Meetings and More

So yesterday started off with a million people trying to cram themselves into too few tables and chairs. People were unprepared for how many LA/SS teachers there were going to be in the district. Microphones didn't work, presentations were hard to hear and see. It was a rough beginning to a long day. It was hard to concentrate from that point forward.

Check it out, none of (well the one that counts) the other LA teachers even checked their email all summer or took anything home with them.

This post is taking me a few days to write. And literally for the last hour and a half, I was convinced, convinced today was Tuesday. Whoa. And I feel like I wrestled a bear, and lost.

On the up side, I saw 3 of my students yesterday (Tuesday.) And they are genuinely stoked to have me (at least 2 of them are.) The other still took out his ear phones and talked to me when I walked up to him. He is playing football, yay. I was afraid that he wouldn't be allowed to do inter -murals anymore (the end of last year was way rough.)

So, back to today (now that it's over.) Oh my god. My brain is mush. I brought my seating chart and junk home with me today, I had to get out of there. The PLC conversation and language was a bit over my head, the meetings were over my head, the time that we spent talking in circles was crippling. I don't know if it was circles, my mind shut off 1/2 way into it.

My body doesn't move as quickly as I need it to, I can't make other people move faster either. Driving home was slow. Now I feel like I am trying to pull myself out of melted butter. My fuse is short, and I don't want to be messed with. Why? Because today went poorly. I think the progress I made yesterday started reversing itself. I feel like instead of forward, things are moving painfully backwards. Ugh.