All paperwork, all the time
I am quite proud of myself! I worked for HOURS today and have managed to complete every bit of paperwork that was on my desk. That means I wrote two educational plans filled out referral forms and a finished a huge testing report. Total page count is about 15. I am quite satisfied.
I’m also quite sick of paperwork. The sad part is that I have a meeting tomorrow morning that will generate paperwork, and have two kids on my testing schedule that I haven’t even started to work with yet.
I would love to say that the end of meetings and paperwork is in sight, but it appears that I will be having a meeting on the second to last day of school. Ick. I’ve never let paperwork go that late before. It sucks.
In the "I can’t believe this happened department", the principal told us this afternoon that we have been given another part-time aide for next year! I can’t believe that he managed to get this through!
I’ll bet that the Ice Queen is fit to be tied!
I’m finding myself to be very short tempered these days. I think it’s because I still feel lousy and don’t get a good night’s sleep. I know that I’m being tough on the kids and that I’m being short with other teachers. I think it’s stress and a feeling that I’m overwhelmed with how much I have left to do and how little time there is to do it.
I have to be careful. I hat confrontation and prefer to be easy going and friendly. I think I’ve got about as much warmth as a drill sergeant has at this point.
You know, generally speaking, I am not wild about television. There are a few shows I like (Iron Chef, Whose Line is it?, Will and Grace), but for the most part I don’t care if I miss a show. I watch a lot of HGTV. But this week I’m back to getting a kick out of watching Millionaire.
These celebrities are a riot and I love how they’re all cheating to help one another along. I got the biggest kick out of watching Rosie win her half million tonight. She got such joy out of being there.
I’d do well on that show. I know lots of useless stuff.
The other day while I was typing I inadvertently hit the "help" button, and the little computer guy who has the lightbulb and answers questions is now a permanent fixture on my screen. I know how to get rid of him, but for some reason I’m getting the biggest charge out of watching it. I love it when he falls down and falls asleep or when he starts twisting himself into a puzzle. I even like it when he quacks at me.
God, I need a life!
Listening to: Broadway’s Love Songs
Reading: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling
Weather: 68, sunny It’s SPRING!!!
Trivia: Who is the fattest cat?
The tubbiest kitty alive today is Kato from Sogndal, Norway, who weighs in at a hefty 36 pounds and has a neck measurement of 14 inches, an impressive neck for a person. But the biggest cat ever had to be Himmy, a tabby owned by Thomas Vyse of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Himmy weighed in at an impressive 46 pounds, 15 1/4 ounces and had a 33-inch waist when he died at the age of 10 years, 4 months. Poor Himmy was so tubby that he had to be transported about in a wheelbarrow.
Cool word: louche [adj. LOOSH]
Someone who is louche has questionable taste or morals, or they could be lacking in respectability. If you're imagining a squint-eyed character who makes you suspicious or anxious you're not far off from this word's origins. Louche is a borrowed French word (meaning cross-eyed) derived from the Latin luscus which literally meant blind in one eye.
First used in the English language in the early 19th-century, louche refers to character, behavior, or appearance. It can also describe something that is less than decent. Example: "The louche air of the hotel room left Lucy fantasizing about a suite at the Four Seasons."
Near synonyms include shady, shifty, indecent, and disreputable.
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