and it's still a small world...
i guess i shouldn't be surprised. it is albuquerque. but i've had some weird small world experiences at work.
like during the interview, when the head of the upper school says, "oh you went to la cueva? my nephew went there..." upon hearing the nephew's name, i realized that i graduated in the same class and was not especially fond of the gentleman in question.
and then during the last interview, a different math teacher said, "my son went there! he graduated in 2006...." and i come to find out that yes, i knew this fellow as well, in fact we were in math classes together. again, not a huge fan.
but the weirdest one was the other day. i have to run a freshman study hall twice a week. mine only has 4 students enrolled, but only two of them showed up. our room was double booked so we were wandering around before finally settling in the library (a journey during which i was mistaken for a student by other staff members TWICE).
so the two who showed up were a bit distracted, and we didn't have much time left anyway. one of the girls is really outgoing and chatty so i just kind of let her be that way and started talking to her.
she mentioned her brother wanting to be a baker, so i said something about how i'd worked at the whole foods bakery.
then she turns to the other kid and she's like "yeah, mr hamze left to be a baker in san francisco!" i asked her who she was talking about, and she said she was talking about her old middle school math teacher. after finding out his first name, i was like "oh my god... i know him." at least i was pretty sure because of the relative unusualness of the name and the part about san francisco...
so she starts flipping out like "what? how??" well, i met him at my last job. during the dreaded meeting in santa fe where i had to carpool with my boss, who i really disliked. (luckily she kept the awkward conversation to a minimum... the only really bad part was the, "so, you and tim like, talk?!?") turns out this hamze character had just recently become the head baker for this region of whole foods, and so i met him.
so... i am now a math teacher at bosque who met a former math teacher from bosque while working at whole foods. maybe it's not that big a deal. i guess it just kind of makes me feel strange.
i've also been having weird dreams about people at work. nothing bordering inappropriate or anything ;-) but like the other night, i had this kinda strange dream where a lot of people were hanging out with me who i haven't seen in a while (shannon is the only one i really remember). we were at a bar, and then going to the zoo. but another person who was there is this one senior girl i have in a class. it wasn't totally notable, but i woke up with that feeling that we were somehow connected from being in a dream together. it's an unfounded feeling... the same feeling i had when i had a really kind of hilarious sex dream about coworkers at starbucks and couldn't get myself to look them in the eye the next day... but yes.
and then last night, i had a dream that is also funny in retrospect but kind of stressful. in the dream, my coworker who i've been having mild difficulty with was in my house. well it was my parents house for whatever reason, but i woke up early in the morning and he was there. like living there. the funny part is he was in my older brother's old room... funny because in some ways he reminds me of my older brother. the most aggravating part i think was that he was smoking a cigarette in the dream and i was like "DUDE i would give ANYTHING for a cigarette!" and he just ignored me. lol. anyway, now i have this feeling that i'm already annoyed with him before the day even starts.
sigh. well i better get to school. so glad it's friday! so tiring.
like during the interview, when the head of the upper school says, "oh you went to la cueva? my nephew went there..." upon hearing the nephew's name, i realized that i graduated in the same class and was not especially fond of the gentleman in question.
and then during the last interview, a different math teacher said, "my son went there! he graduated in 2006...." and i come to find out that yes, i knew this fellow as well, in fact we were in math classes together. again, not a huge fan.
but the weirdest one was the other day. i have to run a freshman study hall twice a week. mine only has 4 students enrolled, but only two of them showed up. our room was double booked so we were wandering around before finally settling in the library (a journey during which i was mistaken for a student by other staff members TWICE).
so the two who showed up were a bit distracted, and we didn't have much time left anyway. one of the girls is really outgoing and chatty so i just kind of let her be that way and started talking to her.
she mentioned her brother wanting to be a baker, so i said something about how i'd worked at the whole foods bakery.
then she turns to the other kid and she's like "yeah, mr hamze left to be a baker in san francisco!" i asked her who she was talking about, and she said she was talking about her old middle school math teacher. after finding out his first name, i was like "oh my god... i know him." at least i was pretty sure because of the relative unusualness of the name and the part about san francisco...
so she starts flipping out like "what? how??" well, i met him at my last job. during the dreaded meeting in santa fe where i had to carpool with my boss, who i really disliked. (luckily she kept the awkward conversation to a minimum... the only really bad part was the, "so, you and tim like, talk?!?") turns out this hamze character had just recently become the head baker for this region of whole foods, and so i met him.
so... i am now a math teacher at bosque who met a former math teacher from bosque while working at whole foods. maybe it's not that big a deal. i guess it just kind of makes me feel strange.
i've also been having weird dreams about people at work. nothing bordering inappropriate or anything ;-) but like the other night, i had this kinda strange dream where a lot of people were hanging out with me who i haven't seen in a while (shannon is the only one i really remember). we were at a bar, and then going to the zoo. but another person who was there is this one senior girl i have in a class. it wasn't totally notable, but i woke up with that feeling that we were somehow connected from being in a dream together. it's an unfounded feeling... the same feeling i had when i had a really kind of hilarious sex dream about coworkers at starbucks and couldn't get myself to look them in the eye the next day... but yes.
and then last night, i had a dream that is also funny in retrospect but kind of stressful. in the dream, my coworker who i've been having mild difficulty with was in my house. well it was my parents house for whatever reason, but i woke up early in the morning and he was there. like living there. the funny part is he was in my older brother's old room... funny because in some ways he reminds me of my older brother. the most aggravating part i think was that he was smoking a cigarette in the dream and i was like "DUDE i would give ANYTHING for a cigarette!" and he just ignored me. lol. anyway, now i have this feeling that i'm already annoyed with him before the day even starts.
sigh. well i better get to school. so glad it's friday! so tiring.