From Under the Rubble

Thursday It’s the first afternoon of Christmas Break and I’ve already had to give the kids the “You can make this best break ever or the longest break of your lives…” speech.   It may not be long for them, but it sure may be for me!   I could have worked this afternoon.   I got a call from Kville about an hour and half before I needed to go get my kids from school (early out today).   In the span of a few seconds I had to figure out whether or not I could make arrangements for them to ride the bus and if they would potentially kill each other in the 2 hours they’d be home alone.   I turned them down.   Yes, it would have been extra money, but the hassle of making last-minute alternative arrangements, plus the fact that I had no make-up on and am so, so tired today – wasn’t worth it.   I subbed twice this week at Pville – one day as a social studies teacher in the high school (plus a period in the psych class) and another as the lower elementary special education teacher.   Las