Weekend

Goodbye Sweet, Relaxing Weekend

It's the end of the first weekend after the first week of school. I'm anxious about the upcoming full week of school since I still feel like I didn't get all the information I need to know and don't totally know my way around. BUT I am grateful for this job. I have the bonus of being able to wear pretty much whatever I want and to have Saturday's and Sunday's and holidays off. That is the opposite of retail, so it is something to be thankful for. I don't like the lack of training and disorganization or only getting paid once per month. I didn't even know that we got paychecks over the summer. No one told me! I wonder what else I don't know. I have the sense that it's a lot.

So I did a lot and not a lot today. We hand washed Steve's car of all the residual ash from the wildfires, ordered some cute sticky notes from Amazon to use in school, received Steve's cool new Tardis design iPad cover/case, and my new fanny pack to use in school for holding phone and pens. I thought I was going to wear my apron like I did in Summer school, but an apron doesn't seem like a good fit for this class. It's more appropriate for elementary. I did a big load of laundry and played a lot of piano and ukulele, working on old songs and new; some Classical and some modern. We went out to Trader Joe's for a few things, and the cricket store, but they were out of crickets. Steve got his mom an early Christmas gift for working on her dog's nails.

We're making a frozen veggie lasagna for supper. And watching The Great British Bake Off now.

Last night we got a really tasty pizza and boneless garlic wings from Pizza Hut. It was good stuff for a rainy night. We re-watched Get Out movie by Jordan Peele, and a new sci fi horror called Life, that was pretty dumb, but fun to watch. As usual, I wish it was a three day weekend. That's one of my unattained (yet so far) goals, is to have a four day work week. I would work ten-hour shifts in exchange for that. However, if I can achieve making children's books, then I can create my own schedule as long as I am productive and stick to it. I am also still thinking about the ideas of either working at a community college or a Montessori school. I think I would be happiest with the most creative and open minded job possible. High school isn't bad, but I didn't love it the first time around, and I am constantly being reminded of why now. Mostly the bureaucracy and hypocrisy.

I have to go check on the lasagna.

Looks good. I added some extra cheese and a few olives and put in the tray of sweet potato fries that Steven chose. They look good too.

Later...I accidentally upended a small frypan that was on the stove top and where almost a whole cube of softened butter was living onto the open oven door. It's a small mess, but smells delicious. Melted butter. Mmmmmm......

So I think (and hope and pray) that as long as I keep up my discipline of writing every day that I will be already better off than I was last year when I was writing notes here and there, for my memory and reference, but mostly keeping my frustrations and feelings to myself. It's so much better to express yourself and talk about it. Whatever it is. Successes, confusion, failures, dissatisfaction...Even if it's in writing rather than to another person. I'm going to assemble my items to put in my new fanny pack and get my papers organized on a clipboard, then I can be somewhat ready for Monday.

Hurricane Irma is the big deal right now causing major evacuations and chaos in Florida. I am so glad my Uncle doesn't live there anymore; although he misses the warmth.
Peace and Love.