I'm kickin' my trash!

Last week, I did what I thought was a smart thing. I decided to get a flu shot. It sounded like a good idea, but here I am a measly 5 days later, and that shot has come back to bite me in the left frontal lobe region. Seriously, I dizzy without being dizzy. Weak kneed and light headed, and amazingly, still at work. I am either very determined, very stupid, or too sick to care. I am not sure which it is.

The Cheshire Cat has left his grin.

In the utter mundanity (is that a word?) of the day, I have discovered a most amusing webpage. Since there are, like, 95 pages of images I recommend you hit the random button at the top and enjoy the hilarious experience.

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Nascart 500

We learned today, that you should never give me keys to a beat down, half dead, ghetto-type golf cart any, and send me to do classroom runs with less than hour to complete the task. Why, because it take 3-4 hours to complete said runs, and when I am rushed I get careless. This evening, around 11:00 I was out with two of my guys taking care of the classrooms. We left some of our supplied in one of the rooms, so I went back for them. When I came out, I decided it was better to back the cart up to a wider area before turning around. I sped, in reverse, at a whopping 17 miles an hour, misjudged to curb location and high centered the very long, very heavy cart. Fortunately for me, 6 kind hearted freshman helped me lift and move the cart back onto the road. Unfortunately for me, 17 mph is enough to give you a nasty case of whiplash. I think I am in for a rough weekend. I am told, however, that this is not the worst incident to occur in one of the carts. Recently, one of the guys took out the windshield. I just beat up the curb and scuffed the undercarriage. Lucky me.

The times that try a teacher's soul.

Oh did I have a Friday that nearly broke my will to teach. I tell you what, it is days like that that make me seriously question my stamina as a teacher. Now that all my students are getting more comfortable with me, they have come to a collective agreement to test my will and my patience. I have been told that I am way too patient with them, perhaps this is so. However, Friday it did not feel like that at all. I think I spent the whole day screaming in my head. I sent 2 kids to detention, referred one to the principal and had to make 4 phone calls home. I couldn't believe it. It makes me feel ever so slightly better to know a friend of mine had a day when she sent 8 kids to detention, but not a whole lot. Now, I am just plain burned out. I still have over 9 weeks of this and I am ready to collapse. Now I am being told that I need to step up my involvement in the school community. Which translates to participate in extracurricular activities. I am not sure where I am going to squeeze that in. I can barely keep up with the schedule now. Plus, I have no idea who to even talk to to get involved and my mentor teacher doesn't know either. Lovely, yes?