I changed my major? I dropped out of school? I brought my dog to live in my room? I just decided to spend the next few days at home? I lived in a tent for the whole summer? I never wore pants again? I decided NOT to be a teacher? I taught kids? I was never seen or heard from again? I hugged a polar bear? I stopped thinking about I? I told you I loved you?
Dilemma: I have to read all three of these by Tuesday.
Problem 1: I have the reading comprehension of a math major.
Problem 2: My ability to stay awake is like that of a toddler on a 2 hour car ride.
Weapon of Choice: Bent, scratched up, reading glasses and caffeine.
Plan: Read one book until I start zoning out or my eyes get gloopy and then BAM!! I switch! And like magic, I'm refreshed and able to read for hours more and before I know it, these books will just be faded notches in my bedpost.
(Something a good friend taught me last year: there is no such thing as a bad day, only a challenging one.)
And when my life is challenging, I turn into a huge complainer and adopt this terrible dementor attitude. I suck the happiness out of the atmosphere. I’m anti-sunshine. Ranting and raving and complaining. It’s how I cope.
However, my current challenges are sensitive. Meaning ranting, raving, and complaining are not allowed to be processes externally.
So I’m going to emphasize positives:
My three-hour desk shift today was awesome. I got to really thouroughly read about the teaching strategies I’ll be implementing with the kindergarteners Friday.
My mom is nice.
I got an 8 minute nap!
I’m surrounded by the most brilliant, supportive, accommodating, beautiful people on the planet.
At the end of every day, no matter how difficult it is to get through, I always get to go to bed.
I needed that textbook YESTERDAY. So here I am, textbookless, about to fail a pop quiz all because you couldn't do one teeny tiny thing for me. You're just hoarding all this priceless knowledge so you can watch me be a failure and laugh in your little white van . Well Guess what FedEx, I am not going to take it anymore! No I'm finished with you and this emotional abuse. When you do finally bring me my textbook, which will have been rendered useless and outdated because I'll be a THOUSAND YEARS OLD BY THEN, I'm just going to chuck it back in your face.