Happy.

Can you guess what day today was?

I will give you a few hints...

I was grumpy all day.
My stress level was at its max.
At several points I nearly broke into tears.
My head did not stop throbbing all day.
Any time a kid so much as whispered in class I threatened them all, "I am not joking when I say I will murder the next one of you that makes a peep!"

When my students asked anything about their grades I yelled, "Shut up and sit down, when your grades are done your grades will be done!  Now stop asking!"

Dijja figure it out yet?

Yep. End of quarter.
Also known as.  H-E-double-hockey-sticks.

I could go on and on about the evils of the end-of-quarter-day, but let's just say every quarter I am shocked that I made it through alive.  It takes an absurd amount of patience and skill to get all those scores in, grade countless messily written essays, and negotiate the grades of countless stubborn seventeen year olds.

It ain't pretty.

When the day was finally over, the grades submitted, and the Bon Bon safe at home, I soaked in a long bubble bath, laid in bed for hours reading, and am now sprawled out on the couch indulging in a Jazz game.   Hey.  I deserve it.  And don't you tell me I don't!

NOW... for the exciting news.........

OUR GIVEAWAY WINNERS!!!

Here I am, literally drawing your name out of the bowl. And don't you tell me that you think my drawings are ghetto, because you know you are honored that I literally write your name down and draw it out of a bowl. That's dedication, folks.

Drumroll....................

WINNER NUMERO UNO:  KRISTEN MARIE!
WINNER NUMERO DOS:  JORDAN HALL!

Congrats chicas!  Email me asap at bonnie(dot)louisa(at)gmail(dot)com with your mailing address and I will get these pretty little necklaces on their pretty little way.  Also, tell me which necklace you prefer, the yellow and red beads, or the turquoise bead.  Whoever responds first gets the first pick!

HAPPY WEEKEND!