My Dogs are Mooing

Tomorrow, for the first time in six weeks, I will be leaving work early.  I will not be putting in a 13 hour day.  I will not have to work with my middle school students to figure out how to build a robot for the BEST robotics competition in only six weeks, and I will not have to worry about sending out reminder emails or arranging for t-shirts to be made or putting together lunches for students.  I will not have to find a way to borrow tools and return them, and I will not have to haul large pieces of wood and plexiglass to a shop teacher.  While I'm thrilled to have my life back, I have to admit that in many ways I'd like to have those six weeks back again.  Why?  Because despite everything we did to build the robot, we still ended up without one.  And, quite frankly, that sucks. To be clear, our lack of robot had nothing to with lack of effort.  I had parents and students put in long hours and give up their nights and weekends.  The team was so generous with their time, en