Dear diary....
Today was one of those days when I just kept myself super busy, and now it's 9:30pm and I'm dead tired and happy with it...
I've slept very little for the past couple of nights.. just 3-4 hours each night, so when the alarm clock rang this morning I snoozed it for an extra half hour (of course I didn't sleep a minute of that half hour, just kept looking at that damn clock every two minutes), and then I rushed off to work and ate my breakfast in the car...
Got to work (for those of you who don't know, I'm a jr. high teacher, and my pupils are graduating from jr. high this spring... more on that later), and we were going to a museum where I had never been before. It's one of those historical farm thingies... Gamle Hvam is what it's called, and oh my God how amazing it was! I just wish I had had more time there! The place was beautiful, and their collections HUGE!
I particularly loved this building from 1728... Almost 300 years old, but in great condition and just beautiful!
Our pupils were also extremely well behaved, and the museum host was very pleased with us.. Always a great thing to hear as a teacher, trust me...
Then we went back to school and to the office, and I spent a good 2 hours trying to get hold of a colleague of mine so that she could help me write a response to a complaint about a grade. It's my first year working after my studies, so it's nice to just have somebody to consult with sometimes...
I also had a meeting with the principal, Hilde, since I'm not going to be working at that school anymore in the fall. She is sad about that, because she has expressively said that she wanted to keep me there, but since the county hires the teachers and not her she couldn't do anything about it. There were people with more experience who went ahead of me in line and got the jobs. Oh well.. I got one closer to home and with the subjects that I want to teach, so it should be good anyway... So we were talking, and she was just like so sweet and nice and bragging about me and telling me all these very sweet and nice things, and I was just blushing and smiling, because it's good to hear that you're good at what you do, and especially when your boss says it, and she's this awesome boss who's so skilled and stuff... yeah... It was really good to hear all that...
So after that amazing peptalk I went home and had dinner, and then I proceeded to change my bed and clean my bedroom, top to bottom... that's what you do when you're inspired! LOL! I should have people tell me nice things more often... Maybe it wouldn't get so dusty around here then...
Tomorrow is the graduation ceremony for my kids, and I'm so excited for them, and at the same time I'm kinda sad... they are so cute and nice and sweet, and I'm going to miss each and every one of them... It's so weird how you grow attached to them... just the notion of calling them MY kids kinda gives it away, doesn't it?? Thank goodness for facebook and those of them who have added me as a friend on there already :D
Anyways... tired now... sleep is good.. and I think I should be able to sleep more than 4 hours tonight... :)
I've slept very little for the past couple of nights.. just 3-4 hours each night, so when the alarm clock rang this morning I snoozed it for an extra half hour (of course I didn't sleep a minute of that half hour, just kept looking at that damn clock every two minutes), and then I rushed off to work and ate my breakfast in the car...
Got to work (for those of you who don't know, I'm a jr. high teacher, and my pupils are graduating from jr. high this spring... more on that later), and we were going to a museum where I had never been before. It's one of those historical farm thingies... Gamle Hvam is what it's called, and oh my God how amazing it was! I just wish I had had more time there! The place was beautiful, and their collections HUGE!
I particularly loved this building from 1728... Almost 300 years old, but in great condition and just beautiful!
Our pupils were also extremely well behaved, and the museum host was very pleased with us.. Always a great thing to hear as a teacher, trust me...
Then we went back to school and to the office, and I spent a good 2 hours trying to get hold of a colleague of mine so that she could help me write a response to a complaint about a grade. It's my first year working after my studies, so it's nice to just have somebody to consult with sometimes...
I also had a meeting with the principal, Hilde, since I'm not going to be working at that school anymore in the fall. She is sad about that, because she has expressively said that she wanted to keep me there, but since the county hires the teachers and not her she couldn't do anything about it. There were people with more experience who went ahead of me in line and got the jobs. Oh well.. I got one closer to home and with the subjects that I want to teach, so it should be good anyway... So we were talking, and she was just like so sweet and nice and bragging about me and telling me all these very sweet and nice things, and I was just blushing and smiling, because it's good to hear that you're good at what you do, and especially when your boss says it, and she's this awesome boss who's so skilled and stuff... yeah... It was really good to hear all that...
So after that amazing peptalk I went home and had dinner, and then I proceeded to change my bed and clean my bedroom, top to bottom... that's what you do when you're inspired! LOL! I should have people tell me nice things more often... Maybe it wouldn't get so dusty around here then...
Tomorrow is the graduation ceremony for my kids, and I'm so excited for them, and at the same time I'm kinda sad... they are so cute and nice and sweet, and I'm going to miss each and every one of them... It's so weird how you grow attached to them... just the notion of calling them MY kids kinda gives it away, doesn't it?? Thank goodness for facebook and those of them who have added me as a friend on there already :D
Anyways... tired now... sleep is good.. and I think I should be able to sleep more than 4 hours tonight... :)