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What day is it

YoursTrulyYoursTruly
edited December 2013
1 week to semester's end
I literally feel like I am losing my mind
today I typed "gmail.com" instead of my school username
yesterday I realized that everywhere I'd gone on campus that day I'd been sprinting due to being late to a meeting
my students have so many paper needs
I get home at nightfall and am just completely frozen in a zombie state
plus nightsweats
I keep forgetting I am still a teacher and I am like oh shit, I forgot to learn anything about baroque concertos and now I have to teach it in 2 minutes
this is the craziest semester of my life!
are you other teachers having batshit insanity right now? is anyone else? Am I the last person alive

and, did anyone else have incredible Trimet stuff happening today? What was up with the buses??? It was a madhouse! It was really fun

anyway just wanted to say something to humans

goodbye forever

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  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    HUMPDAY
  • 12341234
    You should make an assignment about "critical thinking" where they have a to grade a "sample" paper, but really it's a paper from your other class. BOOM. PROBLEM SOLVED.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    Things are also super crazy for me right now. I have to fly to New York tomorrow where my whole company will be assembled, which means everyone will be trying to have meetings and it will be nuts.
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    Crazy for me, too! What is it with today?
  • Cherry_PieCherry_Pie
    Me too! My report cards go home next Friday and while many of my colleagues are finished writing them and (presumably) drinking large wines all afternoon I have finished writing exactly 2. 2! What is wrong with me?? Also Common Core Standards and new standardized test shee have me losing my mind. Every public school teacher I know is considering a job change. The teacher in the room next to mine talks on the daily about her dream of quitting and going to work at Jamba Juice. I personally would like to work in the back of a flower shop like I did one summer. Not making the arrangements or anything, just trimming the stems and refilling the buckets. We spend a lot of time fleshing out our back up plans.

    It's not that bad, really. Just a stressful time in a year of poorly thought out policy roll outs.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    holy F Wanda at least I don't have to deal with all this NCLB/common core standards/ garbage face nonsense. My career-related nonsense is so much more global and doesn't affect my actual pedagogy that much (knock on wood). GARBAGE PEOPLE MEDDLING IN SHIT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND OR FRANKLY EVEN CARE ABOUT!!!!!!!! MICHELLE RHEE CAN LITERALLY GO JUMP OFF A BRIDGE

    Also glad I am not flying to New York, MZ!

    Why is today so bananas??? At least Greg is driving me home so there will be no Trimet today

    that's a good idea, Mike. I can't even imagine what they'd do if asked to grade a paper. I actually would really like to see it.
  • the_owlsthe_owls
    edited December 2013
    Teachers, you can do it. You can do this! Dangle a large wine at the end of every day and then reach out and grab it! Plus, give some work to your snoopy.

    My day has been pretty regular, except that I'm ONLY NOW sitting down to work on some very pressing business that might rhyme with "fraduate ghoul schmapplications".

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  • the_owlsthe_owls
    THIS HELPS

  • Cherry_PieCherry_Pie
    Good luck, one and all!



    (I love uhx on stressful days.)
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    Last night my furnace broke :(((( SO COLD
  • UncleBoatShoes2011UncleBoatShoes2011
    That would never happen in your NEW HOUSE.

    Stupid old house.

  • 12341234
    You'd be in the hot tub at your new house!

    Your stupid old house just has a dirty bathtub.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    you're so right :(
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    MY FURNACE BROKE ON FRIDAY. But MZ, I'm sure your new house will be better than my new house. Plus: yes: hottub.

    You guys, yesterday: I (1) got a parking ticket for seriously the stupidest reason you can possibly even imagine (NOT MY FAULT), (2) went the wrong way on a one way street (should have gotten a ticket for that instead), (3) dropped my credit card into the underbelly of my car from whence I could not retreive it RIGHT when I was trying to pay by phone for the furnace fixer dude because I couldn't run home to pay him, (4) took my broken, screeching car to Les Schwab, where the guy said, "Well, we checked it out and it's not your brakes, but something is DEFINITELY wrong with your engine," (5) got lost on my way to Les Schwab (out of order), (6) was late for an important presentation at work, (7) had everyone flashing their headlights at me on my way home from the office even though my lights were on and I did not have anything on the roof of my car (still a mystery).

    WHAT A DAY. It should have been large wine Wednesday.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    POOR DUDE
    That is insane. Get under the bed and stay there til saturday!!
    If my furnace broke I would murder everyone on the earth

    My morning commute was bonkers and uncomfortable but now I'm feeling ok. TGIF and everything. Feeling monumentally unprepared for class and should not be writing this right now goodbye
  • 12341234
    Today is pretty cool you guys.

    My dad graduates from college today.
    My dumb dog saw snow for the first time.
    I rented a car for work and then we cancelled our meetings!
    I just looked up the odds for the world cup and I think I'll place a bet on Iran.
    My co-worker gave me some chocolate but I'm not going to eat it because Marcus is making me track everything I eat.
  • the_owlsthe_owls
    MARCUS
  • 12341234
    He's a good business partner, but now I'm super paranoid about my food.

    THERE ARE 100 CALORIES IN JUST 15 ALMONDS!?!?! WHAT THE HELL?
  • the_owlsthe_owls
    Food paranoia sucks, I hope you eat 30 almonds
  • 12341234
  • UncleBoatShoes2011UncleBoatShoes2011
    Can you break down why you are filled with food paranoia?

    Is it a bet?

    Terms?

  • 000000
    I've learned that Mike has no ability to judge calories. Like when I tell him his salad probably has 600 calories and he's shocked, despite the fact that I made it swim in olive oil and black beans and avocados.

    Or when I baked sweet potato gratin with lots of cream and butter for breakfast and explained how much awesome (calories) were probably in it, which is why it's delicious.

    I'm probably not helping.
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    Hey Chroma fools, since you canceled your damn meetings can we do Happy Hr and then go to Appendix closing party? KTHX. (you're not really fools, I just wanted to say something mean)
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    Hey Mike you don't even want to know how many calories are in a jar of *****
  • 12341234
    Simply the act of tracking my food (and the app I'm using really wants to convey all food into calories) is making me aware of it.

    I'm tracking some things to see what I can find out. Hopefully something useful. It's an experiment.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    how many calories does tracking your calorie intake burn
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    I know someone who could help you if your food paranoia gets out of hand.

    Also, did you know that "fear of swallowing" and "food phobia" is an actual thing in little kids? The Kartini Clinic - a hospital-based eating disorder treatment center up the street from my work - specializes in treating these disorders. How horrifying as a parent! Your 8 yr old just up and refuses to SWALLOW (including saliva - they just start spitting it out). Holy smokes. They have to go through this INTENSIVE treatment to get them to just swallow their own spit again! Humans are so weird.
  • the_owlsthe_owls
    you guys, it's Monday.
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    Sorry.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    My brother went through a period of not swallowing!! I have so many memories of sitting at the table listening to my mom being like "you have to swallow honey. Honey, no, don't put more in, you have to swallow what's in there already." My bro would just keep cramming food into his mouth and wouldn't swallow. I guess he got over it??

    the human brain is weird

    today is tuesday but it's like my thursday HOLLERRRRR
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