Conference time

It is parent teacher conference time here. Our school is on trimesters and we try to hold conference with parents about half way through the first one - at about six weeks. It is great to meet parents and be able to say good things about their kids. The part I don't like is the 12 hour days! They dismissed kids 2 hours early today, but we needed to be back at school at 3:00. I chose not to go home for the little break. The PTO furnishes us with a nice meal (I think soup) and we are having a book fair at the same time. My load is light today. One regular conference, one individual educational plan meeting, and two student assistance team meetings. School will start at the regular time tomorrow, with another two hour early dismissal and tomorrow we conference from 4:00 to 8:00. Friday we get the afternoon off. No students in the morning, just conferences.