The Bee and I turned down two invitations this weekend so that we have our first commitment-free weekend in like 5 or 6 weeks. We are really not that popular and we are certainly not so cool that our presence is in great demand, life has just been busier than usual for the past two months. The poor man is still at work (at 8:30pm on a Friday night) and we only got to have dinner together once this whole week (yesterday at 8:30pm). I brought home a TON of work (art to photograph for student online portfolios, art to grade, and lesson plan supplies for my long term sub). The Bee will be bringing work home, too. It stinks that it will be a working weekend, but we are both just looking forward to being together and being home!
We feel selfish for telling people not to bug us this weekend, but we are both huge stress balls right now. Overly tired, under the weather, and missing each other terribly. I have been so stressed because of work this week and was so upset this morning that I threw up my breakfast before heading to school. We still don't have a long term sub and yesterday, after I expressed my anxiety to my principal. he told me that "we are right on track" for finding someone and that they will have "plenty of time to work with [me] " before Ponyo arrives. "They will have almost a month to work with you!" he told me with enthusiasm. We have interviewed one person (that was before Thanksgiving) and she didn't end up working out. Now we have interviews set up Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week.We have 8 days of school before Christmas vacation. After break, we have 8 days of school before my due date. My sub isn't even supposed to start shadowing me until January 3rd. My principal is making some huge assumptions about when Ponyo will make her debut. She'll be considered full term at 37 weeks, which means December 22nd. There haven't been any signs of her deciding to arrive early, but there is a chance that she could be here before school resumes January 2! I am hoping that she decides to stay safe in my belly at least until her due date and I would love to be at school through January 11, but come on! Let's be realistic here...all three teachers at my school that had babies last spring gave birth early. Two of them were one week early and the other was 3 weeks early! And I'll be damned if he thinks I will be working with my sub over Christmas break! No way! I am going to be preparing our home and getting MY loose ends tied up for work, NOT training someone else! I still have so much planning to do for whoever will be in my classroom!
Sorry for sounding like a huge whiner. I really am looking forward to the weekend! I'll be checking in on all of you next week and wish you all wonderful weekends with loved ones!
Oh girlfriend, that stresses ME out! I hope "right on track" ends up meaning you have a sub by the end of next week!
ReplyDeleteI hope you and the Bee have a wonderful weekend together and don't feel guilty! You both have been super busy and your weekends with just the two of you are dwindling. I totally understand missing him/ weird schedules. Our whole marriage has been spent adjusting to weird schedules. It's hard. Sending you much love! XO
You, being a teacher, is making you do your "nesting" twice! That must be making you crazy! Try to relax this weekend and enjoy your husband. You certainly don't need this stress making Ponyo stressed too. It will all get done. Art class will go on smoothly without you but they will miss you immensely! They will all be happy that your enjoying Ponyo (when she gets here) but no one will do your job as well as you! I hope you don't read this comment until after the weekend but enjoy your weekend just the same!
ReplyDeleteMy most cliche advice: don't stress! Not helpful, I know. BUT realistically, your job will go on without you whether you have time to train the sub or not, so if the principal isn't losing sleep over it, you shouldn't either! Sounds to me like it's time for you to focus on getting ready for that sweet baby girl and work can take the backseat to that :)
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