Semper Gumby

On my semester plans, it said that I would give midterms the second week of November. 

(I hope you already see where this is going and know that I still haven't given midterms.)

On the first week of November, we found out that the school was giving its midterms at the same time as we were, so we decided to push ours back a week. Ends up the school only needed half a day to give all those tests. We didn't know until that week was halfway over. 

Hmph. 

The next week, we were required to do at least one lesson about Thanksgiving and then had a day off for Thanksgiving. So we pushed the tests back again. 

Hmph.

Then we found out (on Thursday of last week) that this week the parents would be coming to watch any and all lessons they wanted, all week long, and that next week school will be out through Thursday morning. Also, our Friday classes were canceled and replaced by a repeat of Thursdays classes. We found the last one out before school this morning.

Hmph.

So today we did a filler lesson on Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the parents loved it, I don't know when I'll give midterms, and I stopped being attached to a planned schedule a long time ago.

After reading and acting out the Goldilocks story, we drew pictures. Dave was...less than enthusiastic.

Harry, on the other hand, was QUITE proud.

William is...being William and Fabio is showing off his artwork. 

Also, the school recently began burning vinegar to keep everyone healthy. Yes, burning vinegar smells exactly what you would expect it to smell like. It's especially nice when they light it right next to you while you're teaching and you have to keep your non-gaggy teacher face on.

Basically, you learn to roll with the punches. The school's English festival is going to be the week of Christmas. We don't know what day it will be on--it could be on Christmas, in which case we would have to perform, and I'm trying to be ok with that. 

As my Aunt and Uncle say, "Semper Gumby." 

Always flexible. 

And maybe green.