I’m in a pissy mood
today.
My work printer breaks, I
can’t get ahead of the correcting at work, my lunch gets cut short when I am
reminded I have a meeting later for which I am somewhat unprepared, I’m trying
to check in the backlog of new books to my class library, and I’m having a bit
of a shoving match with the administration.
On top of all this, I just
don’t feel well. I had a massive
headache yesterday that is coming back today, I can’t stop sneezing (big
sneezes – the kind that even scare the kiddos), and I need to catch up on some
sleep.
My lesson plan for the day
leaves no down-time, so I’m on my feet all day long. I’m run down and in no mood for a run in, so
when I see the boss in the hallway that separates me from the wing where my
classroom is, I try cutting through another way. Unfortunately, the cut-through circles right
back to where my boss is standing. Just
as I walk toward the corner, my boss comes around the same corner, having also
used the cut-through.
Making it look like I
forgot something, I quickly turn, make a stop at the main door where two of my
teammates are chatting, pretend I am part of their conversation, then I dart
back toward the original path to take me back up toward my room.
I’m just not up to
it. I’m really not. We all have those days, and today it’s my turn.
I make it safely back to
my classroom without further incident, fix my printer, get set up for tomorrow,
go through some of the work that is piling up on my desk, and consider staying
late to check in the library books.
In the end, I opt to come
home on time, instead. Do not pass go;
do not collect $200. After all, tomorrow
is a half-day with an entire afternoon of sitting on my ass on a cafeteria bench
seat while listening to some speaker drone on and on and on like Charlie Brown’s
teacher. I can probably catch up on my
sleep then.
In the meantime,
apparently there is no cure for my pissy mood.
I guess I’ll take it with me to the presentation and hope no one asks me
to volunteer my opinion lest they actually get it … along with a massive sneeze
or two.
