DAY OFF!

Oh this is so refreshing to have the day off today! I'm not voting because we're leaving Florida and I really don't like either candidate so I feel that it wouldn't be fair for me to vote for Davis or Christ when I don't want either. I slept in until 7am!!!! That is actually 2 1/2 hours of sleeping in so you may not think that 7am is sleeping in, but it is for me!!! Ahhh what to do with my day??? I am tossing around many ideas, Starbucks, reading magazines and starting a book that I've been meaning to get around too, watching my favorite shows on T.V., doing pilates or yoga, calling friends and catching up (they are mostly teachers so they have today off too), or maybe shopping (of course I have no money so maybe I should just cross that off now).

I attended my very first book club last night! I've been wanting to join one for a very long time but I just haven't found the opportunity. My friends are starting one from scratch so it seemed like the perfect idea. I'm not sure that the people are really my type, but hopefully it will be fun. Our first book is called "Swimming Upstream, Slowly" by Melissa Clark. It's about a 27 year old girl that find herself pregnant but hasn't had sex in 2 years. Apparently it was lazy sperm that impregnated her. She is on the search for the father while trying to decide what to do about the pregnancy. It was on Target's book club list and seems like it's going to be a cute, girly novel. It was so nice to get out and do something with girls, but I have to be honest I felt a little guilty. I didn't see my son yesterday or my husband really for that matter, I missed my online tutoring hours because I totally forgot that I had scheduled hours for last night, and I neglected my house work duties (not that I really have set things I do because R does them too, but still, there is a sink full of dirty dishes waiting for me). I keep telling myself that it's okay, we're only meeting one time per month. I just have to keep telling myself that.

Work is pissing me off and I'm losing total motivation to be a teacher. Why did I pick this profession again? They really need to let these poor college education majors in on the secret of teaching before they sign their life away along with their sanity. There is so much more to teaching than working with children. The boss is being an asshole and we just can't figure out why. Something is going on with him and it's affecting the whole school environment. People are dropping like flies and he's really not hiring new people to take their places in order to "save money." I'm getting so sick of hearing about how we don't have money and how we can't do this or do that, it's frankly not my problem so why are you bitching to me about it? I don't get paid enough as it is, what do they want from me? I'm so glad that we are winding down to the holidays and more breaks from that shit hole. The kids are pissing me off too. They apparently can't follow directions no matter how many different ways and times that I explain them. It's so wearing on a person. I'm in between caring and not caring. I just wish that I knew if teaching was like it is down here, everywhere. If it is always going to be like this then I need to find a new career!
Well I'm off to start my very rare, but well deserved day off with nothing to do :o)