Ok, first off… I’m watching Portlandia. I’m babysitting,
need to stay up till 1am or so, it is on Netflix and someone said something
about it this past weekend. I’m just now getting to the credits and their
little song about the “Dream of the 90’s is alive in Portland” already makes me
interested. LOL
All right, so today was a busy day, and I have to remind
myself that it is NOT Monday! Today was the first day back to school and I was
called in to sub for the rest of the week. I had to wake up and like shower and
get dressed and all that all before 7:30. I do not have to “report,” at the
latest, until 7:45, but I stress about being late for things. It was such a
Monday kind of day.
I am pretty excited though because I am acting as a
substitute teacher’s aide in a special education classroom where the teacher
last time let me do things! Now, for anyone who has ever been a substitute you
know how boring it really can be. Part of the job description is something
about carrying on with lesson plans the teacher leaves to keep the learning
continuous while the teacher is gone, but seriously? That would make the job a
whole lot better if that actually happened. I typically get tests, movies,
worksheets, silent reading, group reading, test reviews, and busy work. Last
April I started crocheting a blanket which I thought I would never finish, but
it has become my “substitute blanket” and is a good three feet long now and it
pretty much only gets brought out when I am subbing.
This morning was not as exciting as I thought it would be,
but it was no “silent reading” kind of day, it was a “make a ton of copies”
day! And in the afternoon I got to replace another aide who had to leave early.
[Side note: Episode 1 of Portlandia just finished. I will
not be watching more episodes of that. I instead moved onto How I Met Your
Mother… episode 1… ]
After school I picked up my nephew from school. My sis is
out of town for the night and he gets picked up after about an hour on
Wednesdays to go to his Dad’s. He was in a sad kind of mood and so we sat and
talked for a good half hour and then I chatted with his Dad’s girlfriend who
picks him up. Then I got ready…
Last month I started a home income business (let me know if
you’re interested…) and had a webcast to prep for at 5:30 and a friend to
contact to make sure she is still joining me for the webcast. Well, the lady
who is training me did not show up on time and I called her only to get her
answering machine. So I left a message and spent 45 minutes catching up with an
old friend, the one the webcast was for. Then I got a call and turns out, told
the helpful woman the wrong time!!! Stupid time zones…
Presentation went off without a hitch, but took awhile.
Since it started late I was running late for the dinner that was supposed to be
at 6. I knew I would already be
late, but still, it was later than planned. Because I multitask I also had
gotten word that the family I am an on-call babysitter for needed me tonight at
8pm. Let us just say that was the fastest dinner I ever had. I think I got it
all down in less than five minutes!
And here I am… babysitting. It has been a long day and a
longer night. Even though there are two baby monitors in their living room the
parents do not really want you to sleep when babysitting. So here I am, adding
to my blog that so far, nobody reads and watching shows on Netflix. (They do
not have cable or anything….)
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