Three more days of school!  Two kid days; one teacher check-out day.  I CANNOT wait!!  I have so much I want to get done this summer.  I can't wait to get started.  However, my busy agenda must wait at least three or four more days.

I have survived my first full week and two days in this empty nest.  Thank the good Lord for busy, end-of-school paperwork, meetings, activities, etc., that have just absolutely kept me going 24/7, the last few weeks.  I've not had much time to think about the little blond-headed, blue-eyed, sweet angel, who used to quietly knock on my front door, and greet me with open arms and the words, "Gee-Gee" (rhymes with key-key).  Who am I kidding?  Yes, I've thought about him multiple times, each and every day.  Oh, how I miss him.  I did get to see him Saturday, and then, again yesterday, briefly, and I did get a request to keep an eye on him this Friday morning, bright and early, while his mom goes for a job interview!!  I can't wait! 

I still have mountains of paperwork.  I have my grades recorded and done.  It's the special ed. paperwork that is keeping me busy.  Everything has to be perfect and spotless before we check out.  Every /i/ dotted; every /t/ crossed; every blank filled in; every signature in the correct place; every page numbered; and ALL of that transferred to the computer program it is stored on for eternity.  Oh, and then, those pesky reports, with no template,....from hell, and me, who happens to be "spreadsheet/Excel challenged".  Ugh.  Yes, lovely paperwork.  The Wal-Mart greeter job is looking better everyday! 

Three more days.  IF I can get all of this paperwork done by then.  I'm having my doubts.  Getting ready to go to bed, so, maybe, possibly, hopefully, I can drag my body out of bed in the morning and get to school by 7:00 a.m., to get an early start on the folders I still need to double-check before storing for the summer, under lock and key, in a fire-proof safe.  I did finish combing through seven or eight of the twenty folders I am responsible for.  Almost half.  In one day.  Busting my buns in one day to get that many done.  It takes at LEAST and hour or so to get through one that has already been completed.  That probably doesn't make a bit of sense to anyone, unless one happens to be a special education teacher.  If a folder has been completed, that means the teacher has done anywhere from ten to twenty pages (and several hours) of tedious paperwork, invited all team members (an administrator or counselor, all the regular education teachers, any special services providers, i.e., speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, outside counselors, social workers, parents, and students who are of age), held the meeting or rescheduled it because the parent didn't show up, once, twice, or three times.  That has all been done times twenty (number of students on my caseload this year).  Now, I'm going back through to make sure it was all done correctly, like I mentioned earlier, no missing signatures, no blanks anywhere, no missing page numbers, goals numbered on the hard copy and in the computer system, testing up-to-date, etc.  Never ending paperwork.  Did I mention that I hate paperwork?