These Days

The last couple days of been really crazy or weird depending on how you decide to view it. First things first, yesterday, Thursday, February 22, 2018, was my birthday. I’m now 43 years old. I’m coming to terms with that. It helps that one of the reverse workers at the school asked if I was in my mid30s. Regardless, it was a very low-key day, being mostly broke and very far away from my family, and still not fully comfortable in this new environment meant that I basically came home after work and stayed under the radar. My students wished me a happy birthday and, for the life of me, I could not figure out how they knew until I remembered having a playful argument with a couple of them, who were going on about how they were the only ones in the classroom whose birthday was in February. I am quite surprised that a couple weeks later they remembered the exact date.

FYI, they believe I am somewhere between 20 and 500 years old. Today, The support staff in my school surprised me at recess with a birthday cake. It was chocolate and delicious and I was touched by the fact that they cared. They appear to have found out via Facebook but still...

Having said that, both days also presented some chaos and behaviour management challenges in my classroom. Nothing too concerning now but very unpleasant to deal with at the time. As such I’m getting ready for bed now and trying to mentally prepare to work on report cards. I have the grades worked out and, for the most part, have a general idea of what I want to say in the comments, it’s just getting to focus and getting it done that is causing some unexpected distress. I know, ultimately, it actually won’t take long to finish once I start, it’s just starting that is the challenge.

I did, after posting a YouTube video stating I was taking a break from YouTube, make a new video and launch a rebranding of sorts to my channel. I also included a clip of a local artist who presented to my class yesterday.

So that’s been my couple of days. C’est la vie.