First of all, a very happy birthday yesterday to Alaa Nasser! Happy birthday today to Hussein Alghanem and tomorrow to Brajon!! I hope you three are finding ways to enjoy your special days!!

Next, I am sorry for not posting yesterday. I think all of the craziness of the past week has finally caught up with me and I’ve spent a lot of time sleeping the last two days. Yesterday I took a three hour nap! Three hours!!! WHO DOES THAT???? (Apparently a very tired, slightly anxious and overwhelmed educator!)

A BIG thank you to all students who have sent their poems! I’m proud of you for taking care of that. Thank you to those of you who have completed your IXL as well. You all truly rock and make me so so proud.

If I’m being honest, I feel like part of my stress through all of this is simply just feeling let down that I don’t get to spend time with you all each day. This has been my favorite year of teaching so far and I really and truly love and appreciate each of my students this year. This group is so kind, hard working and funny. I hope that this Coronavirus goes away quickly so we can return to normal.

I’ll be working this weekend (most likely tomorrow, and probably Monday too) to get grades figured out and look at the poems. Please keep checking the blog and all other platforms for updates.

Have a great weekend everyone! Thank you for rolling with all of the punches this week! Love you guys!