Ugh-Day

This day began rather poorly. The phone rang at 5:40. It was the automated phone from Grand Saline calling to let Jim know his classes were delayed till 10 a.m. He got to come back to bed and go to sleep. I had to go get my Blackberry and log onto the TJC web site and wait until 6 a.m. to find out our classes were NOT delayed nor canceled. So right from the start I felt (stupidly) wronged by the universal system of justice (as if such a thing existed).

I left early and drove slowly to work. The roads weren't actually that bad. To make myself feel better (literally and figuratively) I got an Egg McMuffin at McDonald's. $2.56!!?? I needed something to eat because all I would get to eat at lunch was a banana, but sheesh! I should've been cheap and bought the sausage biscuit for a buck and damned the satrurated fat. (I don't know that it has any more than the Egg McMuffin; the latter just sounds healthier.)

By the time I got to my desk my EM was cold. Nerks! I muched it anyway while getting some items printed off, then sat down to review for class. Weary, weary.... How many years have I taught this stuff, yet I made the commitment this year to actually follow the book. Takes all the fun and creativity out of it.

More students than I imagined showed up for class, and the lecture went alright. Then back to the office for more paperwork and prepping for the noon meeting.

The TJC Bicycle Club met at noon. I had told Emily and Chip to get together and draw up an agenda for the meeting. I'd already told them I was going to let the officers lead this semester. They did an excellent job with the Activities Fair so I had fair expectations. Well, what can I say? There was no agenda. Aigh! Drives me crazy! I like a list, 1-2-3 and get things done. Oh, well...

Meeting over, drove home...by way of McDonald's, again! Dollar menu, this time. Felt I sort of deserved it (bad attitude). Got home, checked in on facebook and saw what I felt was an absurd political statement and even though I knew I'd probably regret it, responded. (I haven't checked back to see what the response to the response is.) So once again, AIIGHH!!

And I don't feel like training AT ALL. I have no energy. I don't feel motivated at all. It's almost like having completed my first month of training, I've plateaued--"I'm done." Things had just been going too well there for a while. Now I have one or two small setbacks and POUF! Oooooooooo......