Disconnected things

• The downside to a half-decent school administration is that they actually read the lesson plans I turn in, which means I actually have to write them. Sigh. They're due Wednesday by noon, so of course I'm about 1/4 done with them at 9pm on Tuesday night. bleah.
  
• The obnoxious child about whose leaving I gloated is finally ACTUALLY gone. I'm thinking of framing the drop slip. This is horrible and mean-spirited on my part, but OMG she was making me crazy.
  
  • unfortunately, the inflationary addition I mentioned previously does not seem to apply equally to subtraction. 26 is not that much less than 27. Alas.
  
  
• We finally have the social studies curriculum. Yes, this is 2/3 of the way through October. No, we do not yet have the science curriculum. Argh.
  
• Doing my photocopying ahead of time makes my life easier in myriad ways. Not least of which being that when one of the two copiers breaks down at 7:45am, I do not flip the fuck out, because my morning copying is already done. Muahaha.
  
• I have mentioned this before. But eating breakfast has more of an effect on my outlook on life than I'd like. Hooray for cream of wheat, and the extra 10 minutes in the morning in which to eat it.
  
• OK, literacy and math plans written. Time to go to bed before 11pm for the first time in weeks and weeks.

Busy busy busy.

Once again, haven't forgotten yall. But I'm either too busy writing lesson plans, or dealing with home stuff, or having my birthday a week and a half ago (hee) or I'm just too tired. Several times in the past couple days I've thought to myself "I should really update the teaching blog," and then I think "Bleah, don't want to. Much too tired to write."

Still the case at the moment, plus my classroom is a horrific mess (and the vice principal came in today and saw, argh), so you'll have to content yourself with a couple additions to the list of Posts I Will Write At Some Point.

Man, teaching is exhausting.

(PS. The most obnoxious child in my class just transferred to a different school. Off my roll sheet and everything. *does a dance*)