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I really had to laugh at Chemguy. The freezer wasn't cold after getting it all cleaned up. He plugged in something other than the freezer! I couldn't see it, as it actually meant moving the freezer.
It's cold now, and partially stocked after he he bought a fair bit at Costco. One of the few times he didn't have to limit what to get cuz of lack of freezer space :)
 
Snow stayed yesterday - not a blizzard (no 4x4x4) but lots of snow and high winds. Nothing moving. Church services cancelled all around the city. I spent much of my time on the computer. Composed brilliant posts that got little response. Ha ha! And it seems most of my Scrabble friends have deserted me.
Today will be busy. Granddaughter's 18th birthday. Gorgeous girl. (I remember sitting by Seelergirl when she was born - C-section - over ten pounds.) We are going out for dinner and coming back here for pecan pie. I've got to make the pie, go to the store for a birthday card, post office to mail a copy of my book to AdventuresCanada, and pick up some cat food.
Seelergirl and her partner got moved into their new house on Saturday before the storm. Seelerman and I helped with the unpacking and organizing. Tonight the grandchildren will sleep under the new roof - after spending the weekend with their father.
 
18th Birthday Blessings to your SeelerGranddaughter, seeler, and Happy HouseWarming Blessings to Seelergirl and family - hope many happy memories are made in their new home.

Did you enjoy your Presbytery meetings, @Tabitha - did you learn anything new?
 
Enjoyed the weekend and it's back to work tomorrow. I did a fair bit of planning for a couple of units but I didn't go into the school...very unusual for me! But, I had an incident last week that made me want to stay away to heal. The janitor called me an idiot and a 2 year old because the bathroom door lock was broken and I couldn't get the deadbolt to work...It kept sticking. When I tried to push the stuck deadbolt, it tore a chunk out of my thumb and I started to bleed profusely. Then he said, "Guess you'll have to take a couple days off work!" (I seldom take sick days). I felt very disrespected by his attitude and management didn't support me, just said that the janitor must have been having a bad day. He was quite vicious to me and it left me badly shaken before school started, and I had to work really hard to get stable enough to do a good job the rest of the day. The lack of support shouldn't surprise me. It's been a tough couple of years since the new principal came. For some reason, she really doesn't like me. I usually manage my class without a lot of extra help from her, so I'm not sure what she has against me. But with all of our anti-bullying talk, and 'respect in schools' talk, I thought she would have at least said that she would talk to the janitor about how he treated me. Oh well, back to the grind tomorrow.
 
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But with all of our anti-bullying talk, and 'respect in schools' talk, I thought she would have at least said that she would talk to the janitor about how he treated me. Oh well, back to the grind tomorrow.
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Telling it to the kids is one thing. Getting the adults to live it is quite another, I suspect.
 
Nancy - what the janitor said to you is absolutely unacceptable. He should be reprimanded and made to appologize to you. And monitored to make sure this attitude doesn't present again.

Bullying in schools. Some of the worst bullying I've seen in schools has been by teachers and/or principals. Looking back to my own childhood I remember one girl who was severely bullied by most of the kids (including me at times). She was also strapped or shaken or shouted at by the teeacher almost daily. My son ran into a bullying teacher/principal in grade five. And perhaps the worst case was the bullying my grandson got from his teacher in grade one.
All the slogans in the world don't help when those in authority don't put them into practice.

Nancy, remind yourself that you are a good, caring, compassionate teaecher. And I hope that your thumb heals quickly and well.
 
Seeler said what I wanted to say and way more eloquently - I really wanted to reply but couldn't find the words so I'll just say - Yay Nancy and "ditto" to what seeler said. I hope your day goes better today Nancy.

Bullies large and small suck. And just to support what Seeler said - some of the worst bullying and discrimination I faced as a child came from teachers (one teacher shook me one time and her hand slipped and she scratched me enough to draw blood on three points and nothing happened to her. I came to the realization when I was working in schools that teachers are not a "homogeneous" group - they are people of all shapes, styles, behaviours, etc - with good and bad characteristics.
 
Sorry you had to experience this Nancy, in the workplace, and most especially in the school and within the school system. I hope that this situation is looked into and that there is some teaching and training going on with the staff so that it doesn't happen again . . . our children learn from what they see.

I hope today is a better day for you . . . and remember . . .

You ARE NOT those things that others with their own issues try to put on you . . . you are a unique, specially created individual . . . go into this day celebrating and rejoicing in who you are . . . and I hope you are able to continue in doing the work within the school that you do.
 
Bullying sucks indeed. You were treated badly by that janitor Nancy and I hope this type of situation doesn't happen again. Maybe a conversation could be initiated that would bring up this sort of thing. Does your principal think it would be ok for you to treat a student or another teacher with such a level of unkindness?

Over my life I have seen various types of bullying and unkind behaviour at schools. It isn't pretty.

Hope you have some better days soon, Nancy.
 
Good question pinga. These sorts of things sure take me by surprise when they happen in my own life from time to time.
 
Yup, sometimes, even friends have spoken out of turn or been obnoxious... snapping. Sometimes I can predict that someone is going to be grumpy just coz I know it is an anniversary of a death or a similarly sadly/special day.

Other times, it is someone who has gotten away with being a grump and others have walked away from it.
 
On other notes, I am at home sick. Took the cake to church on Sunday for Dad. Had a headache, didn't think too much of it. Didn't go in, when I took Dad home as I didn't feel great. Came home, fell asleep. Woke up Monday with a splitting headache... and upset / achy stomach. Was sick to my stomach in afternoon. Dad's dinner was at 6pm. Up until 5:15pm I wasn't sure if I could go, but, I went, stayed at the end of the table, ate bread, drank water, and didn't give any hugs. Came home, went back to bed, slept most of this morning. Slept again this afternoon. Hope my headache stays at the lower level it is.

Not the family day that I was expecting, nor did I get the prep for dad's birthday that I had hoped. Thankfully, it was at a restaurant.
 
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Yup, sometimes, even friends have spoken out of turn or been obnoxious... snapping. Sometimes I can predict that someone is going to be grumpy just coz I know it is an anniversary of a death or a similarly sadly/special day.
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Speaking of things, one year ago this morning, our lives changed again.

Thanks all for listening on that journey.
 
Hugs to you and yours chansen. I knew it was around Valentine's day that Carter died, but couldn't recall the exact date. You have all been in my thoughts recently. We continue to journey along with you.
 
Pinga said:
On other notes, I am at home sick.
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Oh boo - I read this first as "I am homesick" - thinking you were again away on business travels! But it wasn't making sense ... the little tricks the brain plays on us. Hoping you will soon be feeling more like yourself again ... and hoping you can stay home until you do. So many nasty germs out there.
 
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