January 22, 2016

 Today was a day. MAP testing was hectic this morning. Also confusing. We started the day with one of the first grade classes. Then the other first grade teacher sent some of her kids, enough to fill up the rest of the lab, to finish their tests. They all just came in and sat down so it took me awhile to figure out where they were and who they were because they so easily blended together. And to add to that, as soon as one finished from the second class and I sent them back, another one would come to the lab, something I didn't initially pick on because I was focused on the kids testing and I assumed when a kid came in they were just coming back from the bathroom.

I handled it fairly well but learned later in the afternoon that I completely missed one of the kids. In the morning he was one of the kids who came after the first wave and he sat down at a computer where the kid before him had closed out of the test. I didn't notice him at first and when I did I just assumed he had finished his test. And I was so caught up with the other tests that I incorrectly assumed that he was with the main class testing in the lab, so I gave him a piece of paper and pencil so he could draw like the other kids who had finished. Subconsciously I knew he was in the other class but I didn't give it a second thought. Another clue was that when the whole class left, he was still laying in the front of the lab drawing. I thought maybe he missed the memo that the class was leaving. Nope, it's because he wasn't in that class.

All of this didn't come to light until he came back later in the afternoon to take his other test. I sat down with him and asked what test he needed to take. He was confused so I asked him what test he had taken in the morning. And that's when he said “I didn't take a test this morning. You gave me a piece of paper so I could draw.” Whoops. So I gave him a choice of which test he wanted to take and I'll have him take the other one next week.

When I wasn't testing I edited photos, wrote one of my introductions for class, answered some computer questions, fixed a laptop, and had a few classes in the lab. It was a decently productive day.

Tonight was pizza night again and I was glad to find out that pizza is still delicious. In the near future, thanks to my sister, I will be making a quinoa enchilada slow cooker recipe. I planned on going to the store to get all the ingredients but in reality I knew that probably wasn't going to happen. My sister, however, goes to the store all the time because she actually cooks real food, so she offered to pick the stuff up the next time she goes. It takes four hours to cook so it will have to be a weekend dinner but I'm looking forward to it.

Tonight I watched YouTube videos. I was going to knock out my school stuff for this week but I'm tired after this week and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. The semester is only a few days old and I'm already over it. Not really, though. I'm just not into it yet. It's been so long that I've had such a long break from school that it's going to take me a bit to get back into the swing of things. I'll get there. I would like to get into a better routine this semester so things don't get stressful. That hasn't happened yet but I've got time.

Soon I will be going to bed. Tomorrow I will be sleeping in. And then eventually working on school stuff. And some time after that, probably eating pizza.