End and Begging (of the End)

Spring Break is over. Parts were quite restful, and I did some reading and relaxing - just enjoying time without too many responsibilities. Eye exam was decent, and now am wearing much stronger contacts (sort of a trial pair) before moving my weak right eye to a stronger lens. Bifocals soon, I fear, as I have trouble seeing things close up.

Brain scans were all "normal" whatever that means. I guess I don't have anything that indicates epilepsy or something.

Meanwhile the anxiety, subconscious, has really triggered my neck into a flareup. Pretty painful and hard to sleep. Washing the dogs - why do dogs find the nastiest smelling part of the backyard to roll in? - has given me a lower back ache, plus right hamstring. Kind of difficult to get up from a sitting position, and I limp for a bit until it works itself out. So, naturally what did I do? I biked home today. Mid 70s, took it easy, but everything feels looser, and I feel slightly (only slightly) better about my physical condition. From here on, a training mindset.

School? Kids were monsters today. All getting back together and just wanting to socialize, ignoring the teaching. On the brighter side, I only had 8 students score below range on the last and final formative assessment. This is good, down from 12 the last time. Bad news is, there is only an overlap of 2 students. So the TCAP is a crap shoot....if all 20 kids are firing on most cylinders my class scores will look good and I will meet the district goal. If all of them bomb, well, it will be ugly. Although the TCAP has been easier than these pre-tests in the past....