April 23, 2014

More testing today. Two state assessments and a MAP test. Even though there was one less test than yesterday it still felt like I was pretty much testing all day. I had a little bit longer break after lunch but that was it. I was still on my feet watching kids test all morning and then from two o'clock to 3:50PM. And during my downtime after lunch I was running around the building looking for kids I needed a picture of for the yearbook. And I got them all. Except for the three or so I forgot. But I'll try and get them tomorrow, and the find a time to edit the pictures and get them in the yearbook. In theory there should be less testing tomorrow but who knows. There are still a lot of make-up tests for absent kids and even if there is just one really slow test taker in the lab I really can't do anything but stand there and watch and try and get lost in my head. It is kind of a huge waste of time. And resources considering one or two kids can monopolize the whole computer lab if they're testing. I hate testing.

So yeah, testing and a bit of picture taking, with a bit of data input and spreadsheet sprucing thrown in for good measure. When I got home I was again exhausted. And now I have a headache. This is how I felt after every usher shift I had at the theater. I'm not built to be on my feet all day, either standing for hours at a time or running around the building. I wish I were, and I need to get in better shape, but at the moment it is not for me. I appreciate not sitting in front of a computer all day but three or four tests a day are wearing me out. It should calm down a little when we finally get past State Assessments but that won't be for another week and then there will still be MAP tests for a week after that. I know that I will be over summer about a week or two into it but right now I'm looking forward to the end of school. Really just the end of testing, because I like working at the school, but currently I am struggling to separate the two.

Tonight I did the same thing as last night, minus the knitting because I can still feel it from last night. And now I'm going to go to bed. It is 8:48PM and I am going to get ready for bed. What has my life come to?