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sister_luckThere was good stuff today (more on that later) but most of the day can only be described as Monday suckitude.
Let's recap:
After deciding against pulling an all-nighter to finish my marking I still didn't get a decent night's sleep - woke up twice and maybe managed five hours shut-eye which is not enough for an old woman like me.
The morning was freezing cold and I had a hard time de-frosting the car-windows: Scraping and spraying didn't work too well on the thick layer of ice, so I had to use the environmentally-unfriendly method of letting the engine run with the heating on full-blast.
That made me late for work.
Then I killed a rabbit. I saw it in the headlights, it froze, and I hit it. With the icy roads I didn't want to brake or swerve to avoid it. It all happened much too fast anyway. It was awful. This afternoon I discovered some bits of fur stuck to the rearwindow wiper.
First period, my students were doing an exam - which I still had to copy. The photocopier was out of toner. The secretary helped out and used the other machine which is usually only reserved for important admin stuff.
One of my students uses a laptop computer because of health issues. When I tried downloading and printing her essay on our staffroom computer I re-discovered why I steer away from Microsoft products. Word 2007 files cannot be opened with older versions of Word. Luckily, she managed to find another computer in the building that had Word 2007 on it, so she could print it out for me.
Also, I feel like I'm getting the stomach bug that has been floating around. This morning a charming little boy informed me that he had to get a sick-note: "I've got diarrhoea". Fine, I thought, but don't stand so close to me. Another girl told me her neighbour had thrown up during break and she suggested it might be a good idea to have a bin close to their desks for the next time. The girl in question, on the other hand, maintained that she was okay and that she didn't want to go home. She made it through the day without any major accidents.
All in all, I can now laugh about most of these episodes (except for the rabbit of course).
In other exciting news, St. Nikolaus came to school today accompanied by an angel and Knecht Ruprecht and the little ones were delighted. That was heart-warming and funny, too.
Let's recap:
After deciding against pulling an all-nighter to finish my marking I still didn't get a decent night's sleep - woke up twice and maybe managed five hours shut-eye which is not enough for an old woman like me.
The morning was freezing cold and I had a hard time de-frosting the car-windows: Scraping and spraying didn't work too well on the thick layer of ice, so I had to use the environmentally-unfriendly method of letting the engine run with the heating on full-blast.
That made me late for work.
Then I killed a rabbit. I saw it in the headlights, it froze, and I hit it. With the icy roads I didn't want to brake or swerve to avoid it. It all happened much too fast anyway. It was awful. This afternoon I discovered some bits of fur stuck to the rearwindow wiper.
First period, my students were doing an exam - which I still had to copy. The photocopier was out of toner. The secretary helped out and used the other machine which is usually only reserved for important admin stuff.
One of my students uses a laptop computer because of health issues. When I tried downloading and printing her essay on our staffroom computer I re-discovered why I steer away from Microsoft products. Word 2007 files cannot be opened with older versions of Word. Luckily, she managed to find another computer in the building that had Word 2007 on it, so she could print it out for me.
Also, I feel like I'm getting the stomach bug that has been floating around. This morning a charming little boy informed me that he had to get a sick-note: "I've got diarrhoea". Fine, I thought, but don't stand so close to me. Another girl told me her neighbour had thrown up during break and she suggested it might be a good idea to have a bin close to their desks for the next time. The girl in question, on the other hand, maintained that she was okay and that she didn't want to go home. She made it through the day without any major accidents.
All in all, I can now laugh about most of these episodes (except for the rabbit of course).
In other exciting news, St. Nikolaus came to school today accompanied by an angel and Knecht Ruprecht and the little ones were delighted. That was heart-warming and funny, too.
