The roller coaster was going up as I put on my jeans, long sleeve t-shirt, and sneakers in honor of $2 dress-down day at Landmark. Not much beats a dress down Friday.
It went down as I realized I had to do a tedious math skills checksheet thing in the morning, therefore didn't get planning done for next week. In other words, I have a lot of lesson planning to do this weekend.
Went up when I realized I have a good housing option when my roommates leave me and I don't have money to pay for a 2-BR apt on my own....yay!
Went up some more when I announced our girls game to the rest of the faculty during what's called "milkbreak" when all the faculty get together and talk about mature school things while the kidlets play and....drink milk and...have a break. I guess I was funny when I was talking about it; everyone was laughing. Don't know why, but I'lllll take it. Unless they were laughing AT me. Quite possibly.
Went down and I screamed out of absolutely terror when math class went HORRIBLY HORRIBLY HORRIBLY.
Went up on just a little incline when a co-worker said after I said to her, "sorry I'm in a bad mood every time you see me at this time" (because it's at the end of my math class when I'm leaving and she's coming in) and she said, "it's the highlight of my day." Warm fuzzies are appreciated. Especially on days like my day.
Went down, maybe underground? When it's not supposed to? So, maybe, it crashed? Or I fell out? When I went to report a students' actions to a case manager and we ended up leaving for a more private room because I was BAWLING. I was at that point when I couldn't stop making blubbering noises; I couldn't get it together.
Went up when she said the words, "I'll see if we could put him in another class" next semester.
Went right back down when she followed those words with, "If that doesn't work out I'll help you with behavior strategies."
Went up because I had cake. Yes. Emotional eating; I'm pretty good at that.
Went up even more because I had a great time reading with my tutee after lunch. She was reading about a boy playing with his toy car and motorcycle and made a terrible noise for the motorcycle so I told her she had to do it better or I'd make her read even more of the book for homework. For some reason she was hesitant and just couldn't manage trying again. So I followed through and literally assigned her more reading because she didn't make a better motorcycle noise. I assigned an extra half-page. If you read this and can't believe it, don't worry, we love each other, I know my student and she had a good time with the whole thing.
Went down when I was told that the reports I did (and which are due to case managers...yesterday) were done wrong and I have to go back and make changes. I almost cried again at this point but was able to hold it in. I just made sure I didn't talk for a moment or two because if I had, forget about it.
Back up, high like that peak on the roller coaster where you can see everything all around you and the people look like little ants and it's amazing and terrifying at the same time. But all-around good. I left work and my weekend officially began.
Down because I wasted time trying to decide how NOT to waste time....workout or lesson plan?
Up because I passed an older used-to-babysit-for-her-kids friend who saw that she had passed me, and called me to say hi and she passed me and how am I doing? It meant a lot.
Up more because I worked out and got to talk with a co-worker on the machine next to me and I enjoyed it very much.
Up some more because I made whole wheat pancakes and loved every single bite. Peanut butter included. Don't judge til you try it.
Up even MORE because I played one of my favorite games (Scattegories) with my favorite engaged couple (Nicole and Ryan) and favorite roommate (Amy) and laughed the day away.
Down towards the tunnel because the ride has to end eventually, and here I am in bed, thinking about how I'm getting up tomorrow, a Saturday, at 6:30am, because I have spinning. I always have a hard time getting up but leaving the YMCA after a hard workout starts of the day perfectly.
And now my roller coaster ride is over, the train thingy is in the tunnel, and I'm getting out and all the people are waiting to get in. Not sure any of them want to experience half of what I experienced today, but it's worth a ride to see what happens.
2 comments:
Very poetic ending. I feel like I need to comment on all of your posts so that you keep posting. Highs and lows of your post in honor of your post's theme: High - Making that girl read an extra half of a page because of her bad sound effects skills. I would totally do something like that. Sometime when Daniel and Naomi are fighting, I tell them they are not allowed to talk to each other unless they sing whatever they have to say. Low - Hearing that you got up at 6:30 to work out and I'm still laying in bed and it's 11:45.
Jaq - I totally hear you about student's making you cry. The school we worked at before this was an all-boys school who almost all seemed to have horrible attitudes and behavioral issues - let's just say many of them made me cry. Glad you had other high points of your day though! Miss you!
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