I make lemon cranberry muffins,
and then I plant the seeds from the lemon and hope they grow...
just like I did when I planted the squash seeds...
******
This
morning I woke up to a phone call. I didnt feel like getting up and
answering it with morning voice. So I let it go to Call Answer. I
checked the message right away, and it was a message from an office
administrator from a school I have supply taught at a couple times. She
was quite upset in her message. Upset that I had been booked by another
school on a day I agreed to supply at her school. However, she asked me
3 weeks ago, and never put it in the system even though I asked her to
when I accepted it. But she didnt.
In the past I have relied
on verbal agreements to supply teaching, while declining other offers
for that same day, only to be let down with no job on that day. So
yesterday when I got a call to work tomorrow, I didnt think twice about
it. I accepted.
I spent the next few hours dreading the fact
that I had a responsibility to call the school back and explain what
happened. I was scared that she wouldnt understand and that I would
lose a good reputation at that school. After trying to get a hold of
her and not being able to, I sent an email to her with a carbon copy to
the principal. I felt WAY more comfortable with this, but sort of felt
like I should've kept trying by phone before falling back on email.
Either way, I was really happy with my email, and decided that if she
was still upset with me after reading my brilliantly written email,
that they dont deserve my services to their school. I wouldn't want to
supply teach there if they couldn't understand where I was coming from.
In
the end, I received a reply from the office administrator who accepted
responsibility, and apologized. Everything worked out.
*****
New
story... I am going to play hockey tonight. First game of the year for
me. I decided that I would play frisbee this year instead of hockey
(cheaper, closer to home, and hoping to make new friends). But I was
asked to play with the team I played for last year to fill in for
missing players. I hope I can remember how to skate, and more
importantly score
