Morning recess (keep calm and carry on)

Today, I was responsible for the safety of about 25 kids. While they played outside.
"I've never done this before", I thought to myself as my supervisor told me she had to go run kids to a field trip.
How hard can it really be? The answer: stressful.
One girl lost her dollar for the snack shack. A boy got hit in the eye by a ball. Someone wanted me to push them, watch them climb up the tower, slide down the slide. I got a headache from the constant screams and screeched of "MISS OLIVIA! MISS OLIVIA!" Even the sweetest kids got on my nerves.

Upon return to our building, I found that I was the only staff who was not driving kids to various activities. I, a first year staff member, am, once again, in charge of 25 kids. This was not the day I had envisioned when I woke up. 

When my supervisor returned, I was flooded with relieve. I was so tired of reminding kids not to stand too close to the games tables, to take turns, watch their hands, use kind works, not to hit. However, I was not given a break even after we started regular activities. I was doing an art project aimed for younger kids since that's the age of kids usually in my room at that time. Because of the field trips, the older kid's activities was canceled and I had about 15 artist, double my normal attendance. And many of the older kids finished in about half of time the younger kids did.

I was totally unprepared to entertain such a diverse age of kids. Today was the hardest day at work. But, I learned important lesson: keep calm and carry on.
Getting too worked up over the rules kept me from enjoying my time with the kids. Being so concerned that everything was going according to the schedule kept me from adapting to go with the flow. In life, there are some things we can't control. Today was one of those things. I so love knowing whatever is going on and get frazzled when the plans change. Instead of getting stressed, it is important to keep calm and carry on.