The school year has sort of started. Kids haven't started but the rest of us have. We did not have to go to the big family fun meeting place this year. I was SO happy. I HATE that place...so much confusion and it is COLD and the food sucks. I don't like having to check the bed for bed bugs. uck!
I was separated from my teaching team I was in last year. I was placed in a POD that has 2 new teachers and 2 new Intervention Specialists. A POD consists of 2 ELA gen ed teachers, 2 math gen ed teachers, 4 Intervention Specialists. Each POD consists of 2 teams. MY team is the 2 new teachers and 1 new Intervention Specialist. The math teacher from the other team, I worked with a couple years ago in a POD. She called me yesterday afternoon because she said she felt she needed to see how I was doing with all of this NEW. She told me that she says I should take it as a compliment...that obviously they felt I was capable enough to help get the new people on track and get everyone through the year. She said she felt I was always on it and ready. Even if that is true...I don't WANT to be that person. This year is going to be crazy enough without having to take on all of this NEW. However, I don't seem to have a choice in the matter.
Charity...the IS I worked with last year...is upset because she said she wouldn't have made it through last year without me. She messages me now still and asks me all kinds of questions. Tonight she messaged me and asked me if I had seen the new students that we got. This was around 7 o'clock. I told her, "Why did you have to mess up my night with talk of work?" She said she was sorry but they just put out a new spreadsheet and now she has 36 students. I found that quite suspect so I had to go check my work computer. I found the email, opened the spreadsheet and sorted for our names. I still had 18 students. I told her, "I only see 18 students under your name." She said, "yes and I already had 18 students." "Charity, if you look at the names, you will find they are those same 18 students." "oh" Then she spent the next 10 minutes messaging me 'sorry' memes. I told her it was fine...no harm. she could relax...yada yada. Oy
My younger sister may find herself without a job and no pay since her school district is planning on closing down and doing online for at least the rest of the semester and since she is a paraprofessional they said they would not be working, would not be paid and could not file for unemployment because they are state govt workers. She just bought a new car in June to replace the old van that fell apart in March.
My son is looking for his next job when this contract expires in October. He says it does not look like he will be hired on full time. They said they will be letting contract workers go.
And the hits just keep on coming. My brother said things where he works are nuts so he took the week off.
I just need to keep trying to make some positive changes for myself. More exercise each day. I have been doing some each day but I need to start increasing that. I am drinking a lot more water. I need to try some yoga. I also need to make my butt move out the door and off some place every once in a while.
My front door is waiting to be painted along with the trim around the outside and inside. I also need to get my house number sign completed. I hope it is not raining Saturday.
I also am registering to take a 3 semester credit hour class this semester about processing disorders. I have until December 1 to complete it. My school is paying for it and I need the credit hours to renew my teaching license. yay.
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