#2.

6:45 am- Woke up, showered, coffee, got ready.

7:40 am- Drove to work. I was disappointed it took me so long to get out of the apartment. Perhaps I need to be realistic about how long it takes me to get up and out the door.

8:00 am-9:35 am- Worked on a parent newsletter for way too long and wrote a parent letter for all of 1st grade for our first field trip.

9:35 am-10:35 am- Phonics and reader's workshop. I was not set up for the day, so some instructional time was missed. Need to keep the day's prep time sacred.

10:50-11:50 am- Writing and IWT. I was so annoyed with the kids, I just wanted them to leave me alone. It isn't just me, other teachers are also annoyed with their students. Perhaps it is just this week?

Lunch- Ate my soup in about 5 minutes. Talked with another teacher, that took a bit of time but it was good to know that I am not alone in the annoyance of kids. Not a waste of time? Got ready for math and ELD. Was a bit rushed. It worked to have the elmo set up during lunch. Thought of having it set up all day. May try it.

12:40 pm- ELD. Second grade boys are pushing buttons.

1:20 pm- My people. They are wild in the afternoon. What to do? Taught math, skipped PE, did math game. Was able to work one on one with a student who needed the extra support. That was beneficial.

2:50 pm- Talked about behavior and handed out paper. Dismissed students.

3:30 pm- Cleaned room and talked with 2nd grade teacher again. Sat at my kidney table feeling defeated about classroom management and feeling like I won't get ahead/catch up with my class.

4:00 pm- Drove to the post office. I had to get a letter. I was worried about it because it was from Oakland schools, but it ended up being something I already knew. I need to follow up on it. That is on the agenda for tonight.

4:45 pm- Walked Basil. It was good to take a long walk.

5:30 pm- Weeded my garden in the dark. The plants needed water and desperately need to be weeded. Trying to think through my funk of these past two days and what to do with my evening/time. I don't want it to be consumed with my job, but at the same time I feel so behind, that it is becoming hopeless. I think I figured out why my mom weeds and cleans and such. It gives you a sense of control. I think that is one of my things, I have a need to feel in control.

6:00 pm- Got on the computer to write this. Was distracted by facebook. Wasted about 20 minutes. Need to work on that. I am going to make dinner now and wash some dishes. I do need to decide what to do for the evening. No procrastinating. It doesn't help.

I made dinner, it took forever. My dad called in the middle of my dinner making, that was a plus. I did some dishes and looked at stuff on the computer for our trip to France/Italy.

Our lights were out on the car, and it messed up picking up Tyler and I cried. Tyler reminded me that it wasn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but it was an additional thing that I did not need nor wanted to deal with. We ended the night with ice cream and killing time watching gospel youtube videos. Went to bed too late, at 11:45 pm.