Happy and Sad

I have kid of mixed emotions about school being over. I am excited to finally get stuff done in my house and spend some time with my family, but my kids are like my family. We loop at our school, which means I have the same kids for two years. During that 2 years you really become attached to them. I joke with them that I have probably seen them as much as Connor. My homeroom especially I am going to miss. They seemed so little last year and now I am sending them off to the highschool. They are a good bunch of kids, some of them I would never want to see what they go home to because I would probably adopt half of them. One of the boys in my room had the lead in our school play and I went to see him, he was so excited to see me. I don't think anyone from his family was there to support him. In the program book, there were no messages for him. I felt so bad because this was different for him, he is a popular kid who plays football, not has the lead in the play. Another one of my girls comes to school every morning hungry, she never eats at home, so of course I have cheese sticks and applesauce in my little fridge I keep in my class and feed her. She is another one I would take home, she lives with her boyfriend because her mom doesn't have time for her. Yes, I teach 8th grade! So its going to be hard, but it will be worth it when they come back to visit and I can do the same thing all over with a new bunch of kids. I guess as much as I complain about my job, I love it and wouldn't change what I do for the world.