nothing new there really except that i was almost in a major accident on the way to school tues morning and between that and coming down with the cold my lovely teacher roomie brought home (a virus--the gift that keeps on giving!) i wound up taking friday off. which was the right thing to do, as much as i hate leaving my classroom in the hands of a complete stranger. i know taking the day off was definitely the right thing to do b/c of what happened thurs. i overreacted to a student which caused him to scream at me in class which led to his being in the office. not that he is not responsible for his actions, it's just that i don't normally respond to any students, let alone that particular one, in that way. if i had been thinking instead of reacting, he probably would not have wound up in the office. so that sucked. but whatever. and the counselor keeps sending me more students!!! uh-uh. not happening. according to the admin in charge of scheduling--they both do it--they have been having communication issues and our counselor who is new this year, didn't know about contact numbers being in our contract. whose job is it to tell her these things? not mine. so i wrote her an email personally saying not to send me anymore kids. as for sorting out my numbers, they need to figure out someone else's numbers first b/c she is waaaay over. i'm not gonna stress on that, but i'm not taking any more kids. i mean, if it is that much of a problem, maybe we need another teacher? at least a part time one. i love the collegiality of my school! people are geat in helping each other out with all kinds of stuff. i got help from 4 different teachers this week in curriculum and they were all fantastic about it. lovelovelovelovelove my school, yo! don't like this feeling of being stressed out. it feels toxic. see, this is why i need to take better care of myself and exercise, b/c when something super-dooper stressful comes along, my body doesn't handle it well. plus, the coping mechanisms i have in place aren't that great and could definitely be healthier.