sometimes i scream

I haven't ordered delivery in a looooong time. But my monster headache and dramz at school made me cave. Plus I have yummy beer. Sesame chicken, egg drop soup, beer.

I probably should learn to cope with things like meditation and brisk walks.

So not there yet.

Cots look cozy

when things keep you awake all night.

Not to mention the damn cats. Get on my effing sleep schedule, grumpies.

Job Drags

There are lots of great things about working in a private pre-school. My cousin Laura has been to 72 meetings this year at her public middle school. We've had 5, give or take...although parent conferences were a bitch. We don't have paperwork or SOLs and accountability. Better than all, no standarized tests or requirements for each child. We follow that child, damn it!

But, today I finally submitted my most agida-inducing assignment of the year: the BIO. I think I have had to do this 3 or 4 times since I started at my school. And every year I get a call from my boss that she has drafts of the newsletter and either my old bio or no bio. I am serious--every year.

So today the call came, carefully slipped into a conversation about other things. "Uh, oh yeah...I'll email it tonight....." And I just emailed it. I hope it makes it because a lot has happened to me in one year---namely: I am no longer training to be a teacher; I am a trained teacher.

My first draft was boring but did the job. I wrote more in the revision. No cussing or embarrassing jokes...I think.

Time to change

i had to change the layout. it was time. i rearrange furniture in my house often--the blog should match.

school is fun. i actually like my job. and my children are fantastic. they make me laugh. and i think i make them laugh. like today when one told me, "ida, you look funny in that brown shirt." raucous laughter. over my shirt. i just try to make school fun for them. that's what i do. maybe tomorrow i'll change it up with a yellow shirt. could be funnier. we'll see.

i turn 25 next wednesday. it is a big birthday. most child development peeps consider me all grown up. plus i am no longer an 18-24 year old. my voting and t.v. schedule are unimportant now. SUCK (as cousin bill would call "something you would shout")

i want to celebrate lots of winter holidays. send me your ideas. christmas, hanukkah, kwanzaa, winter solstice...and we already had diwali.

i think we will decorate a peace tree. christmas threw up all around us, but we will acknowledge.