new house
Okay, so life has been a little busy recently.
I know I did not finish summing up my alaska trip, so suffice it to say it was awesome and relaxing and I slept like the dead and it was absolutely wonderful.
But coming back to reality was been very rough.
The week after vacation was hard. We ended up driving home Friday night after we flew back. Got in at 3 am,but we were AWAKE! Sat was our hs reunion. Sunday I worked. I basically had Monday and Tuesday, but I ran around like a mad woman. Wednesday night we had auditions for Project Philly. Thursday, school started. We had inservices all day Thursday and Friday.... which any teacher knows are mind-numbingly exhausting. Why I need to listen to a local politician (who is on our board) discuss what he has done in office is beyond me.
Also, the allergy I have to this stupid apartment has come back in FULL. I have NO IDEA what it is that I am allergic to. The doc says some kind of wood. I think it might be the carpet. But I had it when I moved in (which was about this time of year) and I have it now. So I dont know if something flowers right now or if it came from the apt being shut up for a week and half. But DEAR LORD its come back with a vengence. :( Itchy eyes, itchy mouth, itchy tongue. I hate it.
The week after that (the week before labor day) had a few inservices, but was mostly time for us to work. It was busy. I have 4 classes this year and a total (so far) of about 200, maybe a bit less. I am creating new lessons for a Conceptual Biology class for students who have already failed Biology once. I am trying to amp up my Honors course. They have also upgraded our program this year so that its a bit different from last. The result is a bevy of technical issues that make it hard to do my job. Everything runs slowly, which is a problem.
Labor day weekend was... working. And shopping for flooring. Sigh. Labor Day Weekend we got to sleep in a bit, and we tried looking for flooring again, but apparently all floor shops observe Labor Day.
This week saw the return of the students. Moodle was incredibly lethargic, so it was tough to get any real work done. Every year, the kids seem younger to me. I held a chat and was amazed at the hormone-inspired hyperactivity. Sheer madness. The kids seem cool though and a lot of them are coming in with a really positive attitude, which helps. I love teaching, but I am feeling burnt out. I am pretty sure it is just the school environment. I am tired of my cube. I am tired of the isolation. When you teach kids in a classroom, you can sort of suck energy off of them when you are feeling tired. Not so online!
On Thursday, we settled on our house. It was flawless for the most part. It cost less than we thought it would, and we have more money than I thought we would when it was all over. THAT makes me feel very very comfortable. SoI am really pleased with that.
So with the convergence of all of these events... jet lag, allergies, school starting, buying a house, getting stuff done associated with moving.... my stomach is an absolute mess.
Tonight, in fact, I am supposed to be with Jon and our friends and family starting to paint. But no, I am here at home, feeling awful. I basically have not eaten much in the past three days, but everything is going straight through me. It sucks. I HATE knowing that people are helping us on our house and I am not there. Its a terrible feeling. :(
But I am doing my best to try not to stress. As usual, my brain does not feel stress, but my body does. I would much rather my brain be miserable than my stupid body. :(
Anyway, tomorrow we will hopefuly finish up the painting and at least that will be done. After that is just moving and organizing, which I am much more okay with. Oh, and the floors. But I think Jon picked out one that will work, we just have to see what the price ends up as. I keep telling myself it will get done, it will get done, it will get done. All in good time.
Deep breaths.
I know I did not finish summing up my alaska trip, so suffice it to say it was awesome and relaxing and I slept like the dead and it was absolutely wonderful.
But coming back to reality was been very rough.
The week after vacation was hard. We ended up driving home Friday night after we flew back. Got in at 3 am,but we were AWAKE! Sat was our hs reunion. Sunday I worked. I basically had Monday and Tuesday, but I ran around like a mad woman. Wednesday night we had auditions for Project Philly. Thursday, school started. We had inservices all day Thursday and Friday.... which any teacher knows are mind-numbingly exhausting. Why I need to listen to a local politician (who is on our board) discuss what he has done in office is beyond me.
Also, the allergy I have to this stupid apartment has come back in FULL. I have NO IDEA what it is that I am allergic to. The doc says some kind of wood. I think it might be the carpet. But I had it when I moved in (which was about this time of year) and I have it now. So I dont know if something flowers right now or if it came from the apt being shut up for a week and half. But DEAR LORD its come back with a vengence. :( Itchy eyes, itchy mouth, itchy tongue. I hate it.
The week after that (the week before labor day) had a few inservices, but was mostly time for us to work. It was busy. I have 4 classes this year and a total (so far) of about 200, maybe a bit less. I am creating new lessons for a Conceptual Biology class for students who have already failed Biology once. I am trying to amp up my Honors course. They have also upgraded our program this year so that its a bit different from last. The result is a bevy of technical issues that make it hard to do my job. Everything runs slowly, which is a problem.
Labor day weekend was... working. And shopping for flooring. Sigh. Labor Day Weekend we got to sleep in a bit, and we tried looking for flooring again, but apparently all floor shops observe Labor Day.
This week saw the return of the students. Moodle was incredibly lethargic, so it was tough to get any real work done. Every year, the kids seem younger to me. I held a chat and was amazed at the hormone-inspired hyperactivity. Sheer madness. The kids seem cool though and a lot of them are coming in with a really positive attitude, which helps. I love teaching, but I am feeling burnt out. I am pretty sure it is just the school environment. I am tired of my cube. I am tired of the isolation. When you teach kids in a classroom, you can sort of suck energy off of them when you are feeling tired. Not so online!
On Thursday, we settled on our house. It was flawless for the most part. It cost less than we thought it would, and we have more money than I thought we would when it was all over. THAT makes me feel very very comfortable. SoI am really pleased with that.
So with the convergence of all of these events... jet lag, allergies, school starting, buying a house, getting stuff done associated with moving.... my stomach is an absolute mess.
Tonight, in fact, I am supposed to be with Jon and our friends and family starting to paint. But no, I am here at home, feeling awful. I basically have not eaten much in the past three days, but everything is going straight through me. It sucks. I HATE knowing that people are helping us on our house and I am not there. Its a terrible feeling. :(
But I am doing my best to try not to stress. As usual, my brain does not feel stress, but my body does. I would much rather my brain be miserable than my stupid body. :(
Anyway, tomorrow we will hopefuly finish up the painting and at least that will be done. After that is just moving and organizing, which I am much more okay with. Oh, and the floors. But I think Jon picked out one that will work, we just have to see what the price ends up as. I keep telling myself it will get done, it will get done, it will get done. All in good time.
Deep breaths.
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