new school year=time to start from scratch:
1. i colored my hair today and did not use anything from the red family--i went with biscotti, which is dark blonde and a cool tone. i'm not sure i like it--it's not that dramatically different, really, just no red tones, but i think it's a bit ashy or cool for my skin. i'm going to give it a couple of weeks and then assess. i'd like to go lighter and blonder--not blonde, really--so i figured i'd just work my way there slowly. now i'm thinking i really do like the red, so who knows.
2. my desk is CLEAN. i can walk in my classroom and see the top of my desk, i can find pens and pencils and i can put my hands on files. it's my new promise to myself--clean desk at the end of every day. we'll see how long this one lasts.
3. i have faculty meetings every monday. by the end of this semester, i think we'll have had more meetings than i've had to attend in the previous 12 years. i'm okay with it, though, because they will actually have a purpose and we'll have goals. what a concept.
4. on a not as pleasant note--our teacher handbook says we can wear jeans on friday with a school shirt or school colors. um. no thank you. i do not want to be limited to school color stuff with my jeans--our school colors are black and gold. yucko. i also have a little bit of an issue with the idea that jeans cannot be 'professional dress' yet knit pants and top sets that essentially look like pajamas would be acceptable. i'm pretty sure that i'm going to wear jeans with whatever i feel like and see if anything is said and then make my argument. part of me thinks that the policy is just a holdover from the past regime and no one ever enforced it then, so i should be okay. technically, i don't think the principal can restrict jeans because it is a contract issue, so i'm hopeful that i will not be relegated to wearing wildcat crap if i want to wear denim.
5. w. has been admitted to the nursing program for the fall, so he'll be quite the busy guy and i'm going to really have to come out of my lazy mode and pick up the slack. i've gotten very spoiled having him around as needed on his own schedule to deal with whatever came along. 18 months from now, though. he should be looking for a job, so it's definitely worth it.
crazy week over and crazy one approaching---i'll be around more, though, i hope. the balancing act begins.
4 comments:
W. is Mr. Kim, right? I didn't know he was going to nursing school. An LVN/LPN type program? Thank cod for peeps like him. We drove by an accident today and felt so helpless.
I like your red hair, but I'm sure the new color looks nice. Red is just so fabulous and not everyone can wear it, so consider yourself lucky.
yup, that's him and he's doing an RN program--no bachelor's degree in it at this time, but that's the longer-term plan.
and i think i'm going to go redder--i just don't like this so much.
I would like to see a pic before you decide it isn't good enough. You might just have troubles leaving your comfort zone. I'm familiar with that problem.
Congrats on the clean desk.
Love your Pob, Kimmah. ;-)
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