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Flu season is like the Super Bowl for attendance clerks.
The last two days have been insane. You would think having so many students absent would make my job easier, but it does not. So many phone calls, all day long! Staff are dropping like flies! And this is not an easy week to get substitutes in the door. I am drinking massive amounts of…
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Work is getting both easier and harder
Work is getting harder, but not in the way I expected. As far as the actual workload and my flow, things are going pretty well. I am still learning (I think I will say that phrase every day until I retire), but things are running smoothly. Working at a school is so much easier when…
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When there’s nobody left to do the invisible labor of family life.
I try to not spend too much time on Facebook, but when I do make my way over there I am inevitably pulled in by the Reels. Facebook Reels are terrible, but so interesting. I get a lot of cat content tossed at me (A+) and recently a lot of piano content (also A+, I…
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December Update
We are four days into December and my de-Grinch-ification efforts are going well. Presents have been purchased, although not wrapped. We have a tree with ornaments. We have candles, Advent and non-Advent. I signed up for the gift exchange at work. ME! The Grinch! Signing up for an extra gift purchase! Am I having a…