My Rant for the Day

So at lunch today I jokingly said to the ladies, "I don't want to go back to work! I want to sluff 6th and 7th period!" Little did I know. I walk in, and there's a maintainence man waiting for me. He's going to move the switches for my lab from the table where they are right next to my desk, in the way and noisy, to high up on the wall where they will be out of the way. I've been waiting for them to do this all year, so even though the timing wasn't right, I wasn't about to complain. Poor guy. He really did try to be as unobtrusive as possible. He tells me a table has to be moved out of the way, and then goes somewhere, so I have to crawl around on the floor (let us all remember I'm two weeks from my due date so this is not an easy task) unplugging millions of cords that have gotten wrapped around the legs of the table, and plugging them in again. Meanwhile, students for 6th period are pouring into my room, getting in the way, asking questions, coming up to me with problems like "my computer won't work" or "mine won't log me in..."


The guy comes back, and proceeds to move another table with the printers on it, which requires me to move more cords and more crap on the floor out of his way, while at the same time I'm trying to take roll and then start my kids on their lesson for the day. The whole period was pretty much me trying to shut the kids up and do their computer assignment, while at the same time, helping this poor guy do his job and get done. Not to mention that the class is on a shortened schedule due to some other activities that day, so I had even less time to teach the lesson than I usually do. And it's also my worst class--36 kids, my biggest, and 24 of them are boys. And any class that has that many boys in it is ALWAYS a challenge. I wasn't exactly patient. Every time I helped the maintainence guy, they all start talking and getting off task, and I have to reign them back in by screetching at them. Then the guy needs to unplug all the switches, which means my kids won't have access to their computers anymore. I was running around, trying to get them all saved and done so they coudl log out. URG...

Did it get better? 7th peirod comes in. I have no computer now so I can't take roll, and I can't print them their grade reports they need. We have an auction that period--where I have tons of candy and the kids bid for it with fake money they've been earning all term. It's crazy and loud and I'm so sweaty and tired and fluttered that I keep warning them to shut up or I swear I'll go into labor RIGHT NOW. It was crazy. Today, I really did NOT like my job! And then I had to go to two meetings after school and I couldn't get anyone to cover for me for one of them, and I just want to stay home and have this baby and leave work behind! Surely, SURELY, one infant can't be near as much work as ALL THIS??

Tomorrow is Parent Teacher Conferences. 13 hour day. And then again on Wednesday. Mad parents, yelling at their kids in front of me while I try to nicely intervene and point out all the GOOD things their kid has done (but he did turn in ONE assignment out of twelve, isn't that wonderful??) But hopefully it won't be as bad as that. We shall see. My goal: to get through Thursday and still be pregnant. After that Afton can come any time she wants!!!

Ok I know that was annoying. If you are still reading this, bless you. But MAN I feel better!