We have had a rough day today which actually probably started late last night with a real fire (drill) emergency.
When James loaded the dishwasher last night, a plastic lid to a storage bowel was loaded incorrectly. As the drying cycle came around, the lid had fallen onto the heating element and started melting which caused a major burning smell. I was on the couch and even though the detectors did not go off I quickly got the kids up to leave the house thinking it was electrical. As we walked through the kitchen to leave we could smell it was coming from the dishwasher. We opened the dishwasher to stop the cycle and found the melting lid. Whew.... glad that is all it was. I had never had that happen before so I was a bit nervous.
They all did a great job of getting out of bed and getting out of the house in less than 1 minute.
Of course the kids were a bit nervous to go back to sleep so I let everyone sleep in this morning for an extra hour. That seemed to throw every one off their schedule and school was not very productive today. Oh well... we will catch up this week.
9th grade finally started today. She had delayed her start due to many family emergencies last week. She is off to a great start, but the rest of the kiddos....oh my. Lots of weeping and tears today.
Praying for a better tomorrow.
2 comments:
Wow! That fire drill payed off!!!!
I can identify with one particular little one having weeping and tears.... She is doing SOOO much better now that she understands a few new concepts.
What is it about new concepts and tears?
I always feel so bad when one of them cries because I want this to be a positive enviornment unlike what they have experienced in the past, but I know the tears come from shame and fear of "being dumb" which some of them have been told by past teachers.
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