"Hell Week"

Yeah...been sort of absent here for a bit...Sorry Ladies!!!
Work has been busy as I have taken the lion's share of the workload from the moron in sneakers I work with. Told him I would take care of this unit...used the guise that he had done "so much" while I was out! I guess I am a control freak at work...like things done my way in the best interest of the students.
This week has been hell though...Not sure what is going on or if there is something in the drinking water in Old Town, but these kids need a vacation or something! Fights brewing, high school drama queens driving me nuts, students forging notes to get out of "GYM" class...I have battled issues all week long so far. The admin. is as frustrated as we all are. CRAZY!

Today, some Ed. Tech took it upon himself to email the WHOLE school district that he plans on doing some work at the Obama visit this weekend...BIG WHOOP for him! Totally inappropriate to mail us all this crap, and the guys in I.T. let him know it, as did some of us. Actually, I just mailed the I.T. guy to let him know I didn't appreciate getting political propaganda at home, let alone at my work address. Then, I noticed a colleague had emailed the "all staff" list to say about the same thing...not wanting her to feel alone, I concurred. So, the guy sends me this rude email echoing the I.T. guy's comments about this not being board approved email, etc and not to mail everybody next time...Only he says, "please don't reply to 'all staff' with useless mail that I will only have to delete." WHAT A JERK! He was the one who started this whole thing to begin with! Get a life was what I wanted to reply to him after that, but didn't think he was worth the effort after that. Of course, I forwarded that to the I.T. guy and told him I didn't need this crap!
To make matters politically worse, I got two...TWO calls from the Democratic party tonight...one from Hillary's camp and the other from Obama's....AND I AM NOT EVEN REGISTERED AS A DEM. OR REP!!! I will be glad when the caucus is over and done with ...and rest assured people...I WON'T BE CAUCUSING HERE IN BREWER!!! Jeez.

One week from today I will be relaxing in the balmy Caribbean at some lovely outdoor restaurant...probably trying to keep Cherie Roy from eating off my plate. God that drives me nuts! I cannot wait to go though...sick to death of this winter, that's for sure.
Kyle is so excited about going to Grammie's, and seeing his cousin Tyler. Mostly, the "boys only" road trip to Carl's Sausage Kitchen and the Donut place have him totally on ten! He cannot wait!!! I will miss him...but frankly, we need some time apart. He did great on his mid-terms and his report card will show that I am sure.

I am seeing a physical therapist now for my left achillies...he is doing ultra sound on the scar tissue to try to break that up...as well as massage. He also has given me some stretches and low level strengthening work to begin the process of rehab. Looking forward to seeing some results...let alone some calf muscle again!!! haha Plan on relaxing as much as possible for the 10 days I am "on island" as Jimmy Buffet would say.

Have a lovely weekend everyone...stay out of the cold...YEAH RIGHT!

The Kimster