Last week of term

I have already given my end of semester exam to my class, Josh has his last football game today and it is party season, performance season and only 5 days left!  I can feel that tiredness creeping up on all of us as we finish off for the semester.  The kids are fluctuating with sickness and tiredness and I am ready to sleep for a few days. (Fat chance!)  And, so as we look to Christmas we begin to look to the end of the school year and a year back in England.  Steve is feeling more torn about it than I am as I am grounded in my teaching and cannot ignore it!  I have to stay focused here and now but there are things that have to be sorted too.  Our tickets are in the process of being bought - we leave 8th June.  We need to get the kids into school in England and the deadline for admission is the end of Jan.  I am beginning a book on transition for families to think about how to best prepare the kids (and ourselves) for this big change.  There is much to look forward to - especially time with family and friends - but there is much that we leave too.