Today ended up being a work day for me.
Note: The kids hadn’t been able to go outside most of the week due to the cold temperatures. AND Sunday is a full moon. Plus, I’m a sub. The kids may know me and see me often but I’m still not their normal teacher.
I love my job and lots of days are full of sunshine, love, and light. And there was some of that today. However, in between you sometimes get:
- High energy, unfocused, moving everywhere kids ignoring your redirection
- Times of trying to do two (or more) jobs at once so a co-teacher can talk to a child/parent/deal with something pressing
- Spills: food, drink, work items
- Kids saying unkind words to you (Note: most the kids rarely say mean things to me and are super kind but sometimes….)
- Picking up/touching items that shouldn’t be wet. Wet with what? Toilet water? Pee?
- Dry hands that crack open and bleed from washing them so much (see item directly above this)
- Bathroom clean up duty because that’s definitely not water all over the floor. SIGH.
Did I mention I’m exhausted tonight?
However, I do work again next week and am looking forward to it.
The sunshine, love, and light definitely outweigh the pure exhaustion of it. And managed to save me just enough brain cells for this post. That said, if you need me the rest of tonight, I’ll be watching mindless tv and perhaps having cereal for dinner.
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Day 33/365
I agree kids at school have been CRAZY this week! Our kiddos were able to go out one day this week and the last 2 couldn’t due to windchill. They are loud, obnoxious and just nuts. Didn’t realize Sunday was a full moon so that makes more sense now. I hope you find time this weekend to rest.
Sorry to hear about your day, I hope you have a restful weekend.
Thank you! Hope you’ve had a great weekend!
Yes, not going outside makes such a difference in kids. I’m so happy that next week is supposed to be warmer when I work. I think all I did this weekend was rest. LOL.
Kids seem to be so different these days in school than I ever remember us being. I am thankful for teachers as that was my career choice and I soon realized that I could never do it. I am thankful that I used my skills to teach my children.
I think kids are still kids but the world is very different now than even just 10 or 20 years ago. The preschool kids have my heart but I’m not sure I’d be able to go much higher in age with the teaching. Of course, I came to this passion of mine late so who knows. Hope you have a wonderful night!