Well, the summer is nearly over and many of the children at the centre are preparing to start school. Our kindergarten children are going to be leaving our program at the end of the week as they go into Grade 1 and another childcare program at the YMCA.
This year is especially hard on me because in two days time I will be saying goodbye to the child with special needs that I have been working with one-on-one for the past year and a half. I know that they all grow and have changes in their lives, but I also know that I am going to miss that child very much!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Finally Tackled It
After wanting to try to make some tote bags for our congregation's clothing giveaway, I finally got up the courage to try a prototype. This was the result! I am actually pretty happy with it, although I realizd while sewing that a different order of seams was necessary, so tomorrow night I will work on that!
Monday, August 13, 2007
A "Garfield" Day
Okay, some may automatically understand about the worst day possible according to Garfield. It is Monday the 13th!! I like to consider myself to be not overly superstitious, but in this one case, I must agree, Monday the 13th has a tendency to be "horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad day (I think I'll move to Australia!)"
The only things at work that made me think about this were that one of my co-workers didn't come in until noon because her father is so sick in the hospital, that our substitute was absent today, that I learned that two of my darlings in my group have their last days at the daycare this week, and that my special little friend has continued to use his profanity - louding proclaiming it as we walked in public to and from the library. But that's all that made me think of it! ;-)
Since I had such a hard day, and needed to do some grocery shopping, I took myself out for a light supper at Boston Pizza and with the number of people there one might imagine that they all had "Garfield Days" too!
The only things at work that made me think about this were that one of my co-workers didn't come in until noon because her father is so sick in the hospital, that our substitute was absent today, that I learned that two of my darlings in my group have their last days at the daycare this week, and that my special little friend has continued to use his profanity - louding proclaiming it as we walked in public to and from the library. But that's all that made me think of it! ;-)
Since I had such a hard day, and needed to do some grocery shopping, I took myself out for a light supper at Boston Pizza and with the number of people there one might imagine that they all had "Garfield Days" too!
Saturday, August 11, 2007
The Week!
Well, this past week has been something out of a suspenseful fairytale for me. One week ago, my family met my boyfriend, and all seemed to go well (or so I hope). Monday I did things around the house since it was a day off from work with being the long weekend and I had been so busy all the rest of the weekend with my family!
Tuesday I arrive at work and discover that my co-teacher is sick with the virus that has been going around our centre all summer. As the week progresses she is only there one day, Thursday, and she was still so sick that she really should not have been there. And of course, since she is away all week, my one-on-one child with special needs is there all week, and in a terrible mood. I had a different staff member with me for the three days my co-teacher was away, and it was quite stressful because she does not know my special friend very well and that child quickly overwhelmed her.
We did get communication working between the two of us so we could effectively work with the children, but I was so exhausted by the end of every day! I hope my co-teacher is feeling much better on Monday and is at work this next week, because she has a week of holidays coming up the following week. *sigh* And I can just see my special friend being there that whole week of my co-teacher's holidays and in a terrible mood still!
I do love my work, and the children I work with. I just get stressed out at times and need to vent about it!
Tuesday I arrive at work and discover that my co-teacher is sick with the virus that has been going around our centre all summer. As the week progresses she is only there one day, Thursday, and she was still so sick that she really should not have been there. And of course, since she is away all week, my one-on-one child with special needs is there all week, and in a terrible mood. I had a different staff member with me for the three days my co-teacher was away, and it was quite stressful because she does not know my special friend very well and that child quickly overwhelmed her.
We did get communication working between the two of us so we could effectively work with the children, but I was so exhausted by the end of every day! I hope my co-teacher is feeling much better on Monday and is at work this next week, because she has a week of holidays coming up the following week. *sigh* And I can just see my special friend being there that whole week of my co-teacher's holidays and in a terrible mood still!
I do love my work, and the children I work with. I just get stressed out at times and need to vent about it!
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