warning: this is grouchy post...with a happy ending.
within a few hours of arriving home i found out that the condo that was supposed to be built while i was gone has been cancelled. it is no longer being built. and my health insurance rates went up. and then i went to work training (where i heard the same thing i'd heard the previous 4 years) and people kept asking stupid question after stupid question. and i got proof that my boss hates me. and along with my sadness of leaving my friends and school in europe, all i could think about was how i don't get paid enough to do this and why do i tell people i love this job? i was so happy to be home that i wanted to punch someone in the face. i seriously considered walking right out of training, taking all the money i'd saved for a down payment and running off to south america. (pretty sure my dollars would go far there) then yesterday we had the "meet your teacher" day and i met my new class. i am indifferent to them...give me a couple of months and i will be head over heels in love with them. BUT THEN, marcus streaked around the corner and ran full speed into my arms. i had to peel him off. then came lucy...and malia...and dominick...and amoni...and alyssa...and cayden...and kami...and davon...and sydney...and every kid who caused me to cry on the last day of school because letting them go was tearing me up inside. and then i remembered...oh yeah, THEY are why i love my job. THEY are why i'm here. and it made all the difference in my terrible horrible no good very bad day.
plus, on the drive home, i remembered that i've never had a problem that this guy didn't make better.
kaya.
on repeat.
the whole way home.
...it's good to be back.
4 comments:
Those darn kids. You made me tear up a little bit there with all those kids coming to hug you. You'll be fine. You'll find a home. Or you could always live under a bridge... No, it's too cold in Utah for that. Maybe you can live in Walmart like that one girl did while she was pregnant. :)
I'm sorry you were sad to be back. I was so glad to have everyone back. Even the crazy kids.
all right, what are we going to do about that 'boss' who hates you? can i make posters and picket in front chanting "we love miss a!"??? can i just say- even tho i have one more kid who will never get to be in your class (hint-hint) you are our favorite! by far! glad to have you back.
what i don't understand is HOW a boss can hate a teacher that EVERYONE loves? what's his damage, man? (Lena)
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