Last Day of Regular Programming for the 2024-2025 School Year

It is the last regular day of the 24-25 school year, and I am ready to have two weeks away from work. All I have to do is get through a session with "that" client before I am finished with music therapy for a little bit. I don't want to dwell on that because it just makes me anxious and upset, so off I go into the world of music therapy.

I have six days before my family members descend upon me to provide support for my medical procedure in eight days. The house looks a bit better, but not great yet. There is still lots of work to do. Sheets are washed and on the two beds for the mom and aunt. I bought new towels and pillows yesterday.

I still have too much stuff around my home. That's always my problem. Too much stuff.

For today, I have no idea what I am going to do with most of my groups. We did choice time for most groups last week, so I have to come up with something to do while planning for the next two days. We have graduation and an end of the year bash to set up and run on Wednesday. After that, kids are out of school, and the teachers have to go to the district breakfast on Thursday morning. We go through behavior management training after the breakfast and then are expected to finish up progress notes (I have none to do) before a week and a day off. I am taking the first week of summer school off to help me rest after my family and medical procedures are finished. After that, we have three weeks of summer school before a week off and then three more weeks of summer school. I toyed with an idea about having some themed sessions during summer school, but it seems more difficult than I have the energy for at the moment.

I heard that there was some grumbling about the cancelation of services on Tuesday and Wednesday from one of the teachers. This is not something new. We do this every year, so it should not be a surprise that we are not having specials on the last two days of the school year. We are expected to run the end of the school year bash, and we cannot do that without canceling services.

This leads me into one of my common complaints about people in the world these days.

Are we becoming more egocentric as a society?

I know my opinion is that we are, and it's not a good thing.

I think I need to change the subject here. My anxiety is increasing. Five more groups before I can focus on end of the year things instead of music therapy things. I am ready to move from the end of the year therapy exhaustion into the end of the year celebration exhaustion...

I am looking forward to seeing my family. I am looking forward to having some time to rest. I am looking forward to being away from work for a little bit. I am also looking forward to having my medical questions answered so I can know what is coming up next. I have to take my aunt and mom up to campus and my aunt wants to visit the cemetery where her parents (my grandparents) are interred, so I am looking at maps and figuring out how to navigate. If my medical procedure is complicated, then they will do those things without me. If everything goes smoothly, then I will be there with them.

Before I get to that point, though, I have to get through five more music therapy sessions, graduation, and an end of the school year bash.

I hope that you have something to look forward to in the next few days. Something that makes you happy and something that helps you find rest. Happy Monday!

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