November 9, 2015

I am going to write this and then go to bed.

I didn't get around to looking through my research paper articles today at work. The day went by really fast. I helped out with literacy centers in both kindergarten classes this morning and had classes and small groups in the lab throughout the day. I briefly worked on my website, just to add a proper footer. I also wrote a response to the discussion post from last week because today was the last day for it and I wanted to be sure I got full points.

After lunch I went down to the library to help them set up for the book fair. And then back near the end of the day and stayed until five o'clock. I was aware of how many books are at a book fair but I never really thought of how much work goes into setting it all up. And how much random crap there is. There is so much stuff that is not anywhere close to book-related. The librarian told me to stop by tomorrow and pick out a free book for helping. I probably won't but if I do I'll definitely be donating money to buy books for kids. A first grader came in near the end of school to check out a book and he said his mom said they couldn't get any books at the book fair because they needed the five dollars for food. Super depressing. When he left the librarian said he would definitely be getting a free book. During each book fair kids are picked at “random” to come down and pick out a book, thanks to money that people donate. That's something I can get behind. When I was in middle school my mom put my name in a raffle at parent-teacher conferences and I won however much money in free books. It was amazing.

Tonight I accomplished nothing. It's rough. I'm not surprised but it's also a little disappointing. Hopefully tomorrow is the day. I just need a break. More than a week off from school would be nice. I think I'm down to less than a month until Winter break. There is still a lot of work to be done in that small amount of time but I'm getting there.

Now it's bed time.