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I need to whine
Read or don't- I need somewhere to whine.
I finished report cards tonight (wahoo), after handing out Grade 3 assessment last week (provincial reporting that gets sent home to the parents too). So basically two report cards. Next week is student-led conferences which I need to prepare my students for.
I have one super high maintenance and very stressful student whom my whole class and the last 3 months have revolved around. (To everything we know this is a case of decisions and not of psychological or physiological reasons) Trying new programs, new ideas, new working, etc all to get this student to respect/work/attach. All the while the parents have been on the fence about home schooling and I would so much rather them choose a side and stick with their decision because he's hijacking the rest of my class. It's so stressful for me to not know which day is going to be the day they make their decision.
Add to that my high energy twins that want lots of attention and make the situation with this other student snowball. Today I took the three of them aside and did a visual fraction lesson with them. I showed them a circle and said it represented my time. I showed them a version where the parts were all equal and said that the rest of the class deserved as much of my time as them. Then I showed them how the division of my time is actually going. The twins got it. The other one didn't.These twins are so good natured they just really love me and want one on one constantly.
Add to that I'm in this Biggest Loser competition and I have lost barely anything because I've been so stressed that I haven't made it to the gym. I haven't been cooking and have been eating out and I've been on a couple of weekend trips and my grandma has passed away. All in all quite a few not good eating weeks.
Tonight I am feeling super gross. My back is so sore from sitting doing report cards and I just want to throw up because it's so sore. I have a migraine and I'm just tempted to call in sick tomorrow but I know that then I'd have to go in, in the morning and make a day plan. Tonight I was going to go to the Gym but instead... I had DH go to Dairy Queen and get us Blizzards.
Oh and it was my DH's night to make supper and we had some cooked ground beef in the fridge so I asked him just to make spaghetti and meat sauce. He was asking me how to make the pasta and I gave him few instructions. The man put water and spaghetti into our big frying pan. He had no idea you had to boil the water first.
YIKES. Whining over. Tomorrow is a new day.
Re: I need to whine
you sound like you need a hug and a big ol' drink so here's a virtual ((HUG)) and here is a selection of drinks...take your pick!
oh my goodness, well today is a new today and I hope it's a better one!!
lol @ your DH making spaghetti!! YIKES!! he could have gotten along better than that if he read the directions on the package. men!