Meetings...

I had 12 meetings last week.
12.
I don't work in the business world where you might have a meeting before lunch and another after lunch and then call it a day.
I work in the education world where you say, "Sure I'll come in at 8 for a meeting and then stay until 6 for another meeting, and yes I'll still work for 8 hours somewhere in the middle there."
I had 5 meetings on one day.
I didn't get home until after 9 - twice.
And that's just meetings... I taught, important stuff... like 5 part essays, 4 strategies to multiply, the routes of the top 12 most important explorers, how to discuss a book in 5 minutes, and lots of other things that I can't remember because I can only remember stupid meetings!!!!
And it was midterms.
And 5th grade is hard.
MUCH harder than 4th grade.
And 5th grade teachers are too hard on students. (Revise that - I (the mean Mrs. Reina) am too hard on 5th graders.)
Deal with it. 5th grade is hard.

So when you're scheduling your meetings, don't pick "the second Tuesday" or "the second Thursday"...try a different week, or try an email, or just skip the meeting idea all together.

Sorry to complain, I would report on other aspects of my life, but I don't have any.