Too Much
At the end of each work day I am so tired, it is all I can do to drag myself into the house and package the eBay products that sold during the day. Then I list a few more — and suddenly the evening is shot and I am crawling [...]
Awake
Racing engines. Screaming tires. Shrill sirens. Lights flashing blue-white-blue. Helicopter whomp-whomping over-head, it’s halogen eye turning night to day. I’d like to tell you how many times this has happened in the 18 months I’ve lived here, but I’ve lost count. I’ve also lost sleep. The sun is up, it’s [...]
Surprise!
On Friday my students threw me a surprise party. At least four teachers, one staff member, a half-dozen mothers and one substitute teacher helped them. They pulled the surprise off even though I knew it was going to happen …. First off, I had no clue. They planned the entire [...]
Wasabi & Whine II
My report cards are done. Done! Yay! Now I can just relax and have fun with the kids these last few days. Fourth Period – General Comments: They must be good for us. They taste too nasty to be junk food. Tastes like farts. Rabbit poop. Green rabbit poop. Odd [...]
Wasabi & Whine
Well, the kids got their wasabi peas, but I didn’t get to work on my report cards. The system was down most of the morning. When all 100 plus of us hop online and start plugging in grades our server has a nervous breakdown. Happens at least once every grade [...]