World Traveler: The day I get groceries

T5B: 1) I didn't miss my bus. 2) My lessons went well. 3) I wasn't starving by lunch time. 4) I finally got some food. 5) I bought cheese.

basal temp: :/ wasuremashita! (I forgot)

Today, I only woke up 15 minutes before my alarm but it was during my deep sleep. I don't know why my body allowed that and I was SO tired when I opened my eyes. I totally forgot to take my temperature. I got ready but I got ready in a mental fog. By the time I left my place (and I forgot two things I needed and though they were important, I made do without them) I was afraid I'd miss my bus. I live two blocks from the bus center (which is a HUGE blessing). My bus is supposed to come at 7:50. One day it came at 7:49. I usually leave at 7:45. 7:46 feels like pushing it. By the time I left today, it was 7:47. I was in a PANIC. I jogged the last half block and I had so much adrenaline running through my veins my hands were trembling and my legs felt shaky. Luckily the bus came 45 seconds/1 minute later (so I had a SMALL cushion). And those of you who know me really well, I was kicking myself for forgetting those two things already and thinking, "I HAD time to grab them!" Thing was, I didn't remember until I was a block away. No way I'm risking missing my bus! In any case, it all turned out well even though one of the things I forgot was my computer cord to make my next worksheets so I could connect to the web (I use my gmail drive). *sigh* It sorta means I lugged my heavy laptop for nothing, HOWEVER I'm just glad I made the bus!

The bus, for a reason unknown to me, didn't drop us off in front of the school today. It stopped out at the main road and had us get out and walk the rest of the way. I don't mind at all, but I am curious about the whole thing. That's the second time they've done that and I've seen no rhyme or reason as to why. I hurried in and sat on the side for the morning meeting. Last night my pain was pretty icky and it's been icky today, but I was THANKFULLY able to teach. My hands didn't shake, and my lessons went pretty well. My first lesson was a new lesson so it was a bit nerve wracking teaching it, but it went well. The second lesson also went well. :)

The first lesson was for third period. So before that, I made my copies and got my materials together. I had printed out all sorts of pictures (as requested) and got busy labeling them and putting them into sheet protectors. I also made the copies of the worksheets I needed and the keys. Oh and I corrected the 80 worksheets I had collected and didn't have time to correct on Thursday. One worksheet cracked me up - I got a picture. Interac also called. I was confused about why they had called at first, but it was because I emailed them pictures from yesterday. I said in the email that I sent those pictures so they could laugh, but they were worried and asked if I wanted to go to the doctor. I said I was fine and reiterated it was so they would have a laugh to start their day. I then asked them about this Friday. I'm supposed to teach two lessons. One for second period and one for third. Second period starts at 945. My time slot at the doctor is between 900-930. They've already told me they'll probably bump me to the next half hour though. :/ 4th period starts at 1045. So, I asked Interac to call the school and ask them if they could change second period. Since it is a one person class, I figured it was easily reschedulable. Interac wants to send a sub. :/ As nice as it would be to have a day off, I'd rather they sent a sub to MM than CS. I have read papers and WRITTEN papers about the treatment of Deaf students. I don't want my students to go through that! Besides, I can teach! I told them I wanted to go anyway so I could use that day off later if I need surgery. I'm thinking the doc is going to say no surgery but then I'll be in trouble because the other things they want to try are hormones (no thanks) and birth control (DUR also hormones!). :/ We'll see what happens. Maybe Shinoki can just help me have a supply of that medicine that works pretty well. Ato de wakaru ne! (We'll see! ~ kinda)

Anyway, by the time I was finished with all my prep, I had 20 minutes until I taught. So I used the time to zone out. Not even on purpose. My brain said, "I can shut down now!? Done!" LOL After that class, I corrected their worksheets and found another funny thing and got a picture of that too. Then some people were eating lunch by I held out another 15 minutes so it was only 10-15 minutes before lunch started. I didn't feel ravenous as I have been feeling everyday the past couple weeks. I'm not sure what changed - I thought the adrenaline would make me hungry sooner for sure. Although a fight or flight response shuts down those kinds of systems in your body, I figured once my body kicked back online, it would go through my food even faster to create more fuel to feed the previous heart racing episode. Guess not. Yatta! I like not feeling like I'm starving. In any case, I ate lunch and then ended up making a grocery list since I had a little time to kill before 5th period. 3rd period was a TV lesson and 5th was a colors and animal phrases lesson. The latter I taught last week and it didn't go well. That's the lesson when I felt the world was moving sideways and I was shaking so badly I could barely write on the board. This week went much better. I found a better way to explain the game and part 2 went MUCH more smoothly. I think the lesson was awesome. :D

After that I tried not to fall asleep at my desk. I wasn't playing the magnet game (hallelujah) but I felt like my body would just fall apart like some Tim Burton cartoon character who's threads are coming undone. I kept thinking my arm or my head might just drop off. Good news though, no body parts fell off. (Well maybe that's bad news. I'm sure they would have let me leave early if some body part dropped off. Dang it!)

Oh quick funny story - I saw a female teacher who watched her hands. Internally I was all, "Yay! One does it!" Then I thought, "Wait what if she just did it because she peed on her hands!?" LOL Possible and disturbing thought.

(A side note: the head second grade teacher is a woman after my own heart. She's already given me the lesson plans for the next two weeks. I blocked out the worksheets for both of them and will make them tomorrow. Without my cord, the internet barely functions on my laptop. Still, tomorrow or the day after ~ since I have a lot of lessons tomorrow ~ I will be two weeks ahead with the second grade classes. That makes me VERY happy. Oh and the teacher is Saki-sensei/Female Suzuki-sensei)

Today has been a very lonely feeling day. Tomorrow is a DOOZY. I have my two toughest classes, the biggest amount of classes AND I'm teaching another class RIGHT after work. And I mean, get off the bus and go straight there (no dinner until after). :/ Hope I get good sleep tonight. Now I have to go grocery shopping. :/ Hope you're all doing well. XOXO, A

Back from grocery shopping. I went about $20 over my budget. :/ However, I had to get cheese (VERY expensive here - I got a pack of ten slices and a little bag of shredded cheese: $6), and some more fresh fruits and veggies than originally planned. Since I didn't really get to go shopping for a while, I went a LITTLE over board. I think I have at least 2 weeks worth of food! But yay! Elder Norawong will be so proud.