Month: June 2008 (Page 6 of 6)

I don’t handle schedule changes very well. I get a little confused and sometimes I get irritable. So I’ve been continuing to get up in the mornings as if nothing has changed. It’s a good thing, because I still have papers to grade before this coming Tuesday. I had given some projects to both the 7th and 8th graders in the last weeks of school. Because things were so crazy the last weeks, I didn’t have time or energy to grade the projects. So I’m doing it now.

I go in to school before our meetings start and get a good hour or hour and a half in. I’m glad, because by the time we’re done with meetings, all I can do is fall asleep at my desk. I figure I’ll have to do this about three more mornings and I’ll get my stuff done. Meanwhile, I’ll keep chugging the coffee.

While I grade, I’ve been listening to the Prince Caspian soundtrack. It makes my grading feel dangerous and exciting.

As it turns out, my closet isn’t very messy. Probably mostly because I don’t use it much. The floor has to stay clean because that’s where I keep my clothes hamper. The white shoes are for when I wear my powder blue tuxedo with ruffly shirt. I usually keep them in a shoe bag in the basement, but they’re upstairs for some reason.

The hangers are all wood and mostly from IKEA. There are some strays in there that I don’t know where they came from. They don’t quite match and it bothers me, but not enough to do anything about it. I wear the suits on Sundays. The white shirts are my teacher shirts; they’re great for hiding white chalk stains. The rest of the hanging shirts are mostly just there because I haven’t brought myself to get rid of them. I hardly ever wear them.

The top shelf is probably the messiest looking area in the closet. It has lots of folded things, but they’re all a little askew, so it looks messy. These are my spare linens. The leopard print sheets are from when my cat Ned slept in my bed. Because he had no hair, he left oil spots. It was kind of gross looking, so I got print sheets to hide the spots. The material is very stiff though, so I didn’t like it. Plus, that one time the electrician came over earlier than he said, I hadn’t made my bed and he saw the leopard sheets. I was embarrassed. When I have Max sleep with me I’ll just wash the sheets often.

The kids are out of school, but things are far from over. First, there’s the Middle School meetings. We’re scheduled for five days. Then there’s the all-school meetings. Another four days. What could we possibly talk about for nine days? I’m a little worried I’ll fall asleep. Good thing I’ve been laying off the coffee lately. My tolerance for caffeine should be down.

In between all the meetings, I also have to finish my teacher duties. I let my grading pile up a little the last couple of weeks, so I have lots to do in that area. I also need to put stuff away in my classroom: pack maps away, take down posters, clear off bulletin boards, etc. I started on my desk yesterday. It looks neater now, but I still have a ways to go.