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#78: Ms. Stress
When it rains it pours. Despite all the planning and prepping that I did before leaving to "rest", I've come back and it's chaos. There's a million things going on, everyone is calling in sick, I'm sick too, and although it is November, it's blazing hot and the heat is making me more irritated. I'm working all through the weekend and basically I'm living for Veteran's Day. If I can just make it to next Wednesday, I should be alright. If not I may be in jail for killing someone's child.
#65: It Ain't Over Til It's Over
Rundown of my day:5:00 AM: Wake-up, begin washing dishes and getting together ingredients to cook treats for school event.
6:00 AM: Get off computer after looking up conversion from ounces to cups.
6:15 AM: Get the popcorn started, begin mixing the caramel sauce.
6:30 AM: Trying to figure out where to store the popcorn. Don't have anything big enough to hold all the popcorn I plan on making. End up using garbage bag.
7:00 AM: Caramel sauce still too thin and I need to finish so I can wash up to get to school. Add cornstarch.
7:30 AM: Finish the food. Start gathering everything I made the night before and getting other supplies together.
7:44 AM: Oh shit! Hop in the shower. Come out, hop into my outfit.
8:00 AM: Can't find the lights I need for the haunted house.
8:30 AM: Finally find and gather everything. Out the door! If I left it too bad.
8:47 AM: Just missed the bus. Next one not til 10 min. Start looking up cab companies but the next bus is early.
9:05 AM: Time to transfer. Next bus is in 6 min. Put down the bags I'm hauling.
9:30 AM: Arrive at work. Put my bags down and run upstairs to watch my students perform their skits for Humanities class.
10:10 AM: Only a third of the way through and I'm light-headed. Haven't eaten anything.
10:15 AM: Someone brought pastries today. Thank God!
10:50 AM: Skits are over. I have a bit of time before lunch duty begins. Check-in with my boss. Return emails.
11:00 AM: Co-workers start to arrive. Send them to my office to finish prepping for this afternoon's event.
11:20 AM: Lunch duty starts.
12:30 PM: Have to stop 3 kids and remind them to finish chewing their lunch before coming out to recess.
12:40 PM: Lunch duty over. Jump in to help prep.
1:10 PM: Checked in with other teachers, they brought next to nothing for this afternoon's event. Gotta make a Wal-Mart run!
1:20 PM: Before I leave set up snack for the afterschool program and get attendance sheets.
1:25 PM: Out the door. Spend about $60 at Wal-Mart.
2:00 PM: Get back to school. Parent meeting! Need the receptionist to translate for me. Mom is a Spanish-speaker.
2:30 PM: Out of meeting. Luckily student is a star. Nothing but good things to say. Time to start getting redy for the event.
3:00 PM: Lord, help me not to hurt these children. Pulled in a zillion different directions.
3:45 PM: Down to the wire. Some kids can't pull it together and all I want to do is pee. Headed to the bathroom when another crisis hits.
3:50 PM: Crisis averted. I can pee.
4:00 PM: We're supposed to start but everything's not ready. Kids start lining up.
4:20 PM: Gotta start even if we're behind. The little kids are afraid of the Spooky Walk. We have some criers.
4:45 PM: First transition smooth. High school students are doing excellent.
5:05 PM: Second transition easy-peasy.
5:25 PM: Where are the extension cords?! Found them. Then found out I don't need them. Tme for the costume contest.
5:45 PM: They want to give two kids a tie. Send a teacher to make up more goody bags. I did not plan for this.
6:00 PM: Everyone got a prize. Kindergartener is crying cause he didn't win. Slip him some Play-Doh.
6:15 PM: Surprised to find the majority of the areas cleaned up. Time for the nitty-gritty. Vaccuming.
6:30 PM: Discover the kids spilled some fake blood on the carpet. Down on all fours scrubbing.
7:00 PM: Think I got it all. Checking the kitchen one last time.
7:15 PM: Inventorying what's left. Setting aside the good stuff as treats for the high school.
7:30 PM: Beat, afraid to go into my office cause it's one more thing i'll have to clean.
8:00 PM: Just got home, thanks to a ride from a co-worker. So glad I didn't have to get on the bus.
8:05 PM: Put down my bags. Realize I still have to cook. Want to pass out ... get up and make some spaghetti.
8:30 PM: Pour a glass of wine and sit down to eat. Now all I have to do is blog.
