In the Day of...

In these uncertain economic times, I should be praising thanks to my many blessings...including having a steady, stable job. My position is being saved for next year too. For the most part, I really enjoy it. SOMEtimes, I could just punch my eye out.

For example, just the other day, I got a nasty email from an ingrate teacher whose teaching abilities in my opinion are questionable. Being a professional, I tried to remain calm despite her lack of tact. I'd like to mention that her email was in response to an email that I had sent her in attempts to HELP her. Basically, I was asking for more information about a particular student and she took it like I was dumping the problem back on her and was refusing to help her. Anyway, I spent some time crafting another email in response to her nasty one in which I maintained professionalism. I have yet to hear back from her.

I took pictures of my office the other day because i couldn't believe how incredibly messy it's gotten in the past couple weeks. A reason is: school counselor's are very busy. I don't necessarily have the luxury of time (contrary to popular teacher belief) to even put away a box of crayons some kid was using earlier that day, let alone file all the crap that gets put into my box on a daily basis. Let alone catch up on a back log of personal logs I should be doing because I have a bad memory. yeah. Another reason is: There are too many people and not enough space in my office. And the last main reason: We are the hub of all student activities that happen in our school. Toys for tots, the holiday assembly, and the biggest one of all is our mini carnival. Donations by the butt load is being stored in our office, making for a very big fire hazard. I posted a picture of my desk. As you can see, there's hardly any space for me to write anything down. I can't even see the bottom of my desk.

I just drove through the scariest rain I've ever driven through. The shoulder lane turned into a mini river. Traffic slowed to one lane cause the 2 right lanes were too flooded. I'm pretty sure he did but i still have yet to confirm that the dog pooped during these 2 days of rain.

I spent 20something bucks on this "nearly indestructible" dog toy today in hopes it would help Dutch stay occupied and entertained during the rain. I thought it would be pretty good cause we got him a similar thing from the same company and he loves the thing plus he hasn't destroyed it. Alas, it did not hold up as long as i would have liked it to.

Joe, I hope you enjoyed my post. it was pretty random plus really long.