Case of the Mondays

After a semi-late night and early morning, I started another week at school.  I got to school and checked my mailbox when I signed in.  To my pleasant surprise, there were a bunch of ads in there! We had joked with the sisters about taking their ads from their Sunday paper for the coupons and they remembered and put them in my box! I shouted, "best mailbox present ever!" and Patricia and Sr. Stephanie laughed.  My students extremely chatty today.  More so than last week.  We had to practice walking in the hallway again as well as lining up.  It was not a pleasant morning for them.  We made it to lunch though and here comes my funny story of the day! I went to go throw some trash away and walked past the preschoolers.  A few of them put their arms out to get a hug so I bent down and hugged them at their chairs.  One of them was the sister of one of my students and the other was a little boy that our assistant principal watches after school.  As I was giving him a hug though, he turned his head and gave me a kiss on the cheek! He was just so stinking cute! It made my day much better or at least my morning.  After lunch, my students were pretty much the same as the morning.  Constant talking and just not listening.  I only taught math to the 3rd graders.  I didn't even get to teach 2nd grade.  I feel so awful having to give them homework when I haven't gone over it but the school wants them to have a certain amount every night so I can't affect it.  We went to the library and they talked pretty much the whole time.  They had to practice walking in the hallway again afterwards.  I tried cutting them a deal and offering an incentive if they stay quiet and in line but that went out the window pretty fast.  I was embarrassed for them because I don't know what is going on if this behavior keeps happening.  Is it just a bad case of the Mondays today? Will tomorrow be better? My site director, Sr. Florence, is coming next Monday so I really hope this behavior is gone by then.  By the end of the day, I was wiped out.  It was the first day I had walked away with a headache from school.  I was dozing off as Patricia drove back and had planned on lying down for about 30 minutes but ended up sleeping for at least 2 hours.   I woke up and ate some dinner around 7 and then went to Target to get a few things.

I have my fingers crossed that tomorrow is much better.  It's a new day and it is also picture day! I just realized that means more chaos...darn it.  Well, I guess I am slowly but surely getting used to the life of a teacher.  One of these days I will get the hang of it.  Until then, I will just truck along and remember that God has me down here for a reason.  I still enjoy teaching but not everyday is going to be perfect or super exciting so I have to keep that in mind.

Almost bed time but as Patricia said earlier tonight, "It's almost Christmas!" I don't really think it's almost Christmas but I have a feeling these next few months until then will fly by.