Another long week

This week has been long and emotional but nothing too exciting has happened. There will be a lot going on the next few weeks I'm sure.

Monday was my last grad class of the semester!! It was nice to be almost done with things.

Tuesday was a rough day for a lot of reasons but it turned into a very long day. School and work were both fine, nothing too out of the ordinary. It was a hard day because of some emotional stuff, which I spent a lot of the night talking to a few friends about. I had to finish up some homework, which made for an even more stressful night on top of the emotions. Long story short, once I finished the homework I talked with friends so that I could feel somewhat sane and calm myself down a bit and somehow ended up being awake until 12:30 or so. Not exactly a good choice when my alarm goes off at 5:45.

Wednesday felt even longer than Tuesday. After only 5 hours of restless sleep I went to school, dealt with a few rowdy kids but for the most part the morning went fine. I did find out that I got a 49/50 on the very long paper that I turned in a few weeks ago. That was a huge relief. I'm not sure how that happened, but I'll take it for sure! I talked with another good friend between jobs which helped a bit and then went into job number 2. Directly after leaving that job I had to tutor for an hour. As much as teaching math until 8:30pm is hard sometimes, the mom of the student I tutor is wonderful. She is always super kind and encouraging to me. At that point it was exactly what I needed.

By Thursday I was emotionally starting to do a little better, I was also physically a little more awake and in less pain. I had to put a few extra hours in at my second job which was frustrating but someone had to do it. One of my coworkers made me a card to cheer me up. A handmade card, with words that rhymed and even a cute math saying on the front. It was kind and heartfelt and honestly was probably the nicest thing anyone has done for me in a long time. I've only known her for a few months now but it meant a lot! After I finally finished work I went over to a friends house. It was exactly what I needed. A low key night with 2 friends. I looked at their honeymoon pictures and helped them decorate cookies and just hung out and talked. Seriously a perfect ending to my night, and my only social interaction of the week and weekend. It was emotionally strengthening and just reminded me that no matter what crap is going on in life, there are people out there that that can make it better, even if it's just for a night.

Friday was super productive! I was only running on about 6 hours of sleep and caffeine but it was totally worth it. After school I got 2 new tires put on my car, then bought a few Christmas presents, and then got a drink with one of my old coworkers from school. It was so great to catch up with her for a little while. There were supposed to be other math teachers there but it ended up being just us, which worked out great. It was nice to be out having a drink with another adult talking about life and catching up instead of out with the intention of getting drunk or drinking all night. I'm starting to realize that my priorities and likes are different than those of the people I have been hanging out with lately. Anyways, after our one drink, I came home, had dinner, and then went to work at Old Navy 7-11pm. It was steady for a little while and then slowed down to the point of being boring. By the time I got home I was ready for bed.

Saturday was full of work and then a lame night off. I worked 10-2 and then 3-7. Both jobs were busier than usual. It was nice to be busy and have things to do. I ran a few errands after work and got home around 8. By that point most of my friends were busy with other things so having a night off was pretty pointless from a social aspect. So I wrapped some Christmas presents and watched a few tv episodes on my computer. I enjoyed a glass of wine and then got some sleep. Not quite what I would have liked to spend my Saturday doing, but it was productive so I can't complain. I had a few students in the morning who were very kind and just made my day. They were high school girls, and they just said a few things that reminded me that teachers do more than just teach and sometimes we can be positive role models for the kids we interact with.

Today was also productive. I worked 8-12 and then came home and did laundry and wrote almost all of my Christmas cards (a little late, but they should go out in the next day or two). I was able to relax a bit which was definitely needed. I'm currently trying to ignore other situations in life and not think about them too much.

This coming week will be rather busy. I will be working around 45 hour plus hopefully adding in a few social things on top of packing and driving to NJ for Christmas with my parents. It will be interesting for sure. It will all fit and work out!