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My weekend

April 11th, 2005 at 03:40 am

Friday:
School went okay. Kids did great during Chapel. M even fell asleep and I had to carry him back to the room. LOL! Found out the movie the kids had voted for was a PG (Parent Trap) and so were the other two movie choices (Shrek and Shark Tale). 4th grade teacher had Chicken Run, so we watched that instead. Found out that the music teacher isn't going to be here on Thursday - ARGHHH!!!! Am going to try to come up with a field trip for that day. I'd love it if I could just take off a day whenever I felt like it. Ugh!!

After school dad and I went to Albertson's and took advantadge of the double dollar days. I got $175 worth of groceries for $63.11 !! Woo Hoo! Then we took my five boxes of books/video's to Half-Price Books. They gave me $42 for them. Smile

Friday night I went to the Bible Study group. I hadn't gone in a long time. It was good to get together with adults again, as well as get some good singing time in. Smile

Saturday:
Kids sang for church service. They did pretty well even with a few mishaps. As soon as their part was done, I went home. There weren't any seats left even if I had wanted to stay. I slept most of the day away. Guess I was tired. Of course that made it nearly impossible for me to sleep later. Oh well.
Went to Albertsons and got the Sunday paper (early edition) and then cut out more coupons and planned my Sunday attack. Smile

Oh, almost forgot. I got a strange one sentence email from my ex-bf with a photo of his cats. Not quite sure what to make of it, or if he's expecting a response. I think this just may be enough to make me say to him to not contact me anymore.

Sunday:
Today was supposed to be Track and Field day. I arrived at the school just after 9am and found most of the other teachers there. None of us were really wanting to do the whole thing. So, when Raymond called and said that it was sprinkling at the park where the event was to be held, and that he was canceling the event, none of us were too unhappy.

Since I didn't have to do the Track and Field thing, I went ahead and went to Albertson's. This time I got ~$75 worth of groceries for ~$12.00. The person who checked me out wasn't a very happy person, but the manager was very friendly and helpful.

I'm not sure exactly what I did all day. I didn't do lesson plans again. I pretty much wasted this entire day. I don't know why I do this to myself. I did sign in at the dating site I hadn't visited in over two months, and somehow I had been given a gift subscription. So I emailed a couple interesting people. One of them responded all ready. I'm still not sure if I should even try to start anything with anyone with the topsy turvy my life is in right now. Wish I knew how I got that gift subscription.

30 school days to go. 6 weeks. I still have no idea what I'm going to do. I have been checking into a few home based businesses, but I'm really leary of them since most of them are scams. What do I really have to offer anyone, I'm so burnt out and mixed up, and over emotional, and feeling so out of control of my life, my eating, my non-existant exercise. I don't know if quitting teaching is being self-destructive or pro-active. I wonder how much better my life will really be after May 23 (the last day of school) or after my last paycheck -June 30. What I find is so difficult is that even though the rug was pulled out from under me as far as teaching goes, I still haven't been able to fully let it go. I still itch to sign up for teacher sites like a-zreading which has awesome leveled books that can be downloaded and copied for all the kids to have their own copy. But I refuse to spend any money that I don't absolutely have to spend on my kids/teaching. I really have no idea what else I even really WANT to do. My whole life (since I was in first grade) was geared towards being a teacher. And I never really even considered what else was out there. I'm scared I'm making a mistake that I'll regret later, but then again, the thought of having to deal with teaching kids the way I've had to teach this year, makes me sick to my stomach.

Oh, another thing. My employer's care so much about me that they don't even know how long I've actually worked for them. HAH! I got a letter from my head superintendant. She blathered on about how much they appreciate the time and effort I've given to the conference and that she wishes me luck wherever I go. She then says something about my TWO years of service. Ummm, lady, did you check with your secretary on that number???? I've been in Richardson for the last THREE years, and before that I worked in McA for TWO years, so that would be, let me see if I can do the math here . .. FIVE YEARS!!!!! Oh yeah, I really believe that you give a flying rip about me or my service. WHATEVER!!! Your'e just happy to finally be rid of everyone with my last name from the payroll.

Sorry about the above. That letter just made me a little bit mad. My contract should have tipped me off before that they're records are messed up - they jipped me of 1 year of experience. I didn't fuss about it, because I was worried that I wouldn't get the pay raise if they gave me my full 8 years on the pay scale (from year 7 - 12 there are no pay raises except for cost of living raises).

K, I better get my shower and get to bed cause I'll have to get up early to do lessons for the week. Be somewhat prepared.

Keeping It Frugal in Texas,
Laura

2 Responses to “My weekend”

  1. Anonymous Says:
    1113229256

    Hey...not sure if you have any interest in doing this, but in my area, companies like Kaplan or Princeton Review pay $18-22/hr to teach SAT prep. This may be a way for you to continue the teaching thing, but at a much different pace then being committed to a classroom all day for 10 months. Also, the hours are pretty flexible...

  2. Anonymous Says:
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    What do you have to offer??? You have a ton to offer!!! There has to be a teaching-related thing out there that you can do that won't make your stomach turn. You obviously love the act of teaching, just not the way kids behave. Have you looked for books at the library about choosing a career? Like 'Do What You Are' or 'Please Understand Me'?

    Also, weren't you taking classes to be a realtor? Are you still considering doing that?

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