Monday, December 9, 2023

Puppy video was a delight CC, thanks! And of course your puppies need a little bite of roast Diane. They're at the top of the food chain, and it's their destiny.

Liz, interesting family dynamic indeed. I abhor fixing a crisis that could clearly have been avoided in the first place, but some people don't seem bothered by the chaos, or not enough anyhow to use some forethought. Life has enough drama without causing more.

Ann, wow, it is a lot to wrap up in one week. If anyone can do it, it's you. You've done even harder things these past years, so you'll wrap this up too.

Miss 150, I cannot imagine how nice homemade graham crackers smell.

Paula, hot tub does take some maintenance, doesn't it. Messing around with draining and filling in the winter is no fun. Easier to drain than a pool gone wrong though.

Ohh, classical guitar, sounds heavenly. The other, not so much. A devoted audience must exist for them to keep on going 30 plus years.

My friend's neck lump came back inconclusive for skin cancer of all things. It was subcutaneous, so she hadn't even considered it could be skin cancer. Apparently there were some skin cancer type cells in the biopsy, but not well defined enough to label it as such. Removal will be the treatment. But nothing at all to do with thyroid, thank heavens, since she is using Wegovy successfully.

All you people ready for Christmas! DH is driving the Christmas bus this year. What decorations are up are completely his doing. He is pestering the children for Christmas lists. DD has complied. He wants mine too, but I haven't even gotten around to that. I do feel like baking though. I'll probably get going on that later this week. So Peps, I think you and I are in about the same Christmas space currently.

So now my boss, who has been my boss since July has another job offer. In our department, I think only myself and the other department chair know. Special Ed is a small world in some cases. A former coworker has a friend at the district that is offering the job. The friend told former coworker that my boss was coming to work for them, and he called us. Good grief! It used to be unheard of to break your contract midyear. I guess it remains to be seen if he can get out of the contract. If you're determined to leave, there's not a lot a district can do, except threaten your license. I've never seen someone lose their license over a contract though. I guess we wait and see if it becomes official. I had the same direct supervisor for over 15 years, and above him the same Director for 20 years. It's been a revolving door the last 2 years. I am once again so grateful to be getting the heck out of there soon.

We started watching Man on the Inside with Ted Danson on Netflix. Highly recommend. It's funny and poignant at the same time, and very charming.

Ron and I watched Man on the Inside and LOVED it!!!! We watched an episode or two per night over a week's time. I'm quite happy another season is in the works!

Classroom teachers seem to be the only ones that adhere to the old school year rule where I am. Support staff - even credentialed - seem to come and go throughout the year without a thought to consistency for the students. At one school we are on the THIRD speech pathologist for THIS school year!!!!! And this one only sees them remotely on Zoom while a para sits in the room with the student. WTF???? I want that gig! LOL!

It never occurred to me that people working in schools actually weren't supposed to leave mid-year but now that I think about it it makes sense. Back in time we didn't see staff leave mid-year except for health reasons. It does sound like a good time to be leaving. Sometimes life makes certain decisions like retirement easier.