How hard is it?

I've learned that it takes a serious amount of commitment and dedication to keep up a blog...especially one that people are interested in reading!  I love to read others' blogs about food, how they live their lives closer to nature and how they are trying to be more self sustainable.  I am inspired by them!

Today I'm also reflecting on emotional exhaustion.  Students at the end of a school year have so much to deal with...

• the excitement of the upcoming summer
• the stress of the upcoming summer (will I have friends?  will I have shelter? will I be bored?  will I have enough Xbox games to play?)
• the crazy interruptions in daily schedules at the end of the year
• multiple assessments
• finishing up projects, with time constraints,
• teacher's excitement of the upcoming summer
• teacher's stress of the upcoming summer
• seeing the classroom and school being taken apart piece by piece and stuffed into a box or a walmart bag
• thinking about missing friends
• stressing about the transition to next year's grade
• did I return all my library books?
• did I pass my math test?
• what will my report card look like?
• who will sign my year book?
• will I get invited to that end of year pool party?
•  winning Fun Day
• owing the cafeteria money

Holy Crow, no wonder we are exhausted.  Tomorrow I will make extra efforts to see a bigger picture for my kids, big ones and small ones!