Oy to the vey. Again.
• I took 15 1st graders to the dentist today. Well, the dentist met us half way (in the gym), but I got saddled with "take them down, keep them from killing each other and from biting any dentists". It wasn't as bad as it could be, but some of them needed serious hugs when they were done - mostly because they had gotten it into their heads that it would be awful.
• My lunch was interrupted by the school admin calling me, in the lunchroom to say "I need to talk to you for one, and for two, you're on the schedule to cover my lunch today.
So I, of course, given my history of Seriously Bad Shit coming after vague things like "I need to talk to you" panicked and ran upstairs to see what this was all about, so I got about a quarter of a lunch. Also? No one *ever* told me I had this weird coverage.
I get upstairs and it's "I need your picture for the staff wall. Also, you're now Mr. B, so you need to take his duty, so I had to have you come up so I could train you on the walkie/door buzzer system/phone system." Argh. I hate when it's nothing, but people can't SAY it's nothing over the phone. *sigh*
• Former Primary Student decided to have an epic meltdown because he didn't want to do math. New "Me" came running to me because he was sitting on the floor refusing to go back in the room. Well, it turns out, new "me" has a criminal justice and computer programing background, so NO FUCKING wonder she doesn't know what to do with a kid with diagnosed emotional/mental health problems refusing to do shit. And it was implied today that she may be the permanent person. I so, so, so don't understand that. I basically went over and told him that he could do his math now or during the Valentine's Day party. Primary teacher for the room heard that and said that would be fine with her. Turned out the kid was in his special ed room while they had their party anyway. Which is seventeen other problems... but none of them mine.
• My class is warming up to me more. They realize I don't play, but I love them and if they follow directions, I'm not as mean as Eric would tell them I am. :p My dentistry group, weirdly, has decided I am just half a step from pretty damn awesome.
• In the totally weird and not school related... I have a hypocritical phone ap.
Anyone else on Waze? It's a traffic crowd-sourcing program. As I got caught in the traffic on 290 it flashes me a note: "We detect that you are not moving. Are you in traffic?" I hit 'yes'. So then the traffic starts budging a bit and I get, "Please rate the traffic mild/moderate/heavy/standstill". So I push the button as we start moving again. Then as I get to a traffic light I want to put in the *reason* we were having issues - there was a car stalled in one of the two remaining lanes in a construction zone - and it says, "We detect you are driving. Input is deactivated until you are not moving." BWUH?
But then it also gives me "Passenger?" or "I'll Wait" as choices. I just hit passenger and entered my report while I waited for the light. So um... yeah, not so 'deactivated'. That's totally a CYA thing, I swear.
Because, really, someone just made a 'playing in traffic (literally)' social network. It's a very weird thing.
Okay, I need to go make dinner. Laterz! (as Sherlock would say.)
ETA: I forgot to mention this. Our principal bought a single long-stem red rose for each of us today. It's a little thing, all said, but it's a nice gesture of the sort I'm not used to receiving.
• My lunch was interrupted by the school admin calling me, in the lunchroom to say "I need to talk to you for one, and for two, you're on the schedule to cover my lunch today.
So I, of course, given my history of Seriously Bad Shit coming after vague things like "I need to talk to you" panicked and ran upstairs to see what this was all about, so I got about a quarter of a lunch. Also? No one *ever* told me I had this weird coverage.
I get upstairs and it's "I need your picture for the staff wall. Also, you're now Mr. B, so you need to take his duty, so I had to have you come up so I could train you on the walkie/door buzzer system/phone system." Argh. I hate when it's nothing, but people can't SAY it's nothing over the phone. *sigh*
• Former Primary Student decided to have an epic meltdown because he didn't want to do math. New "Me" came running to me because he was sitting on the floor refusing to go back in the room. Well, it turns out, new "me" has a criminal justice and computer programing background, so NO FUCKING wonder she doesn't know what to do with a kid with diagnosed emotional/mental health problems refusing to do shit. And it was implied today that she may be the permanent person. I so, so, so don't understand that. I basically went over and told him that he could do his math now or during the Valentine's Day party. Primary teacher for the room heard that and said that would be fine with her. Turned out the kid was in his special ed room while they had their party anyway. Which is seventeen other problems... but none of them mine.
• My class is warming up to me more. They realize I don't play, but I love them and if they follow directions, I'm not as mean as Eric would tell them I am. :p My dentistry group, weirdly, has decided I am just half a step from pretty damn awesome.
• In the totally weird and not school related... I have a hypocritical phone ap.
Anyone else on Waze? It's a traffic crowd-sourcing program. As I got caught in the traffic on 290 it flashes me a note: "We detect that you are not moving. Are you in traffic?" I hit 'yes'. So then the traffic starts budging a bit and I get, "Please rate the traffic mild/moderate/heavy/standstill". So I push the button as we start moving again. Then as I get to a traffic light I want to put in the *reason* we were having issues - there was a car stalled in one of the two remaining lanes in a construction zone - and it says, "We detect you are driving. Input is deactivated until you are not moving." BWUH?
But then it also gives me "Passenger?" or "I'll Wait" as choices. I just hit passenger and entered my report while I waited for the light. So um... yeah, not so 'deactivated'. That's totally a CYA thing, I swear.
Because, really, someone just made a 'playing in traffic (literally)' social network. It's a very weird thing.
Okay, I need to go make dinner. Laterz! (as Sherlock would say.)
ETA: I forgot to mention this. Our principal bought a single long-stem red rose for each of us today. It's a little thing, all said, but it's a nice gesture of the sort I'm not used to receiving.