Done!

Yesterday was, at the same time, my most dreaded and anticipated day of the year - the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade. For those of you who have the pleasure of sitting home on your couch watching the parade on tv or, even better, blissfully not even caring that it exists, this day is not important for you in any way. But for me, it is a big day.

This is the day when I get to spend 5 hours hanging around in parking lots and on busses with the children I teach (who normally do not bother me so much, but by this time of year I am sooooo done with), the children of the other schools in our district (many of whom are terribly behaved) and all of their directors (some of whom I like, others...not so much). Then, when the ridiculously long wait is over, we get to "march" 2.5 miles through Indinapolis, get on a bus and go home. Generally, the weather is yukky - too hot to be wearing marching uniforms or, like last year - raining- and their is always MUCH drama, particularly between the adults. This is dreaded for, hopefully, obvious reasons. It is anticipated because once it is done - I'm basically on summer vacation. It is my last event of the school year!

So, all that being said. Yesterday wasn't so bad. The weather was gorgeous! The kids were decently behaved (I'm going to go ahead and say it was the weather...not much to complain about) and through a wonderful series of events, I didn't have to actually march the parade! After the babysitting was over - which went by relatively quickly, I was told by an administrator to get on a golf cart! YEA! I got driven to the end of the route and was able to sit on the cart until the children showed up. Yes, there was some drama, but I managed to downplay it and just move on. Most importantly, the kids' parents all picked them up within a reasonable amount of time, so I was able to get in a lengthy nap before my in-laws arrived.

Overall, not so bad, at least in retrospect!