Through My Eyes
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Frazzled Between work and home this week has been sheer torture so far. Bad enough that Halloween fell on a Monday this year, but then my principal just throws a complete curve at me yesterday afternoon. After sweltering outside in 80 + degree temps for the annual all school parade, I bring my class of 2nd graders in for thier party. Luckily it's all set to go and a ton of parents show up to help. By 2 my party is all but done. More than half my kids have left and the rest are playing games while I clean up. That's when the office called and wanted to know if was ready to leave (I'd arranged to take 12 upper graders to Mom's nursing home to show off their costumes, however I was told we'd leave around 3 not 2!!!!) I reminded them that I still had kids. To my shock the office said to give them to my grade level partners. Granted I only had 7 kids at that moment, but my grade level partners were having parties too. Luckily the SDC teacher and the PE coach both stepped up to take my class. I went flying up to the office, called the nursing home to let them know we were coming early, and then got the kids in the car. It all worked out, but this is just the latest in a very long string of incidents that keep happening with our principal. We all just wish he'd tell us the heck is going on instead of biting our heads off. Moral is at an all time low and people are actually thinking of leaving, really a bummer because we have a great staff. As far as home goes, dad's been sick and he like all men is a pain when he's sick. Wants me to be here just in case he needs something. If I go out he wants to know exactly when I'm coming back. He is getting better so that should ease up soon. However, I've now become his personal assistant. I make all his appointments, fill out all the paperwork, and attempt to go with him to each appointment if possible. Between his appointments, work meetings, and going to see mom each night for dinner I'm exhausted. But do I sleep... of course not. Why? Because I'm weaning myself off of my "Happy Pills" , aka Lexapro, before my surgery so I'm back to sleepless nights until my body adjusts. So bedtime is somewhere between midnight and one, and I'm getting up between 5:30 and 6. UGH!!! Can't wait until things start to settle down again. Notice I didn't say gets back to normal, I've learned my life is anything but normal! |