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Sunday Check-in
Oct. 22nd, 2017 04:33 pmWordPress Article with picture.
So, I am done lesson planning for the day. I got all my Power Points done for the week and I was feeling spectacularly unmotivated to do any of them, so go me. In the past three days, I have driven over 600 miles and today I am feeling lazy and depressed and generally meh. But I don’t want to show up tomorrow and have no Power Points and therefore have to do everything by hand. I know from experience that I am a better teacher when I make the PowerPoints, especially for grammar. The grammar lessons from HM Journeys (our reading program) are thin, and really thinking through the lesson and organizing them ahead of time helps the students really get the material. So, they are done.
I just had a great few days. I drove home (300+ miles away) to visit my father for his retirement party. The part was organized by my brother and his wife, and it was great. we did a claims adjuster quiz (because my father was an insurance claims adjuster) and burned his business cards. We ate really good pizza and hung out and talked and it was a lot of fun. During the day, my Dad, sister and I went to Ruby’s on the pier for lunch. We didn’t see any dolphins (sad) but it was nice being at the beach and seeing the waves, getting cherry cokes and being with my dad.
And then, yesterday, as I was leaving for breakfast with my mom and dad, I got an e-mail from my bank saying that there were suspicious charges on my debit card. I called as soon as I got back and it turns out that someone stole my debit card info. Luckily, they only charged about $25 dollars worth of iTunes and the bank took the charges off when I called. I am also really grateful that they caught it so quickly, but it has left me with an icky feeling. Last night I dreamed that I came home and found my house utterly destroyed and everything stolen. It was just a dream, but I’m obviously feeling vulnerable and insecure about my belongings and things.
Tomorrow, I get to go back to my classroom after them having a sub for two days. I haven’t had a sub for more than a day for over a year, and that’s stressful enough. Did I leave enough work? Were my plans clear enough? Did they kids behave? Did the sub leave me notes to let me know how the day went? What am I going to have to make up? So many questions, so many things I can’t control.
Fingers crossed this will be an easy week. Red Ribbon week starts on Wednesday, but that’s not too hard. I am not participating in door decorating (where you decorate your door with anti-drug messages) because a. it’s a teacher-driven activity that doesn’t really involve the kids, b) I’m not artistic or crafty and my door always looks like crap and c) it’s a huge waste of time. I don’t think most of the other teachers will be doing door decoration either. So that makes Red Ribbon week easier. We do have fundraisers going on and this year the teachers are responsible for counting the money the students bring in. I am hoping my students don’t bring in any money because I am not good at handling money and it makes me nervous. My prediction is there will be lots of money for me to count because that’s just my luck.
But, easy week. And I’m feeling well enough to get back to the gym. I can start getting back into a routine before it’s all thrown off by parent conferences again.
So, I am done lesson planning for the day. I got all my Power Points done for the week and I was feeling spectacularly unmotivated to do any of them, so go me. In the past three days, I have driven over 600 miles and today I am feeling lazy and depressed and generally meh. But I don’t want to show up tomorrow and have no Power Points and therefore have to do everything by hand. I know from experience that I am a better teacher when I make the PowerPoints, especially for grammar. The grammar lessons from HM Journeys (our reading program) are thin, and really thinking through the lesson and organizing them ahead of time helps the students really get the material. So, they are done.
I just had a great few days. I drove home (300+ miles away) to visit my father for his retirement party. The part was organized by my brother and his wife, and it was great. we did a claims adjuster quiz (because my father was an insurance claims adjuster) and burned his business cards. We ate really good pizza and hung out and talked and it was a lot of fun. During the day, my Dad, sister and I went to Ruby’s on the pier for lunch. We didn’t see any dolphins (sad) but it was nice being at the beach and seeing the waves, getting cherry cokes and being with my dad.
And then, yesterday, as I was leaving for breakfast with my mom and dad, I got an e-mail from my bank saying that there were suspicious charges on my debit card. I called as soon as I got back and it turns out that someone stole my debit card info. Luckily, they only charged about $25 dollars worth of iTunes and the bank took the charges off when I called. I am also really grateful that they caught it so quickly, but it has left me with an icky feeling. Last night I dreamed that I came home and found my house utterly destroyed and everything stolen. It was just a dream, but I’m obviously feeling vulnerable and insecure about my belongings and things.
Tomorrow, I get to go back to my classroom after them having a sub for two days. I haven’t had a sub for more than a day for over a year, and that’s stressful enough. Did I leave enough work? Were my plans clear enough? Did they kids behave? Did the sub leave me notes to let me know how the day went? What am I going to have to make up? So many questions, so many things I can’t control.
Fingers crossed this will be an easy week. Red Ribbon week starts on Wednesday, but that’s not too hard. I am not participating in door decorating (where you decorate your door with anti-drug messages) because a. it’s a teacher-driven activity that doesn’t really involve the kids, b) I’m not artistic or crafty and my door always looks like crap and c) it’s a huge waste of time. I don’t think most of the other teachers will be doing door decoration either. So that makes Red Ribbon week easier. We do have fundraisers going on and this year the teachers are responsible for counting the money the students bring in. I am hoping my students don’t bring in any money because I am not good at handling money and it makes me nervous. My prediction is there will be lots of money for me to count because that’s just my luck.
But, easy week. And I’m feeling well enough to get back to the gym. I can start getting back into a routine before it’s all thrown off by parent conferences again.
