Archive for the ‘Work’ Category

New Year Chaos

  So, it turns out that my in-laws do want to get together this weekend to celebrate New Years.  I was really hoping it would be next weekend.  Now, in addition to working on my applications tonight and going to the job fair tomorrow, I also have to clean the house.  This also means that I [...]

February 1, 2008  Tags:   Posted in: Work  No Comments

Score!

  The turkey was a success, a huge success. (Note to self–always cook the turkey upside down. That recipe I used was no joke, it really does make for the most moist, succulent white meat I’ve ever tasted.) Everybody also loved the sweet potatoes and they seemed to enjoy the baklava, even though I mixed up [...]

November 27, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized, Work  2 Comments

Relief, however brief

  Yay for minimum days! Yay for four day weekends! Yay for holidays with family! Two more classes to go. Just about an hour and a half until freedom. But, wow. If I’m this excited about a little four day holiday right now, imagine when we are getting ready for our two week winter break. In [...]

November 27, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized, Work  No Comments

More of the same

  The busy just doesn’t end around here.  I did manage to relax a little over the weekend, but that means I’m absolutely swamped during the week again. What really annoys me is the lack of time for the things that really interest me, like sewing and writing.  Even my blog, which is just informal writing, [...]

November 5, 2007   Posted in: Sewing, Work  No Comments

Feeling overwhelmed

  Anytime I start to think that I have too much to do, I need to remember that things could always get worse. This weekend I must: 1. Finish all my grading and mark report cards for five classes (about 140 students). 2. Complete the academy attendance report. (About 5 hours worth of work to do [...]

October 23, 2007   Posted in: Work  No Comments

Um…yeah…this is…fun.

  So, I’m sitting here in my classroom at 6:30 pm for Back to School Night.  Every year I plan a nice little 5-10 minute presentation for each of my classes.  I carefully select the information I feel is important for parents to know.  And then…no one shows up.  Those who do show up don’t follow [...]

October 4, 2007   Posted in: Work  No Comments

Playing catch up

  I’m actually starting to feel a little more relaxed.  I’m mostly caught up with my grading.  In fact, I feel pretty prepared to mark progress reports today.  Yep, the first quarter is halfway over.  Amazing how days and weeks seem to drag on so slowly, but then when you look back the time seems to [...]

September 28, 2007   Posted in: Work  No Comments

What a Day!

  I got a lot done yesterday, but I still feel so far behind… I ran over to the district office after work to change my auto-deposit to the new account.  I stopped at the post office to mail a paperbackswap.com book and even got cash while I was there so that I didn’t have to [...]

September 25, 2007   Posted in: Work  No Comments

Questions

  I had trouble falling asleep last night.  Part of it was because K wasn’t there; he had to cover the city council meeting, which usually runs past midnight.  But mostly, it was because as soon as I started to fall asleep, I kept hearing students asking me questions.  More and more questions.  Wanting directions clarified, [...]

September 19, 2007   Posted in: Work  No Comments

Surprising

  It actually felt kind of good to be back at work today.  Weird, I know.  It’s not that I really want to be back, there’s just a really good atmosphere this year, like everyone is on board and ready for some new ideas and fresh approaches to teaching. It was still a long day, though, [...]

August 23, 2007   Posted in: Sewing, Work  No Comments