Fri-Yay!

 Today is Friday and the first day of Spring Break for me. That is part of the joy of being a substitute, I control my hours. My district has school today and LOTS of postings for subs, but I'm going out of town today to spend the weekend with recovery friends. But that's another post! I'm going to use an old favorite from the beginning days of teaching. Five for Friday. Five things about my week. Here we go.... 

1. Hatching chicks. We've been dry hatching for awhile now and its the same chaotic results as trying to control humidity! My hatch before this one I had 11 out of 17 hatch, that's a pretty good hatch. We lost one, but still have 10. This hatch, I had 3 hatch. Out of 21. And to be honest, really only 2 hatched. I helped the third one. And we could still lose that one. It is not strong and doesn't walk well, it's small too. I take it to the waterer a couple times a day and dunk it's head in the water so it can drink. The other 2 are doing great. When I first starting incubating I had really high hatch rates and I thought I was a genius becasue they say that a 50% hatch rate is a good hatch. Now I've had terrible results and not so terrible results but I do longer get 15 out of 18 or other really high rates. Research could possibly help me. But so far I've read so many wildly different reasons as to what's wrong that I cannot possibly figure it out. But this was the start to the week.

2. Subbing in Kinder. Tuesday was my Monday for subbing. I subbed in Kindergarten, some of my favorite people. It's an unruly and wild class. Lil violence, lil bit of lots of talking, lots and lots of minding each other's business. Wow. But after I'm done, I see them in the halls, they all love me and give me hugs. Young people are loving and forgiving. I love that. 

3. March 10, 2020. My Dad's death date. Rough day. Not in such an obvious way. At first, I didn't remember. I kept wondering why my brain was so befuddled. Why I was clumsy and awkward. Why my world was a little bit off. Then I remembered. We group text about it, my Mom, my sister and I. And I wrote about it. Cathartic.

4. Mom's birthday. Yesterday was Mom's birthday. We won't be all together to celebrate until next weekend. That is a little maddening. But it is what it is. She deserves to be celebrated. 

5. Anticipating the weekend! I'm spending this weekend at a recovery sleepover. It's a little less structured than some and just a time to fellowship, recharge, and get to know people. I think I'll pack some craft supplies to share with the group. 

That is my week! Of course, so much more happened but this is the short list! I hope you had a week full of things to remember and reflect on!