Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, 10/11/2011
Worked: 5:30 - 2:00, 6:00 - 9:00 (11.5 hours)
I've been wrasslin' and wrasslin' with this school year, and feel like the school year has just performed a butt drag on me. The grading, the kids, the prep, the department chair paperwork, the consulting work, the Metalhead Guild insanity that my Thursday lunches have become...yep, they've all coalesced in one giant butt drag.
I've been wrasslin' and wrasslin' with this school year, and feel like the school year has just performed a butt drag on me. The grading, the kids, the prep, the department chair paperwork, the consulting work, the Metalhead Guild insanity that my Thursday lunches have become...yep, they've all coalesced in one giant butt drag.
Monday, 10/10/2011
Worked: 5:30 - 2:00, 7:00 - 8:00 (9.5 hours)
Not a single hour worked over the weekend, and now I feel both a) guilty and b) incredibly behind.
Not a single hour worked over the weekend, and now I feel both a) guilty and b) incredibly behind.
Friday, 10/7/2011
Worked: 6:00 - 2:00 (8 hours)
Spent: Another $100 on various supplies that were neglected in August and September, when I had to nurse a severely malnourished bank account.
Spent: Another $100 on various supplies that were neglected in August and September, when I had to nurse a severely malnourished bank account.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Tuesday, 10/4/2011
Worked: 6:00 - 2:00, 4:00 - 7:00 (11 hours)
Spent: $20 on color printer ink for maps of Napoleon's empire
The week started off yesterday with one of those days that make me feel lucky and gratified and thankful and oh so pleased with myself and my teaching skillz and my students and my colleagues. Today began with a late start, a 1st period oozing with ennui and exhaustion, and a rest-of-the-day chock full of students asking questions such as "Wait, you have a class website?!" No, the website that is on your syllabus and that I mention EVERY DAMN DAY doesn't actually exist.
Le sigh.
Spent: $20 on color printer ink for maps of Napoleon's empire
The week started off yesterday with one of those days that make me feel lucky and gratified and thankful and oh so pleased with myself and my teaching skillz and my students and my colleagues. Today began with a late start, a 1st period oozing with ennui and exhaustion, and a rest-of-the-day chock full of students asking questions such as "Wait, you have a class website?!" No, the website that is on your syllabus and that I mention EVERY DAMN DAY doesn't actually exist.
Le sigh.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Monday, 10/3/2011
Worked: 5:30 - 2:30
Spent: $240 on a plethora of printer ink, vinyl letter stickers so that the kids can actually read the homework lists that I put on the white board, an upgrade to my Dropbox account to use for department chair stuff, and a bunch of other crap that no one cares about until their job doesn't buy it for them.
Today I gave the kids one of those "it's time to be an adult and grow up" lectures when I found out that barely a single one of them actually studied for their test. It included liberal use of my new favorite daily affirmation, "Nelson is kickin' ass and takin' names." I also used it as a chance to brag very obnoxiously about my ass-kicking time at the Urban Cow Half Marathon yesterday: 1 hour, 48 minutes, and some seconds but I don't remember exactly how many!
Spent: $240 on a plethora of printer ink, vinyl letter stickers so that the kids can actually read the homework lists that I put on the white board, an upgrade to my Dropbox account to use for department chair stuff, and a bunch of other crap that no one cares about until their job doesn't buy it for them.
Today I gave the kids one of those "it's time to be an adult and grow up" lectures when I found out that barely a single one of them actually studied for their test. It included liberal use of my new favorite daily affirmation, "Nelson is kickin' ass and takin' names." I also used it as a chance to brag very obnoxiously about my ass-kicking time at the Urban Cow Half Marathon yesterday: 1 hour, 48 minutes, and some seconds but I don't remember exactly how many!
Friday, 9/30/2011
Worked: 6:00 - 3:00 (9 hours)
But, those hours of the incredibly long, stressful and exhausting varietal. I literally crashed on the couch at 8:30, much to The Boyfriend's chagrin. He's a lucky fellow, that one!
But, those hours of the incredibly long, stressful and exhausting varietal. I literally crashed on the couch at 8:30, much to The Boyfriend's chagrin. He's a lucky fellow, that one!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, 9/29/2011
Worked: 5:45 -2:00, 4:00 - 8:00 (13 hours, 15 minutes)
I just happened upon two flies gettin' it on on top of a stack of papers to grade. The nerve!
I just happened upon two flies gettin' it on on top of a stack of papers to grade. The nerve!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Wednesday, 9/28/2011
Worked: 5:30 - 2:30, 6:00 - 8:00 (11 hours)
I now have to buy fly-trapping strips for my classroom. The school is plagued by flies and moths this year, and since we're not allowed to use pesticides to kill said pests and the school will not provide any assistance, we get to pretend like we're that creepy relative's cabin up in the mountains that was chock full of crushed velvet paintings of old ships, glass jars of oddly-colored liquids, and over-burdened fly strips. Or am I the only one who had that kind of relative?
I now have to buy fly-trapping strips for my classroom. The school is plagued by flies and moths this year, and since we're not allowed to use pesticides to kill said pests and the school will not provide any assistance, we get to pretend like we're that creepy relative's cabin up in the mountains that was chock full of crushed velvet paintings of old ships, glass jars of oddly-colored liquids, and over-burdened fly strips. Or am I the only one who had that kind of relative?
Tuesday, 9/27/2011
Worked: 5:30 - 2:30 (9 hours)
Oh, how I yearn for an actual lunch break! Maybe one day.
Oh, how I yearn for an actual lunch break! Maybe one day.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, 9/26/2011
Worked: 5:45 - 1:45 (8 hours)
Am suffering from a complete lack of motivation lately. I bring bags of work home with me, only to discover floors that really must be mopped immediately, clothes that must be sorted stat. It's a bit too early in the year for this!
Am suffering from a complete lack of motivation lately. I bring bags of work home with me, only to discover floors that really must be mopped immediately, clothes that must be sorted stat. It's a bit too early in the year for this!
Sunday, 9/25/2011
Whoa nelly, what a break that was!
Worked: 1:00 - 5:00, 7:00 - 8:00 (5 hours)
New school-year resolution: keep up with this freaking blog, if only to support self-martyrdom.
Worked: 1:00 - 5:00, 7:00 - 8:00 (5 hours)
New school-year resolution: keep up with this freaking blog, if only to support self-martyrdom.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Spirit Week Aftermath
Suffice it to say that last week (spirit week - like Homecoming but during the spring and minus the football) left a mark, one from which I am still recovering. Work for the past few days looked like this:
Friday, 3/25: 5:15 - 3:00
Saturday, 3/26: Nothing! Took a day off.
Sunday, 3/27: 11:00 - 3:30, 8:00 - 9:00
Monday, 3/28: 5:45 - 2:30
Tuesday, 3/29: 5:45 - 2:15, 4:00 -8:00
Spent: A total of $48 on cookie fundraisers, car wash fundraisers, and a copy of Mao's Little Red Book (the honors kids specifically requested this last one).
I am also anticipating an orgy or spending over the next couple of weeks. My work computer has become virtually useless and actually detracts from any learning that occurs in the classroom, and I've talked myself into attempting to build my own computer to use at work (and at home during the summer). At this point, I have a build priced at around $400-ish. My estimate is that it will be 75% used for school, and 25% used for home (read: World of Warcraft...I may or may not be splurging on an awesome graphics card to make up for the fact that my MBP card is not upgrade-able). Additionally, last week I officially ran out of copies and am coming to terms with the possibility (read: likelihood) that someone at school somehow got my copy code and raped it. I had over 9,000 copies in early February and was down to 0 by one week ago, and there's no way that I made all those copies. I have no self-control when it comes to many things, but copies are not on that list. Wine and cookie fundraisers, sure. But not copies.
Friday, 3/25: 5:15 - 3:00
Saturday, 3/26: Nothing! Took a day off.
Sunday, 3/27: 11:00 - 3:30, 8:00 - 9:00
Monday, 3/28: 5:45 - 2:30
Tuesday, 3/29: 5:45 - 2:15, 4:00 -8:00
Spent: A total of $48 on cookie fundraisers, car wash fundraisers, and a copy of Mao's Little Red Book (the honors kids specifically requested this last one).
I am also anticipating an orgy or spending over the next couple of weeks. My work computer has become virtually useless and actually detracts from any learning that occurs in the classroom, and I've talked myself into attempting to build my own computer to use at work (and at home during the summer). At this point, I have a build priced at around $400-ish. My estimate is that it will be 75% used for school, and 25% used for home (read: World of Warcraft...I may or may not be splurging on an awesome graphics card to make up for the fact that my MBP card is not upgrade-able). Additionally, last week I officially ran out of copies and am coming to terms with the possibility (read: likelihood) that someone at school somehow got my copy code and raped it. I had over 9,000 copies in early February and was down to 0 by one week ago, and there's no way that I made all those copies. I have no self-control when it comes to many things, but copies are not on that list. Wine and cookie fundraisers, sure. But not copies.
Thursday, 3/24/2011
Worked: 6:00 - 2:00, 7:00 - 9:30
Spent: Nothing...that I remember (I may or may not be updating this post almost a week after the fact).
Spent: Nothing...that I remember (I may or may not be updating this post almost a week after the fact).
Wednesday, 3/23/2011
Worked: 5:30 - 3:15
Spent: $10 on various fundraisers, including but not limited to Girl Scouts cookies
Spent: $10 on various fundraisers, including but not limited to Girl Scouts cookies
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
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