping I might be able to get a solid schedule next week and for the coming months, I don’t like hopping around and being pulled by multiple people. There were a couple times this week where people wanted me to be in two places at once and I felt bad I couldn’t.
Last night I had to do my week’s worth of laundry. The house seems like it will be quiet this weekend. Lucas is off with Jovin to Serengeti for today and will be back late tomorrow. Maggie and Sarah are leaving early tomorrow morning to get back to Sarah’s school in Uganda. Rebecca did very poorly on the exams (last in her grade overall), so I think she is being punished by not being able to do anything other than chores and study. I’m excited for the quiet weekend, it seems I should have some time to read or work on learning guitar!