5:45: Woke up.
Forgot my coffee at home.
Got to school 8 minutes later than usual.
Had two meetings that I spaced on.
Got out of one of them.
Surprise Parking Lot Duty!
Nothing got done before school.
Period 1:
Messed up a homework question.
Twice. (The same problem) In one hour.
Got rejected several times in my attempt to ask questions of my 30 crabby high school freshmen.
Period 2:
Didn't have an answer key.
Administrator randomly pops in. Watches long enough for one problem, which I mess up and clumsily try to recover. Nice.
Discover that my clicker review was not quite finished. Sorry, kids.
Period 3:
Prep. PTL.
Fix several things from period 3.
Figure out what period 4 looks like so it doesn't suck so bad.
Miss my hall duty. Oops.
Period 4:
Chatty kids.
At least my review was programed correctly!
SNAP:
Too many kids at one time.
Period 5:
Extra chatty kids.
Off task-ness.
Disrespect.
Distracted.
Impatient.
Kept a good kid after school with an attempt at a teachable moment.
Fail.
Parking lot duty. 500 high school kids anxious to get out of a crowded parking lot. Stress.
Finally a chance to get something done.
Just kidding. Another teacher comes in to shoot the breeze. For 30 minutes.
Get 3 of the 7 things done on my checklist.
Not enough time for a run.
Volleyball Practice. 21 crazy 12-year-old girls. Not real serious about volleyball. Talk talk talk. Two and a half hours.
Volleyball league. Don't want to go. People are patronizing. I'm tired of being around people today.
Need to go to bed.
Grade quizzes? Nope. I should, but no.
Too much thinking.
10:30 pm. Past my bedtime.
It's days like these that I just need to stop and remember that today is its own thing. It's all going to be ok. Tomorrow is a new day. I'm thankful that the Lord never grows tired or weary, and that His mercies are new every morning. I'm also thankful for the way He is patient with me when I am crabby and don't do a good job of being patient with other people.
I need a better attitude.
And I need to go to bed. Finally.
2 comments:
I appreciate your honesty, and the humor you are able to find when sharing it. I'm praying that your Tuesday is off to a more promising start.
P.S. Forgetting your morning coffee is never a good way to start the day ;)
I spilled hot chocolate ALL over my bottom half when I arrived at work at 6:50 a.m. Monday morning.
Be gentle with yourself. :)
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