Are We There Yet?

"How many days does May have?  And then June starts, right?"

I always try to keep it quiet with my students when we start to get close to the end of the year.  It's not that they don't know it's coming, but the less we talk about it, the easier it is to keep them together just a little longer.

But really, I'm WAY ahead of them.  I've been counting days of school left (20 with kids) since the beginning of May.  I love my job and my students; there is no question that I feel I'm doing what I am meant to do.  But as the year starts to wind down, I feel exactly like the kids.  Is it June yet?

And I can't be sure, but I think this end-of-year season has been harder than any other.  I'm actually feeling fine, so it's not that I'm not up for work.  I just don't want to have to do anything anymore other than sit around and be pregnant.  

I know that my time of being free from work is coming.  And I'm sure people would tell me I'm crazy, that as soon as school ends I'll just be playing the waiting game and getting more and more impatient and anxious for the arrival of the baby.  But those people don't know me well enough.  I intend to live my last summer of being a LOLA (Lady Of Leisure and Activity) to the fullest.  Summer has always been my favourite time.  I know, though, that once the baby is here, my days of lying in the backyard, reading and doing nothing, will come to an end.  So I plan to make the absolute most of it this year.  

Now if June can only just get here. . .