Monday, May 3, 2010

No wonder I'm pooped...

10:30 pm: went to bed after working on a test for per 4, Monday

2:30am- woke b/c Mal cried out in her sleep, soothed her, pee, tried to sleep again myself, lay there, lay there, lay there

3:30am- still awake and begin wondering where my Othello "teacher" copy is, go in search of it in laundry/junk/toy/office room

3:45am- book found, pee, and try to sleep again

4:15am-  still awake, wide awake, but crazy tired, toss, turn, go check email

4:45am-  bac to bed, only an hour and 15 minutes before alarm will go off

5:15am- still awake, so decide to set the alarm 1/2 hour later and hope for the best

5:45am-  still awake

6:20:must have actually fallen asleep for 1/2  and hour b/c I wake to the sound of a car out on the street.

6:45am-  ready and wake Malia 15 minutes later than usual

7:15 am- both ready and Mal fed, Beast fed, out the door

7:20- coffeeeeeeee!

7:40: drop Mal off at pre-school

7:45: arrive at work, do all the "stuff" to get ready

8:20 am: 1st class

9:50 am: prep period:  Glee work, bbs 100 people, rework the Othello test, write up the character development posters and scripts for per 3, find Romeo and Juliet video for another teacher

11:11: lunch duty (drinking a juice and eating handful of raw nuts), get after kids who are walking away from their garbage, listen to a kid's concerns, get another kid granola bars b/c she has no lunch

11: 35: respond to bbses, write up improv scenarios

11:50: per 3-  it's a split level drama, so am "on" all 76 minutes

1:09: per 4-  Othello test (oral today so i am talking for 30 minutes non-stop), classroom drama (teenage boy with HUGE issues today- argh), mark test, run out of time

2:30: write up report on teenage boy drama , Glee kids coming in, everybody needs me for this or that

2:45 Glee rehearsal: walk to remember into Two is better than one (ugh- they have forgotten 1/2 what I choreographed last week) 

3:30  Glee Taylor swift rehearsal

4:15: Glee Wicked rehearsal

4:30: Glee Two is better than one, recap

5pm: call pre-school- tell them I will be late

5:05 :finish writing report on teenage boy drama,"

5:35  hit "send

5:40: pick up Malia (who is crazy happy to see me :)

5:50: gorcery shop

6:20 start dinner (oven potato casserole topped with cheese, corn on the cob, oatmeal cookie-  made yesterday, so just heated)

6: 50 chat with former student on FB (important)

7:00 get Mal ready for bed

7:45 pm- internet stuff (nothing I need to be doing)

8:15 pm: start this blog post

9pm: hit "send"

As you can see- NO break in 18 hours.  I am on the same schedule from 6am to 5:15 EVERY day this week, plus added lunch rehearsal, too...

(and if I do not pass out before then, will wash dishes, get things ready for school tomorrow and then get myself washed up for bed, too!! Please, God, sleep??  Thanks)

7 comments:

Single PAP said...

oh man. that's rough. i feel ya..we teachers work waaaaaay to hard. it's too much, especially on no sleep. hope you get a good night's sleep tonight. i'm heading to bed now myself. (it's 9:15) hope i don't get awakened by the wee one.

Michelle said...

Gosh, Im tired just reading that!!

Mama Papaya said...

Um wow. Go to bed!

Anonymous said...

I am tired just reading about that schedule. Thank goodness the weekend is around the corner. Hope you get a bit of a break.

Tarah said...

Oh my goodness. Hope you get some great sleep to help you refresh.

my cowgirl alter-ego said...

It's been a month! Need my Malia!

cayley109 said...

Just wondering where Malia's Mama is.....has she fallen asleep? I am really missing your posts.