The McMahon Family

The latest craze on Facebook is turning yourself into a cartoon. So here you go. 😂

Thankfully we get to say goodbye to this crapshoot of a year. It was such a struggle. All year long. Patrick attended in-person school half days…in the afternoon. So getting him to stick to a bed time was a 9 month fight. Mac attended in-person every other day. So getting him to stay engaged and complete assignments was a 9 month fight. Both my boys, who are usually straight A students with very little effort, really struggled with the year. Our family, who has always relied very heavily on routine, really struggled with the year.

But…it’s over!

Look how much they’ve grown in 9 months!

I completed my first year at PBL. Contrary to the boys’ year being a crapshoot, mine was great. It had its challenges, but I only taught half days, in-person. Teaching each class in a different room, wearing a mask, teaching each class asynchronously (teaching students in person and students online, live during the lesson). But I LOVED the move to junior high and teaching only one subject. Here is my new team, who I loved working with. Having taught mostly alone for the last couple of years are RCS, it was refreshing to have a team to meet, collaborate and work with!

My job is a thankless one most of the time. People feel that we should be thankful that we ‘only’ work 9 months. That we have a lot of days off during the school year. That we get ‘off’ at 3:00. Yet we work most evenings and weekends. It comes with a lot of disrespect. Daily. From students, administration and people who are in charge of education yet have never taught or even been involved in a school setting whatsoever.

But then Teacher Appreciation week comes and we get sweet things like these and the feels return. 🙂

I love this time of year…when I’ve had enough of winter. I’m ready for the sun and the days that warm up give me such a renewed sense of hope and excitement for summer coming (read a couple of months off from work).

This year summer prep included work in our yard, the screened in porch and helping mom get her new gorgeous patio planters planted.

Before

After