I woke up this morning not feeling well. It started at 2:30 am this morning and I just did not make it back to sleep and therefore when I finally did get up I felt terrible. I dragged myself out of bed to take a shower and hope to feel better. It did not really work so I laid back down with my dearest little (okay, not so little) Squeak. I texted my friend Jessica and told her that I was not feeling well and would not be joining the SoCal family tonight for dinner - really for fear I would get the kids sick or her and Michael. The last thing we need is a sick SoCal family coming going into the last month of school, that could be worse that a two-month long jury duty.
So, as I laid there I contemplated the last few weeks and decided I might just be out steam a little so I decided to run to the grocery store and then have a Boxer Day! For those of you that don't know what Boxer Day is, let me explain this concept that was introduced to me by Chris Alford, USC Football Player (back in the day). A Boxer Day is when you decide to lay around in your boxers / PJ's all day and do nothing but what YOU want to do. I have not had a Boxer Day in forever and decided it was time for one. So here is what my nerdy self did today.
1. I took pictures of my shoes to print labels for the outside of my boxes. Some had been done and I have been having difficulty identifying the shoes since they are all in clear Rubbermaid boxes. So yes, go ahead and laugh - I am OCD and like things to be labeled. I figure a little work in the front saves time in the end.
2. I watched TV - nothing really great but I caught up on The Good Wife, The Millers, The Big Bang Theory through On Demand TV.
3. I read an National Board Entry for a friend and gave feedback.
4. I cleaned the apartment - bathrooms, kitchens and bedrooms!!!
5. I did laundry that I don't always do. Bath mats, blankets.
6. I took a nap. Granted it was not a long nap because of a nutty dream but I took a nap.
7. I printed out the feedback from my chairman on my PhD rough draft.
8. I talked to my mom on the phone.
9. I cooked a dinner of salad, brussel sprouts and asparagus. The only things that would have made it better is if I had a grill to cook the brussel sprouts and asparagus. As it happens I had to use the microwave.
10. I tried to contemplate and reflect on the decisions I have made both good and bad over the past 6 months. I decided that this actually may hurt my brain a little bit, as well as make my mood go up and down radically. Then I decided I needed longer than I had today and this is going to be a driving / hiking reflection. I need a nice long drive or hike to think about that one. LOL!!!!
11. Squeak and I got to hang out a good bit and love on one another. After her trauma this past week, I felt like I owed her that and it made me feel better about being Squeak's momma. Oh, and I fed an outdoor cat at the apt complex.
So overall, for being a Boxer Day, I got a lot done for me that I don't always get done. There are a few more things I would like to do but I am going to go to bed early tonight to start the week right. The end of the school year is always crazy but it is especially crazy in SoCal. It seems like the last month of school for seniors is celebration month. There is always something going on and every day this week I am at school late. Here is to crossing my fingers and hoping I won't be too worn out!
Ummm…Monday came and went and I am not sure where it went. I got a lot done and then so little at the same time. Today was a long day. It started with finishing teacher evils, investigating cell phones being missing, then moved onto a meeting about School Site Plans. At lunch I had three meetings and then out to lunch duty! At the end of duty it was off to the Scholars Diploma Meeting. This meeting is a result of circular issues that we have been dealing with on the High School Task Force. The goal of this meeting was to get something down on paper so that the traditional high school can offer this diploma to students at the schools. We finally got something on paper and are able to move forward with a product. I have to save I am relieved!!!! Then it was back to school with dinner from Panera for the evening to work on the master schedule, attend the LCAP meeting and then clean up and get ready for tomorrow. Needless to say, Squeak was happy that I am home and I love to cuddle with her when I get home. She is fluffy!!!!
So Tuesday was fun. I am assuming Megan's responsibilities slowly so I attended the registrar's meeting and was able to see a lot of how things work in the district. It was very interesting and I am glad that I got to be a part of the discussion. It is interesting to see the chain of command and how circular everything becomes when we have so many people having to make decisions and how union issues work. It is very different and a slow process, much slower than I am use to. :) After that meeting the Assistant Principals went to eat at Anchos Southwest Grill, one of my favorite restaurants!!! We had a great time together and got to chat about what is happening at our schools. It was fun to laugh and share stories with one another. I made it home by 8:00 pm and was able to make it to bed by 11:00 pm. I know that sounds crazy but it was nice to be able to sit at home and do some work on the PhD as well as sit with Squeak.
Now I have been very lucky. I have been here since August 13 and I turned off my air the end of Septermber and have not turned on the heat or air since then. I have made it to May 14th but this morning around 3:00 am I was so hot due to lack of breed and cool air that I was miserable. At 5:00 am, I got up, got dressed and was about to leave and had another thought at how warm it was and set the air to come on today. More for Squeak than anything. It was already warm outside and it did not seem like it would get any cooler today and I just felt awful about letting her be at the apartment without air. So, I turned it on!!! When I got home it was not much cooler either and therefore now I am really happy that I turned it on for her….and me. :)
So now I am in the middle of an office change. I am moving to a different office for next year and my computer got moved today. It is odd to work in an office without all of my documents at the click of a mouse. Since the new AP will be taking over this office, whomever it may be, I don't want to load everything on that computer for only four weeks so I will be working with minimal items but hey - I have access to dropbox so it will be fine!!! This afternoon I learned more about Google Spreadsheets, how to use a grading program on them and how to embed a survey on Haiku!!! Can we say I am excited!!!!!!!!!!!! I ended the night at an Awards Ceremony for Speech students with one of the science teachers and some great students!!! These are the evenings that I love - working with students.
So it is finally Thursday and tomorrow is Friday. The last two days I have been having trouble getting up. I want to get home tonight to get some sleep but I know it will be another long day today due to all the events. 1) Meeting with Parent, 2) Take care of discipline referrals, 3) Master schedule work, 4) lunch duty, 5) meeting with teacher, 6) teach google docs to math dept, 7) staff meeting, 8) School Site Council, 9) PTSA, 10) Seniors vs Staff basketball game. Okay, I just got a little more tired typing that all out. Today was pretty fun. We had Teacher College Day where we wore balloons with pendants of where we attended school today to celebrate academics and get ready for senior signing day next week.
On top of all that, around 10:00 am this morning Jamie started texting me about fires in San Diego County asking me what county I worked in and which one I lived in. She continues to tell me there are horrible fires in San Diego county and I am thinking they are along the eastern coast of San Diego and more south, only to find out later that evening that it is 25 miles from my apartment. This of course is the one week that I had not been listening to CNN. I have been talking with my mom and friends from South Carolina on my way into work and home so I had no idea there was anything like this going on. I feel so disconnected sometimes. I guess I need to watch more TV. LOL!!! I feel like the worst friend ever that I did not know there was fires in the town close by where I have some people I know. I need to be more connected to the world but sometimes I get so determined to stay busy that I forget to do the simple things that i need to do sometimes like know what is going on in the world. The game tonight between the staff and seniors was fun to watch. There was a pretty good showing of students and I think that United Student League made some money. It was fun to watch the staff members play against the seniors and how much the seniors got into the game as well.
After the game I came home and to be honest the air in Murrieta smells a little smokey but of course that might be my imagination as well. LOL!!! I have taken off my makeup and am sitting in bed trying to type this as I want to fall asleep so badly!!!
IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!! I can't believe it is finally FRIDAY!!! It has been a long hard week. This morning started with me having to deal with a situation of a student printing flyers that say "Free Jane." The flyer continued to explain she had been disciplined for an altercation with another student and received three days suspension. The problem is that it as wrong, she only received 2 days of suspension and she was not in jail. Of course, come to find out, her friend printed the flyer and was handing them out. Now, like I said, I had to laugh at this. I thought it was funny. I am happy they are such good friends and would help each other. My issues with the entire situation was the young lady who she had an altercation with may see this as "egging" the situation on and therefore would cause another altercation in which someone would get really hurt. After talking with both students today, they stated they would take the flyers down and stop spreading them around. I am not sure the problem is completely taken care of but hopefully this has ended so we an move on. After this, I saw a few more students about their consequences for various behaviors and then it was off to the Admin meeting in the front office. Needless to say that took the entire morning. We got a lot done so it was productive but it was long…… Lunch duty took on a life of its own and I had to go and talk with teachers about evaluations, we had a fight happen at lunch and then we had some issues with a few students right before lunch in class. When it rains it pours!!!! We had a summer school meeting also and that was even LONGER!!! I missed the Retirement Reception for Dr. Ermert and I am actually bummed about it. I wanted to be there! However, summer school staffing had to be taken care of today!!!!
I was able to leave work today at 6:15 pm and was on the way to workout until I hit Newport Rd. At that point the dinginess and haze that was along Freeway 215 became clear. The wind shifted at some point today and therefore the smoke from San Diego started heading north. As I got closer to Murrieta it seemed it got thicker and darker so rather than going to work out, I decided to go home and check on Squeak to be sure she was okay and get some things done at the apartment. I am surprised at how thick the smoke actually is for all the land that is here but it gets trapped between the mountains and has to move along the ridges. We will have to see what it looks like tomorrow because it was not like this at all on Thursday night. Squeak and I got some quality time together. Look how adorable she is!!!
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Well sometimes it stinks when you can't sleep. I work up at 5:30 am this morning and could not go back to sleep so I got up and went to the gym two hours early than I expected to. This had made today a day where I feel like I have gotten a lot done. Of course that was up until I went to school and started putting the Master Schedule in the computer. Can you say LONG, TEDIOUS PROCESS??? I only have English done!! I still have Math, Science, SS, World Languages, PE, AVID, CTE classes, SPED and speciality classes to do. It is going to be a long week. LOL!!! While Megan keeps saying she is training me, it does not make the other work go away, so it will be a long couple of months and year as I take another adventure into a new position at the school. I am SUPER excited about it, it is adding more tools to my toolbox and I am learning something new that will help me grown as an educator and leader.
After I left work, I decided to go and pamper myself a little. I got my nails done today and I am now sporting yellow sparkle polish with white dots on my toes! It is super cute!! Tony always does a great job on my toes and gives great foot massages. He is the absolute best!! I got my car cleaned also today since it had all kinds of dirt, pollen and dust on it. Then I did some grocery shopping for this week. After having a full day of activity it is 9:30 pm and while I am not tired, I am relaxing and trying to catch up on a few items and get ahead of a few more items in hopes to get home relatively early this week. Ummm…..yea…… not going to happen during this time of year but it sure was a nice thought for the 30 seconds I had it.
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