Whew. What a week.
Let's see...here's a quick summary of the things that were out of the ordinary:
Friday: Was going to go to a fashion show out in Detroit but received an alternative invitation to Cameron's Steakhouse in Birmingham with Jon, Kelly Jean and Peter. We got dressed up and ran up a hefty tab but didn't have to pay a dime (long story). Excellent dinner and much fun.
Monday: I got a call from my VP during the last 10 minutes of my second prep period. He said he and my principal wanted to speak with me regarding the school newspaper. He didn't tell me what it was about but we don't have "official" meetings at my school unless you're in trouble for something. So, seeing as I had no more free time that day, I got to be anxiously sick about what I was in trouble for for the entire rest of the day. Kinda lackluster night at trivia too, which was a bummer since we got 1st last week.
Oh yeah, the kids got a half day, we didn't. We got to work on curriculum mapping even though 1st quarter grades were due the next day (at 8 am) and that would have been a MUCH more productive use of everyone's time.
Tuesday: Meeting about the newspaper at 7:30am. My department head came along (thank God). It seemed to me like my VP wanted to tell me to stop publishing articles that are so critical of the school, but since he couldn't really do that, he nitpicked stupid stuff. A big waste of time. He didn't even mention the article about Adderall use at the school. I was rather surprised.
Wednesday: I made the mistake of letting my kids have food in class. They brought in loads of junk and just watching them eat all day made me feel ill. Then we wasted more time with a pointless all-school assembly which ended in a sort-of brawl. Good times. The best part of the day was throwing together a sort-of arrabiata sauce and watching Buffy with Jon. That and knowing I didn't have to go to school today.
Today: I slept in a bit (lovely), met Jon, Sarah and Phil for lunch, went to mass (required, arrgh), graded some papers, wasted time on Facebook and went to guitar (which went quite well). I should have gotten more done today. Oh well. Fuck it.
And the rest of the week? Tomorrow we have mass (this will be the third time this week) and I'm just glad it's Friday. Tomorrow night will be the usual outing to Corner and Saturday is the school benefit auction (swanky affair though it's a cash bar this year which isn't as fun as last year's open bar).
My mom really wants to believe that me teaching at this school was "meant to be." I'm feeling more and more like it was a mistake (for the most part, there have been a few really, really good things that have come from it, so I can't complain totally). This year is dragging though and it's harder to go in to work every morning knowing that I will either get a complaint about something (books, the newspaper, grades) from the administration, a student or a parent. I'm finding it harder and harder to see why this is worth it and looking more frequently for other jobs.
I do not want to be there next year. My mantra now is "it's only till June, it's only till June." Kinda sad, eh?
