Falling behind already...

So... I've been holding out on you all!  (If "you all" even exist?  Do people read this?)  I have a few blog updates that never quite made it to the posts.  Here are a few of those:
November 2:

Well… it’s my first PD day today.  It’s 8:16, and someone thought that starting off the day with two articles and silent reading.  Super.  Now I’m SUPER exhausted.  On the bright side, there are NO students here!  And wow, did I need this day.  I’m exhausted and feel like burn out is already setting in.  I’m constantly exhausted and getting to the point where I’m just cranky every day. 

However, on a positive note: I discovered that using my microphone in my class will actually calm my students down a bit.  I think that even though I wasn’t yelling AT them because I was yelling OVER them they were subconsciously shutting down.  Yelling is yelling is yelling.  They didn’t appreciate it, and neither did my voice!

I’m still really tired today, but it might be because I was WIDE awake at 4:35 last night… and for those who don’t know me, I am a Christian girl who has recently rediscovered a deep faith.  And I believe there was some kind of spiritual warefare going on… but things are looking up now.  I’m here at school, and for the most part, I’m really enjoying my time with my coworkers :)

Now… 9:29.  I’m waiting here because we haven’t done our common assessment yet.  So, we are waiting for lots of other people to get their shit together…  agh!  Bored and now hot and sleepy. 

I wish that I had something more interesting to tell you all, but in reality: It’s a PD day.  Yes the joy of no kids is alive, but yes, it is horribly boring and slow.

 November 4

Today was a long, rough day.  I have barely any voice.  The kids were RIDICULOUS today.  I was SO frustrated.  I mean really… Fifth hour?  You had ZERO moments where I was the only one speaking.  Zero.  That’s a lower number than I have ever experienced.  It was outrageous that I even had to deal with that.  Sixth hour was rude and obnoxious as well.  Tomorrow, I think I’ll do a blind grade on what they have finished.

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Anyways, back to the present... I had to take the day off because I am having MAJOR vocal cord issues.  I have the "teacher's nodules."  I will probably need to go to speech therapy for it, too. Fun, fun... but at least I know that it is fixable.  

Tomorrow is going to be a LOOONG day.  I have governance board during the day (I'm super nervous) and then parent teacher conferences from 3-7:30.  I am hoping to get a few things done though.  Today I bought a few more small tubs to help organize and some crackers and bottled water.  For anyone who knows me, yes, I bought bottled water.  I hate that I did, but I am so exhausted and burned out that I don't have the energy to make that change. 

Well, I'm going to continue loving my day off.  I have an appointment with the eye doctor, but then I am going to purchase some Gilda Radner DVDs.  I am SUPER excited :) I guess I can do the rest of my grading...