thoughts about ish
Today was a weird Friday. I woke up slightly late. I listened in on an teacher check-in video call. I bought an ottoman for my vanity (sitting on a card table chair was getting to be THE WORST THING EVER). And I did some grading. And since we are still at home, I updated the Corona Chronicles for my students. It was not super exciting. It really doesn't even deserve it's own whole page. I was unmotivated all day. I started drinking a bottle of wine at 3:30 pm. That's not a thing I normally do. Let's be real, I wanted it to be a Bud Light Seltzer or a White Claw BUT MARC'S DIDN'T HAVE ANY. Again, weird freaking Friday. So I drank half a bottle of wine before going to Swenson's with a friend for dinner. Maybe I should tell my kids about that for tomorrow -- the Swenson's, not the half a bottle of wine drinking. The event I was looking forward to the most this month (Game Night with my friends) got cancelled because we have to be "safe" and avoid people who have recently left and returned to the country... It's fine, we will plan again for two weeks from now. Super unmotivated. I barely wanted to grade student work. It was not my favorite thing. And I sent an email to parents about how I am making myself available next week since we have no plans, just for one of them to be like "but when with the assignment my child turned in late be graded so we know if they have to make any corrections?" That's not word-for-word what she said, but it's how I interpreted it since he had turned in an assignment late and I wasn't grading his class's work yet. It's not like he won't have time after Tuesday (when I plan on having all the grades done by) to make corrections... Spring Break goes until next Sunday. Then you have to do other work from home. (BTW this student also hasn't done ANY of the journal entries for this week. When they get a zero I just know I'm going to get the angry emails -.=) So look at that -- my annoyed ranting has made it so I can include a "read more" button for you all to read today's edition. I'm not sorry it's late. Besides, are you even still reading? Friday, March 20, 2020:
I finished watching Truth Be Told last night. It’s basically a show about figuring out who committed a murder 20 years ago and freeing the person who has been in prison for it. I was so engaged with watching this show that I tried my hardest to figure out who the killer was - I was working out scenarios in my head while I was working on school stuff during the day. I was wrong. I had no idea who the killer was. I love that there are still TV shows out there that I can’t predict because it keeps it super exciting. I had a game night planned with my friends for this weekend. We had to cancel because someone just came back from Barbados and anyone who has been traveling needs to be in a very strict quarantine. My best friend and I had planned on making St. Patrick’s Day themed cupcakes and celebrating a few days late since we haven’t been able to be around people. I wasn’t super upset about being isolated and working from home alone until this morning when the one thing I was looking forward to got cancelled. This is just one of the many disruptions happening in our lives -- or at least my life. I finally feel like I understand what it’s like to be one of my students again because all of these things are being taken away from you as well - the social interactions that are so important to all of us to ensure a happy, healthy life are disappearing. So in 2-4 weeks I will see my friends again and hopefully have the game night we originally planned. I’m constantly reading the news - I can’t watch it, it’s too sad right now - and that means I’m finding articles that are just as sad about deaths due to COVID-19. The situation in Italy has escalated due to the amount of deaths they’ve had (even since their quarantine). Countries are still reporting cases as they come in. The United States has new cases every day - the state of Ohio has had new cases announced this week. I’m finding peace in reading student journals and talking to other teachers and even just my friends throughout the day making it seem like we aren’t all cut off from each other. Plus grading your assessments has kept be busy. ___________________________________________________________________________________ So there you have it wonderful readers. The super enthusiastic and thrilling update I gave to my kids. I really hope NONE of them actually clicked my super depressing and panic inducing Italy article. That's a lie, I hope they did. Tomorrow I'll talk about Illinois. That'll actually be the best - I should probably leave out the worst parts of it and save that for JDKC. The kids don't need to know. So Goodnight and Good Luck, Readers xo, Jax
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