I agreed to watch another teacher's class today during last period.  I thought it would be no problem - we were watching a video about Beethoven.  I figured the chorus class should know some music history too.

It was not fun.  I thought I was getting like 10 kids.  She sent 24.  I don't even have 24 chairs, let alone 24 plus the 16 I needed for my class.  Disaster.  Middle school girls don't want to sit on the floor, they might mess up their already-ripped-up-from-Holister jeans.  The class turned into a mess.

This is not the first time I have volunteered to help a fellow teacher.  Not too long ago I covered someone's lunch duty who was super busy.  Some kid dropped mashed potatoes on my shoe.  No lie.

I was thinking about kharma today.  Do you really think that if you do good things, good things will come back to you?  I'm still waiting for my amazing reward for the mashed potato incident.

Sorry that I have been away for so long.  Life has been crazy.  Literally...

Work is very hectic.  I love my job, and I am drowning myself it in.  Every day I spend all of my time making life better for my students.  And I love it!!  Are there issues?  Of course.  But every day I wake up know that what I am going is making a difference.

But I do miss my social life.  I guess it really isn't much of a loss.  I have no friends here, so there isn't much to neglect.  I am looking forward to see my best friend over Thanksgiving.  Hopefully I'll meet some new friends soon.

Oh, and my love life...  Haha!!  What a joke!!  At the current moment a 40-year-old father of one of my students, a married man, and a habitual player are all vying for my attention.  Very exciting indeed!

I woke up this morning at 7:30.  After getting up and trying to figure out what to do with my day, I promptly laid back down.  I slept until 11:00 after that.  I can't remember when the last time I've slept that long.  I guess those kids really wore me out.

I spent the afternoon making peach jam.  The jam turned out wonderfully.  I got 36 jars out of three batches of jam.  And I only burned myself a couple of times.  I also made chicken salad and macaroni and cheese.  Overall I think it was a pretty productive day.

Tomorrow is church.  I think I am going to join the church I visited last week.  I like the pastor, the building is beautiful, and I like the people.  We'll see.

My best friend's birthday is on Monday.  It is also pay day.  Two awesome things in one day.  I'm excited!!