Today's Slice of Life is about the last half hour of the day.  I've successfully navigated the day.  I made each meeting on time and completed each task in a timely fashion.  So how does a teacher spend the last half hour of the day?  Well, getting prepared for tomorrow which for me tonight is writing scenes to develop my main character's struggles and motivations.   Here it is....

"Are you finished with the dishes?" asked Sara's mom from the TV room.

   "Yeah, mom." answered Sara as she passed through the dining room.  "I'm going upstairs to my room."

"Alright," answered Sara's mom.

Dragging herself upstairs and into her room, Sarah flopped on her bed.  What to do now thought Sarah.  She knew the answer.  Letting out a long sigh Sarah rolled to the edge of her bed and stared at her backpack.  Dragging the pack onto her bed Sarah slowly unzipped the bag dreading what was to come.

Digging into the bag Sarah pulled out her English folder.

Yuck! English!  

"Great," Sarah said to nobody.  The folder quickly reminded Sarah of what she hoped would go away.  Tomorrow was Friday.  Tomorrow was spelling test day in Mrs. Adam's class.

For Sarah there wasn't much that was worst than Friday spelling tests.