The crunch at the end

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 We are nearing that point where there is a real crunch at the end of the year. I still have so much I want to cover and there just is not enough time. So I need to figure out what to cover and what to ignore and what is the best way to do that. I did this to myself, I do every year. You would think after 13 years I would learn, but I haven't. So this weekend, which is an extra day, I will spend it mapping out the end of the year. What do I need to cover. What do I want to cover. And what can I realistically cover in the remaining time. Yeah, that will be a fun planning session. Next year is definitely going to be different. I feel like I finally have a handle on this planning thing, though I'm still not great at it, but I have a bit of a handle. I also don't feel like I have to follow the curriculum so closely anymore. I can make it my own. Plus, next year I have AP chemistry again. That will be interesting and challenging. But I need to focus on this year and get through it. 

I bought a whole bunch of pigs with the plans of having them dissect them and some hearts and things. I'm not really going to have time for that, so I need to just kind of stop what we are doing and start cutting. The students will like that. Me? Probably not so much. But in many ways it will be a good way to end the year. I just need to figure out how to tie it all together so it makes a little bit of sense. 

Plus graduation is happening. I'm putting the program together and trying to get information out of some people and ready to pull my hair out. It's okay. It will all be okay. I better go, I hear some music from the front room that doesn't bode will for the hubby. 

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