The Light at the End of the Tunnel...

Is not an oncoming train!!! Life has been absolutely insane this month. There are 20 days left of school, and it's comparable to Tax Season for accountants. The last month of school is "Rush Month" when all teachers are trying to get kids qualified for special ed by the end of the year, along with the annual reviews I need to hold for kids that have been identified in years past at this time of year. It makes me want to scream! I missed 2 days of work last week because I was sick, and missed 2 IEP's those two days. Tomorrow is Thursday, the fourth day of the week. Tomorrow I have my fourth IEP of the week. Each IEP takes about 2-3 hours to assess for (the annual reviews) and the actual IEP takes about an hour to write. Then the meeting takes one to two hours at school. That's about five hours per kid OUTSIDE the teaching day that I have to do. Add to that grading, lesson planning/prep, and other random stuff and it's a wonder I can breathe right now.

HOWEVER...

I can start breathing a little easier now! I only have 3 more annual review IEP's, one addendum and about 3 initial IEP's to have within the next 3 weeks. I'll have four next week (three annuals and an initial) then three more the week following (two initials and the addendum). Then I'M DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I just have to figure out when I'm going to have time to pack my room up by June 9th... anyone wanna schlep some boxes???