Life is Not Just Work

Okay, I've settled in enough to actually be spending more time at home. That leaves me with a bit of an empty feeling as I haven't made friends well enough to just call someone and say 'Want to go....?" I do have an invite to my director's home for a sped movie and supper this evening. It makes me a little nervous. Since it is a small town, I'm supposing that friends are often with those you work, but I also wonder about the political implications of this. I know that she and I are both single, midlife women and this is only her second year here. We will see.

School life is into a routine. Deadlines arise for paperwork. Our first 'report cards' are due by Thanksgiving. I have to input info into IEPonline and then figure out some form of it to send home to parents, rather than a complete copy of the IEP with the added progress notes. Its a different system; yet the same.

Seems lots of people are having accidents lately. One assistant fell and gave herself a good whiplash, a teacher slipped down some steps and gave herself a concussion. One assistant's brother died suddenly. The principal's parent died. Our SLP slipped at home and pulled ligaments in her leg/foot. The new OT chased a child and pulled her calf muscle badly. I tell you we are the walking/working wounded. So far, thankfully, I have been able to stay upright and fairly healthy.

Not much else to tell. I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving break, as I haven't had any time off, except for this last Friday, Veteran's day. Most businesses were closed here, so I couldn't do some of the errands I had planned. I needed the veg-out time, anyway.

Work is work. It is time to live life outside of work....I'm talking to myself here.
Have a good week!