This week I am having dreams of anxiety due to this upcoming trip to Paris, with the kids. I am either on an island with no way out, or at the airport, with no flights leaving. In one dream I was in Russia visiting my folks, and L was in Paris, and I couldn’t get to her!
I have a few more days and a weekend to prepare. All will be well, but the anxiety is still here. I don’t feel like I’ve felt that when we went to Denmark last spring. Or, it could be I am working myself up. Been waking up with headaches that go away after I have coffee and some water.
This weekend I will be on a roll! Will do all the laundry and pack. Will change the bed sheets. Will also clean the house because I do NOT like going way, and the house is messy. I do not like coming back to an untidy house. We will also eat up the food we have so it wouldn’t go bad. Freezer is not a problem but refrigerator can get stinky. Will place travel notices on cards. Will get snacks for the plane. Will charge both iPads. Will create a more solid itinerary.
Next Tuesday I will place our carry-ons, my backpack, and my fanny pack by the front door. I will go to work. I will bring my plants home. I will make subplans for Thursday when I have substitute teacher.
Next Wednesday is gonna be a doooooooozy! I will teach till 2:45pm, then rush home, jump into T’s car, and vroom! To the airport. The flight to Paris is from Newark, non-stop, at 7:20pm, arriving at 7:25AM the next day.
Other than this general sense of anxiety, I am doing a-okay. Went to the parent- teacher association meeting last night at L’s school. Got flowers for R’s teacher because today is their birthday. Students are doing okay considering we are doing subjunctive with expressions of time in Spanish 3 and in Spanish 2 is preterit and imperfect tenses together.
My summative process is finished, I received very complimentary feedback from my supervisor. I am very happy where I work and with what I do. Of course, there are always annoyances but really it’s a wonderful school district. I feel valued and respected by colleagues, administrators, and students.
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