Big Exhale

Whew. I did it. It is now officially Christmas break.

It sure is a mad rush to the finish. Last week was insane. This week was slightly better in the evenings, but the days were crazy. The kids (by kids I mean my students)  had  a presentation due, an assembly where they danced and played drums, we had our class potluck and celebration to say goodbye to my student teacher. The last day we had a movie morning and ran the canteen. Then we finished off with carols in the gym.

My Secret Santa had some lovely gifts for me. She gave me some differents kinds of chocolates. She gave me a magnet for my whiteboard that says 'Hand over the chocolate and no one gets hurt'. I got some great oven mitts and a Christmas apron as well as a cloth scrunchie that you store plastic bags in.

I spent about $25 on my Secret Santa which was a bit above the limit. I got her some teeny tiny christmas oranges, a brushed nickel candle holder and then the candle the next day. The fourth was a burned CD with her favourite Christmas songs and the last was a bottle of Copper Moon Chardonay.

One of the gifts had to be an unused regift. The oven mitts and Christmas apron was mine, and I gave the brushed nickel and candle to her.

It was fun. Mine suspected me fairly soon after another staff member suggested me. Not thrilled the other staff did that, but it's not worth a stink over. I did not suspect mine at all.