Monday, October 3rd.

It can’t be Monday! My body and mind are way too exhausted for it only to be Monday. Monday implies that I just had 2 restful days off. I have a vague memory of days off, but it seems like such a very long time ago.

So how have I been spending my last days at school? WELL, first I am pulling double duty (of which I am very confident I will be financially compensated for~YEAH RIGHT). My SPED colleague is out on medical leave, and even though I hold the sub placed in her room in high esteem, she is still just a sub and therefore unable to do many things. LIKE…build IEP programs for new students, meet with parents, write and hold IEP meetings just to name a few. BUT, all of those things still need to happen, so guess who is first in line?! (Not really a hard conclusion to come to).

Last week both our classrooms had new students start. And, as I have shared before, we do not get a great deal of notice before new students start. Last week all the stars in our solar system aligned and I got a full 48 hours notice for the new students AND they started one day apart from each other. That was very giving of the front office. Wednesday and Thursday flew by in a flurry of details that needed to be ironed out, decisions that needed to be made, parents to meet for the first time, information to share, IEP programs to be built, and new students to acclimate to a new school.

So relieved I have a program specialist that drops everything to be on hand to help and support! (Really Google, all you have accomplished in 18 years and still no sarcasm font?!)

Oh, and if that was all I had going on! But NO! My frequent flyer parent also comes with an attorney! So any time he does not like an answer to an email, or he feels my IEP team and I just aren’t doing enough, he sics his attorney on me. There was a time when seeing an email from an attorney in my inbox would freak me out, but now it is just a nuisance. But one I get to delegate because I don’t get to answer his emails! I get to foreward the email my admin adding my comments if I have anything I want to share, they collab with our attorneys, and weeks later an email is drafted as a response. All at a cost more than I make in a year I am sure.

Oh, but the most recent email was priceless. Here’s the things about emails: they are date and time stamped! So when you email me, and say I didn’t share info I am required to with a parent, I can forward an email with the date and time stamp proving I did! Done deal!! I do love it when truth is on my side, and it is undeniable!!

So I am exhausted! I feel like I could drone on for several more paragraphs of all things that are not great at school right now, but that is not the kind of person I am. Plus my wine glass is empty!! So I am signing off for now, hoping I invent the energy to share tomorrow.

The crying done, now on to the wine 🙂