School was mighty boring yesterday. End of month exams began (and will finish today) meaning I was stuck marking all day. I was hoping I could sit in and supervise exams; maybe use that time to read or work on some projects—I wasn’t so lucky. The head teacher announced the group of teachers who would be marking and the group who would be supervising, my name was part of the first list. I settled around a table with 6 fellow teachers which we didn’t move from other than for meals and bathroom breaks. I was pretty proud of what only 7 of us accomplished, but it wasn’t enough. We got through half of the exams. Once it reached 3:30, we quickly forgot the announcement the head teacher had made that morning: all exams must be graded on the same day they’re taken.
It was after school when things got exciting. The kids and I sat in the “parking lot” for 30ish minutes with a driverless bus. He eventually arrived with tiny bus, telling us we were going to have to use it (I don’t know why, I’ve stopped asking questions regarding the bus situation). It took 20 minutes to figure out all the kids weren’t going to fit in the bus. We called for backup and Lucas arrived with one of these brand-spanking-new busses he recently got. The kids were very excited and it took a while for them to settle down, but eventually everyone got home.
I got home around 6:00 and went straight to my room. I was planning on reading for a little bit to rest, but at 7:15 I woke up with my book on my chest and a bit of drool on my cheek. When I went on over to the house, I was surprised to find a new addition to the family. A small baby (about 2 years old) is staying with us for a while because her mother—one of Lucas’ friends—broke her leg and can’t take care of a rambunctious child at the moment. I slept very well last night despite the long nap, and I’m ready for a long day of marking.