Last night my friend called. Well, his roommate. This is a good thing. There’s been a lot of not-speaking going on, and we’ve been friends a long time. So. The whole tribe (there are three of us humans in the house, but that was how it was stated) the whole tribe was invited to a […]
I can’t believe I needed a nap. Will this never end? Four years into this job, and this year continues being horrible. How am I ever supposed to get anywhere if all my energy is required just to get through the damn workday? I will NOT be defeated! I will be published, I refuse to
I’m sick. I know it. I feel like I could melt wax on my forehead. So why won’t the dumb thermometer admit my temp is higher than 97.7? And why the hell do I care? I know I’m sick. I don’t need some stupid piece-o-crap to tell me so. The facts are I feel like
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And don’t go giving me a biology lesson, either. I know that part. I got about six kids today, and more starting tomorrow. I don’t get it. Why the rush? Is someone passing out free tuition coupons? No one has tried to redeem one. (no, we don’t charge tuition. We also don’t have an unlimited
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Every computer I came near today hated me. Can you possibly imagine how much fun that was? Let me put it this way. I do attendance for 800+ kids. On the computer. There’s just no way to get it done without the computer. I enroll kids. In the computer. Otherwise the district can’t track our
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Like it isn’t bad enough yet. I took a day and a half off of work to go to San Francisco. I have things due for the district, and I’m not done with things for the school. New lady at work is taking a four-month medical leave, and we’re supposed to have construction AND my
Hell is when your kid is in pain and you can’t do a damn thing. Just an earache (just?), nothing too horrible. If you don’t count spending three hours cuddling a crying 8-year-old in a twin bed in the middle of the night. Yeah, I was worth a heck of a lot at work today.