...I learned how to use the absence reporting system...

While I'm looking forward to resting tomorrow and Tuesday, I'm going to miss being at school with my kids.

I was really excited for an activity I had planned for Tuesday...and now the sub gets to do it. :P

Here's an email from one of the kinder teachers that made me laugh and also made me really appreciative of the K-team at my school (and clearly I'm ignoring her advice for this brief moment to share it with you all):

Dear Alex,

Here's hoping the combination of antibiotics and rest will restore you to heath. But I've got this feeling that, because you are very conscientious and full of good ideas, you might not be completely honest with yourself about what resting entails. So, as an older woman with a lot of experience in this area, I'm telling you:
-resting is lying down.
-resting is napping.
-some reading can be resting.
-some television watching can be resting.
But the following are not resting,
-writing lesson plans.
-creating flip charts.
-completing assignments.
Oh, I know that all of the above can relieve stress. But they use a lot more energy than one realizes, so I suggest that you set a timer and limit yourself to an hour's work at a time, maintaining a minimum work/rest ratio of 1:2 (8 hours or work, 16 hours of rest per 24 hour period.)

I know. Easier said than done.

Get well, Alex! We want you back at full power.

See you Wednesday at the earliest,
Laurie

PS Two more things that really are not resting:
-reading most emails, including this one.
-answering most emails.
Sorry 

"Well, your flu test is negative, and your chest x-ray looks like you have bronchitis, but you have none of the symptoms. So, here's a z-pack."

3 in 1 day??

I emailed this out but forgot to post it on September 11th.

http://attacked911.tripod.com/

Stupid is as stupid does.

Phone call home to my dad today (well, truth be told, I call him everyday, but this is an excerpt from today):

Dad, maybe you can just clarify this for me, but will I really have to deal with BS for the rest of my life? I thought just maybe that since I graduated from college, maybe, in graduate school, I might deal with MATURE and GROWN-UP people, but I guess I'm wrong. So really, will this be how the rest of my life is?


...Today was a good day, although the end, at class tonight, was a reality check for me. Sometimes I think my optimism can bite me in the butt (I can't think of any other phrase! :P). I've realized that while I may choose who I consider a close friend and the people I spend most of my time with, for the rest of my life, there will always be people who I have to interact with who on occasion drive me a little crazy.

Tonight was just one of those nights when it hit me, and it was kind of a bummer. There will always be people who don't grow up, despite the fact that many of us grow up far before we should. Maturity does not necessarily come with age.

...and while I do genuinely like 99.9% of people and I try to be open-minded (and I will also give the people who drove me a little crazy tonight 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and millionth chances if it comes down to it), I have to toss these quotes out there:

"Don't waste my time, cause I'll never get that back." -Nnnenna

"I hate stupidity." -Chris and Dad...perhaps it's a family motto?

I really do hate wasting my time, and I also hate stupidity. (FYI as far as I'm concerned, stupidity has nothing to do with actual intelligence. In fact, I know a couple extremely intelligent people who I would consider stupid in some respects).

Long story short, I don't want to be judgmental, but the truth is, that's the heart of this post. It's been a long day, I'm tired, and I'm venting. This is momentary judgment on my part, and I'm not necessarily proud of it, but at the same time, every now and then I have a day where this is how I feel. Tomorrow, I may feel different.



In other news, I have a kid who wore a fedora to school last week.

Crazies.

My voice is back!

Good news-I can talk. It hurts, but I can talk.

Bad news-Sleeping all this weekend means that the getting ahead I had planned to do=lots of catching up to do now.

This is just frustrating, because it means that instead of getting to recover, I'm just pushing forward and hoping I stay where I'm at and don't get sick again.

In many respects, I feel REALLY good, but in others, I'm bummed. It's stressful having all this stuff to do and feeling like there really isn't enough time in the day to get it done.

Example:
Today, I woke up at 6:35.
Left for school at 7.
Photocopied/set-up/etc. from 7:25-8.
School 8-3.
Staff meeting 3-4.
Grad school seminar 5-8.
Office Depot run, dinner, shower, work. 8:30-11.
11:12-Write a blogpost. :)
Time for bed.

**I recommend buying stock in Office Depot since I spend so much money there, surely stock will go up.