PA Days, Busy Days and Lonely Days
We seem to have had our share of PA Days in the past month...2 in the last few weeks and family day coming up on Monday! The latest one was spent in the woods with 5 kids and a dog playing war. Murphy wasn't very good at keeping hiding places a secret! It didn't seem like an activity Hannah would enjoy, but since her favourite book series is the Hunger Games, she felt like Katniss climbing up trees and hiding from the boys! We all had a great time!
I've been getting a fair bit of supply teaching work both from the public board and the one private school I supply for (yay!) but it is sporatic and unpredictable. Last week I worked 4 full days, the week before, none. I often don't know until 6am if I will be working that day or not so I keep my plans open and fit in household stuff on the days I can. I do find that the busier I am, the more I get done. Take a day like today for example. For some reason I felt I was going to get a call and had nothing planned. No call came and so far I've spent my morning blogging, looking out the window, thinking how lucky I am to have the opportunity to have a day at home and listening to how quiet the house is...even the animals are all asleep! It's almost too quiet. Poor Jason has been very busy at work and doesn't have the luxury of too much free-time...I'm sure he's making a to-do list for me as he reads this! It just really validates my decision to go back to school to become a teacher. I'll look forward to more consistent work in the future but enjoy what I'm getting for now.
I've been getting a fair bit of supply teaching work both from the public board and the one private school I supply for (yay!) but it is sporatic and unpredictable. Last week I worked 4 full days, the week before, none. I often don't know until 6am if I will be working that day or not so I keep my plans open and fit in household stuff on the days I can. I do find that the busier I am, the more I get done. Take a day like today for example. For some reason I felt I was going to get a call and had nothing planned. No call came and so far I've spent my morning blogging, looking out the window, thinking how lucky I am to have the opportunity to have a day at home and listening to how quiet the house is...even the animals are all asleep! It's almost too quiet. Poor Jason has been very busy at work and doesn't have the luxury of too much free-time...I'm sure he's making a to-do list for me as he reads this! It just really validates my decision to go back to school to become a teacher. I'll look forward to more consistent work in the future but enjoy what I'm getting for now.
posted by St. Louis Family at 9:26 AM
5 Comments:
Sounds pretty sweet, Dana, except for the hint of discontent in the title. I hope you can enjoy some quality alone time with nothing that needs to be done, and not feel bad for enjoying it. I'm sure it takes some getting used to.
It sounds very appealing to me, a day spent staring out the window. You should ask Jennifer to suggest some good books to read...she can give you a good long list. The war games look fun!
Oh yeah, adn let me do some research on your local coffee joints- that is a must!!!
The life of a sub is weird isn't it? I loved it once I got the call, but the waiting for the call... or the hoping you don't get called... that was always the tough bit. Good luck: hopefully a sick leave or a mat leave will open up soon. Or a full position even! Good to see you're making the most of quiet days and looking out the window. Not being sarcastic. Good thing to do sometimes.
Thanks, Bethanne! Nice to hear someone understands! I would love to be out working more...waiting is painful!
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