the problem with a thousand data sheets

I got permission to leave early yesterday and skip the meeting.  My team was texting me updating on some last minute grading realizations.  Our team leader was late to figure out the requirements, so that afternoon our team had to agree on which projects would be combined, average and enter the data.

Not a big problem, theoretically.  I was informed all the data would be put on the spreadsheet "we always use".  I mentioned we haven't used that spreadsheet since February and I got no response.

So, I put that stuff on hold.  Tomris was complaining of ear pain and I had already decided to take her to the doctor - no need to wait and see ear pain is too painful.  So I put Teoman and Tuana to sleep - which took more time then I expected and went to the hospital at 9:30pm.  Gokhan was home in case the kids woke up.  The hospital was surprisingly busy.  I guess everyone was brining their kids to the hospital after breaking the fast / eating dinner.   She did have an ear infection - not so common for her, but seeing as they both have been stuffy for the past week or so, it made sense.

I stopped at a pharmacy on the way home, put Tomris to bed, and got to work my on my grades.

I was up until 3am last night, and I didn't finish  what I needed to do.  I ended up sending an email to my team asking:

I. Why am I the only one up entering grades when a) they are due tomorrow at noon, b) we have every minute scheduled tomorrow so there is no time to do it in the school day and c) I know you all ain't finished cause I be seeing holes in the grade book.

II. While entering grades, and double checking them against my own records I found MANY mistakes.  I also figured the reasons why: a) one was just copy pasted sloppily, b) the "5th grade Data Sheet" we had stopped using and updating back in February because it was used for sorting which means 1) the reading scores for at least two months have since been updated. 2) The exam scores that were copy pasted were "Totals wo/bonus", which means most scores were not the final scores - meaning any scores entered/averaged into the electronic grade book needed to be redone.

III. Because of the revised grading system, some of the grades previously entered could not be deleted for some reason.

So, at that point I was giving up - I had updated and revised all that I could.  Our school day was rearranged so we could sort out this problem.  But I still was wondering why I was the only one up until 3am trying to work it all out.