Too long...

So it has been ridiculously long since I've written anything in here.  In my defense I've been super busy and right now I should probably be doing something more productive, but that's just the way things are :)
School has been good but so overwhelming.  Treading water doesn't even begin to describe what I've been doing to survive and stay on top of things, but it's the closest I can get to it. 
Teaching is still an adventure.  I am doing all that I can to learn and grow and not mess up.  But many times that is just unavoidable.
BUT after 3 months or so together, the students and I get along great...Until they say something they shouldn't.  Their favorite game is either 1 Ask Random questions to get me off topic, or 2 Ask whatever they can about my personal life.  Half of them think I have a boyfriend, Half of them think I'm single, and who knows what everyone else thinks. And then there is the guessing game of my age.  Nothing tops the comment about me being like her Mom (37) but usually I get pinned with 26 or so...And then their favorite topic: "Miss Brady, are you married?"--Sometimes I think they don't know the difference between Miss and Mrs.--but I tell them the truth with the married thing.  The other day one of my students asked me that and then followed with "Well you should get on that..."---thank you sir, glad I can get that from school as well as other places.  But after I tell them I'm not married they turn right around with "Well, do you have a boyfriend?" and that is when I turned deaf and mute.  I've gotten very good at changing the subject.
And THEN there's the deal when they have a boyfriend....the other day a girl came in for class and goes "Miss Brady, I just love him so much" "No, you don't" "Yes I do!" "No you don't.." "Ok so I may not love him, but I really REALLY like him."...hormonal teenagers are so fun.
And then there are the rough days when they are still trying to figure themselves out and deal with social life and family problems, all of these things...I do not miss being a teenager at all.  But my heart does go out to them, and I can't help but be frustrated sometimes, mostly because they just don't get it! They will though, eventually.
Ok...time to get back to work...and try and not just tread water but enjoy the waves too.
They took tests