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My weekend

May 16th, 2005 at 04:35 am

It's been a busy couple of days.

Friday:
School was okay. J apologized to us during worship for his outburst on Thursday. One of the teachers left early, so I lost my aide. The kids were ok, not great, but not terrible.

After school I mailed off a couple of items for Ebay. Then I made a Green Bean Casserole for potluck. I also went to a Bible Study at J's house. It was kind of weird because it probably was the last one I'll attend there. When I got home I called Scott and we talked for three hours. Smile

Spending Log:
Kroger's: $5.57 (green beans, mushroom soup, etc)
Post Office: $5.01 (2 packages)

Saturday:
While waiting for the kids to show up for the performance, I sat in our lunchroom watching people go back and forth. Mr. B went back and forth several times. Every time I saw him I'd get this terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. It's been like this ever since the beginning of the year when he went to the school board and told them he thought I was a terrible teacher. This man is the father of two of my former students. His son I had my first year here. A sweet, loving boy with some major academic problems, whom I tutored daily after school for the majority of the year. His daughter I had the next year. A nice enough child when behaving, but had major anger control issues, as well as attention issues, as well as academic issues. I had absolutely no energy left after dealing with her all day. So I decided that it was well past time for me to let my hurt and anger towards this man go. It wasn't hurting him any, it was only hurting me. I thought about confronting him face to face, but I think that instead I'll write him a letter. He really needs to know that what he did had a profound effect on me, in a negative way.


The program itself went well, except that a lot of kids were missing. I had a huge headache, and so as soon as the children's part was finished I went home. Then I went to J's house for the potluck. That went ok. I think my casserole went over well, there was very little left. Smile I don't really care for potlucks that much. Mainly I think its because I have a hard time talking very much in a large group of people. Also, its difficult for me at least, to know exactly when it's polite to leave - especially if the potluck is at someone's home.

Today was National Stamp Out Hunger. Before I left for the potluck, I put out three large grocery bags of food by the mailboxes. It was a good way to get rid of some of my stockpile before moving, as well as to help out people less fortunate than I. The bags were gone when I got back, so I assume they went to the right place. Smile

After I got home I listed 20 auctions on Ebay. Most of the things I listed aren't very high-demand items, but they are useful resources for a a primary teacher. So far (as of Sunday) 5 of them have bids. Yay!

Scott and I talked on the phone again for a couple hours. Smile I asked him what he'd meant in his email when he said that my moving on Friday would work out better for him. At first he kind of joked around, but then he told me that it would work out better because it would give him more time ---depending on how things went!! I have very little doubt in my mind right now that he is coming down here for at the very least another chance.

After we got off the phone, I called Tammy. It had been awhile since she and I had really had a chance to talk. We talked for a couple hours. One of the things we talked about was what happened on Thursday. I found out that Vicki has more than likely quit - walked out. Apparantally J told her that the "staff" thought she was difficult to work with, and when she asked him to be more specific, he named *my* name as well as a number of other teachers! This obviously hurt her very deeply. I just feel horrible that this happened. I *know* I have *never* said that I thought she was difficult to work with - and I also DON'T feel that she is difficult to work with! I think she is a wonderful person, and a wonderful principal. While I haven't agreed with everything she's done, or how she's gone about some things, it's always just been a matter of personal opinon. She was an awesome support to me two years ago when Todd and I broke up. I remember so vividly walking towards the church the morning after he and I had had our "talk" and Vicki took one look at my face and asked me if I needed to talk. She took me into her office and listened as I poured my heart out to her, and she in return told me some private, personal stuff.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do just yet. I'm not sure whether a phone call or a card would be better. Somehow I want to let her know that I'm so sorry that I was a part of this, even though unintentionally.

Spending Log: None

Sunday:
This morning I went over to the school. When I got there the VBS group was going through a training, so I was able to borrow Heidi's keys to get into my room. I guess the SS team was also meeting, because I saw Mr. B in the computer lab (he teaches Primary SS -- in my classroom!). I spent about two hours cleaning, throwing out, organizing, and giving away things to Tammy. I told her that what I gave her today was just the tip of the iceberg. Smile

I met my dad at the Olive Garden by Hulen Mall at 1, and then we went to the first apartment complex on our list. It was a very nice place, but unfortunately they didn't have anything available till after June 7. Frown The leasing manager suggested we look at this place across the street that hadn't been on the list. We had just pulled into their parking lot, when my dad got a call from his brother Jim. Half-way into that 30 minute phone convo, Cathy, the lady who made the apartment list for me called. I told her that we were about to look at this particular apartment building. She had me read in between the lines of her words, and basically told me that that wasn't one of the places she had reccomended for a reason, but she couldn't say why. I told her I understood exactly what she was trying to tell me. When my dad finally got off the phone, I told him that we should skip this place and go on to the next one. Which is what we did. Smile

The next place we visited, was also our last place. My dad agreed to go for a 2nd floor apartment, which made this place possible. The grounds are quite beautiful. There is a very lovely pool and jacuzzi spa, a fitness room with an eliptical trainer +some other equipment, a very nice playground for children, etc. The apartment itself is a 2br/2ba, 950sq ft, washer/dryer connections on outside balcony. The master bedroom has a very nice sized walk-in closet. The first price she quoted us was $680/mo which I thought was pretty good - then she told us there was a special of one month's rent free, either up front or pro-rated, I said, let's do the prorated - then because I am a teacher (well, currently at least) she gave me another discount --- which put the grand total at $608/mo!!! That's $200 less than the high end I was wanting!!!! We filled out a credit application before we left, and will hopefully know by Thursday if we were approved or not. If we're approved, then my dad can start moving his things in this coming weekend!!!

One thing the lady mentioned was that it is now common for leases to ask for a 60-day notice instead of just a 30-day notice. I couldn't remember what my last lease had said. I really didn't pay much attention to it when I signed it. Tonight I looked for it, but could not find it anywhere! I'm really hoping that it still was a 30-day notice, cuz if it's not, well, I messed up then. Frown

Scott called a little while ago (while I was starting to type this). We talked for about 40 minutes or so. In my last email I had said something about letting him know about how my apartment hunt had gone. He had thought I was going to call him or email him. Oops. Blush He did something very interesting tonight. He told me that if his class got out early on Tuesday, that he would give me a call. That's the first time he's made an indication before hand that he's going to call me on a certain day/time since this whole thing started back up. Smile

I have nothing at all prepared for tomorrow. I have a general idea of what we're going to do, but nothing prepared. One thing that I know I'm going to have to do tomorrow is to tell my kids that I am leaving. The last few school days some of my kids have been asking questions, and one little girl already knows, and then at the program they announced from up front that one of the teachers is going to be leaving as well as the principal. My kids are pretty smart. If they haven't put two and two together yet, I'd be pretty surprised. So, I'm a little anxious as to how that will go.

I better be off to bed. I wonder how Survivor turned out - I taped it instead of watching it tonight so I could get some other things done (also so I could watch Desperate Housewives -hee!). Smile

Spending Log:
Application Fee x2:$70
Refundable Deposit: $100

Exercise: Friday - yes; Saturday/Sunday, none
Water: Did pretty good all weekend
Food: not too good

Keeping It Frugal In Texas,
Laura

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