it's been a loooong day and night

music : rehab by amy winehouse

schwing!!!!


1. woke up at 4:30 this morning. couldn't go back to bed. checked the automated web based substitute program of my district and viola! i had 3 assignments to choose from. one was for the HS academy assignment, another was for a music teacher, and the last was for a kindergarten teacher subbing assignment. i chose the last one.

2. i had a class of 17 precocious kindergartners. boy, did i work hard for my pay today. there were fistfights, temper tantrums, a fire drill, a nosebleed, several crying bouts and song and dance numbers from yours truly to keep that class on its toes.

3. bless you pre-school and elementary school teachers. i dunno how you do it. i think the younger the students are, the harder it is to teach them. of course a lot of you might think otherwise. this is why i know i am best suited to teach high school. i can handle my classes easily.

4. a cute but very mercurial 6 year old student of mine asked me to marry him. he got on his knees and proposed with his chocolate pudding. this after i kissed his boo-boo on the finger. he's sweet, but very very moody. he threw a fit when i told him i need to hold so and so's hand because she wanted to be my walking buddy on the way to the cafeteria. when i told him that hitting is not good he scowled at and told me that i don't like him anymore. sigh. these kids.


5. now i remember why i quit teaching pre-school aside from becoming very disturbed that my morning shower repertoire consisted of nursery rhymes -- i just can't be the best pre-school teacher -- those kids are too young to be infected by my sarcastic bite.


6. after school today i went home, rested for an hour and headed to johnson field for a serious workout. ahem ahem. i jogged 4 rounds today alternated by 6 rounds of brisk walking. so yeah, i feel sore all over, dammit. but jane the jock is a happy camper. i ought to get them running shoes real soon.


7. had a lesson with j today which was basically a storytelling session for an hour. i tutored olivia for 1 1/2 hours, an hour's worth of tuck everlasting and half an hour's worth of the revolutionary war.

8. the bonus for tonight is i got to eat yummy and spicy korean soup.

9. the bad news is i didn't make it home until way past 9 pm.

10. i have a subbing assignment tomorrow - i'm gonna be a sub for a dual language teacher in one of the elementary schools.

11. i'd write more about subbing, but i'm just too darn exhausted. maybe tomorrow.


12. i could really use a cup of mitsuwa's soft serve green tea ice cream.

13. i've added the police's "every breath you take" in my guitar accompanied repertoire. tee-hee. it's sweet.


noo-ni-noo-ni-noo.