If it weren't for school

I hate testing.

I got into the test session this morning, and the first thing I did was hand out
the wrong answer sheets. We got that fixed, then I was two short. Then I
passed out the testing booklets and I was one off there. Two trips to the
office in 5 minutes. When I returned with the booklets, two of the kids
turned up with extra answer sheets. That explained the first shortage.
This was all after 4 trips between the library and the cafeteria to get all
the stuff I thought I had together in the first place.

Near the middle of the second test, Bart called. I couldn't answer. Then,
as we were taking things up at the end, BRIAN called and, after Bart's call,
I got worried, but I answered with, "Can I call you back in a moment?" I
knew everything was OK when he said OK. THEN the credit union called as I
was getting ready to escort kids to the rr. (Remember the days that we
didn't have to worry about these things because we didn't have cell phones?)

Now testing is over for the day and now l can't find my administrator's
booklet. ANYWHERE!

In the midst of all this, our bookkeeper comes to me and says, "I can't figure this out..." That's ALWAYS a sign that this is going to be a LONG discussion. Sure enough, I spent the next eternity trying to explain to her why we had to send ALL that we made off the book fair--$1402.66 (speaking of eternity, it will FOREVER be ingrained in my mind)--and why we didn't get to keep the $800+ we received in book profit. (Never mind I explained to her two weeks that we would be doing this just so that we could hopefully avoid this conversation. She wanted to send them 40% of the take.) After several restatements, I finally had an epiphany and said, "They gave us $850 in books because we sold $1402.66
worth of merchandise," and I equated it to the kids receiving prizes when
they sell for fund-raisers. Then it took.

After the session was over, I found out that my test booklet was missing. It still IS missing. I don't have a clue.

I think I'll stay in bed tomorrow.