What a Trying Week...

My Dad had surgery yesterday. He has Prostate Cancer and he just finished up Radiation treatments last month. He's been having a hard time since and they decided to go ahead and give him the surgery. At first the doctors were against the surgery because of my Daddy's age, but I guess they did some tests on him and approved the surgery.

Thankfully the surgery went well. My Dad is still in a lot of pain, but he will get better. He told me that he was awake during the surgery, but they numbed him from the waist down. I pray that he will have a speedy recovery. We will find out on the 9th of January if he is cancer-free.

My job is stressing me out. I love my assistant, but she is a hoarder. She keeps EVERYTHING and it's making my classroom junky. I hate being in a junky classroom. I can't focus and I know if I can't focus the students can't wither. She collects pop cans and puts them on the window ledge. I put them in a bag and put them outside my door, hoping someone would come and pick them up but she just brought them back in 3 days later. I mean what the hell??? I she really wants them she would take them home. Those cans have been there for about 2 weeks. I'm sick of this crap. And now I'm not liking the layout of my classroom. I think I might need some Feng Shui. I was playing around on Google today and found this: Classroom Feng Shui. I'm going to look at it this weekend and I plan on rearranging my entire classroom for the New Year. I think I will be happier with my job and my classroom.

I also think I need to become a stronger person. I hate telling people the word "NO" and it always hurts me in the end. Let's use my job for example. We have a Home Based teacher and she has 12 students. They have to come to school at least twice a month to get socialization. I was the only teacher that allowed her and her students in my classroom. I mean, I guess I didn't know any better because this is my first year at this school. For some reason she tells her kids to come in once a week AND when they come, they come in groups. And the best part is...she always leaves us with her kids. I mean we already have 17 kids and now we have to add 5 or 6 more??? And the cry all day?!?!? What the hell. It's so terrible. And she doesn't care about this job. She says she's just here until she gets something better. She tells everyone that she's looking for another job. This would be all well and good, but she's telling this to the higher administration. Bad move in my opinion...ESPECIALLY the way the job market is in Michigan. She has 2 Masters degrees and can't move up within our company. Now my school is always doing internal hiring for various positions, and trust me, she has applied for all of them, but she has a smart mouth and a very negative attitude. Why would you want someone like that in administration. You don;t even believe in your job. I hate when people become a teacher just to pass the time away. This is a career you should love and take seriously. If you don;t like it, just quit. You'll be a lot happier.

Ok, enough about her...I've gotta go cook for the Hubby :)

Peace Out.