Whack and mid

Right now my 13-year-old daughter is having a melodramatic meltdown about, well, everything, and “that’s whack and mid” is being uttered a lot.

Back in my classroom and it’s SO MUCH middle school. Middle school all the day.

Whack and mid indeed.

Last week was rough stuff. I cried at work on Friday. Several times. It wasn’t great.

The weekend was better.

Saturday my cousin and his son were in town. I hadn’t seen either in several years. Close to a decade? It was really good to see them. My parents brought them up to the city and we walked around the farmer’s market at the Ferry Building and then up the Embarcadero for a while, before getting dumplings at a very popular spot in Hayes Valley.

I left around 2pm to pick up my son from a birthday party. He and I walked home – it’s about two miles – and it was nice to spend that time with him. When we got home his grandparents were there to pick him up so my husband and I could head to Berkeley to see Sigur Ros at the Greek Theater.

And let me just say, Sigur Ros at the Greek Theater was NOT whack or mid. It was amazing. First off, the Greek Theater is a way cooler venue that I remembered. I need to go there more often. Also, they were playing with a full orchestra and it was phenomenal. I was excited to be in Berkeley with my husband, and to see them, but I honestly hadn’t considered it being a stellar show. But it was, and we had so much fun.

We also had dinner before hand, so we really made a night of it. And since both kids were gone the next morning we got to hang out more on Sunday.

But we didn’t hang out too much because I felt a deep need to “get my shit in order.” And I did, well, enough to feel like I was on firmer footing for this week (especially after a couple more hours of work I did Sunday evening).

Today was a much better day at work. I really don’t love the first three days of school – the schedule is always weird and we don’t have enough time with the students. Plus, I always have students moving into my classes so I never feel like I can just get started already. This morning my rosters are finalized – there will be NO MORE schedule changes! Hooray! – and we got started on some real language acquisition. I felt much better today.

Tomorrow night (Tuesady) is our Back to School Night. I found last years slides and I like them. I only had to change a few things on the 1B slides to explain better about skipping Spanish 1 next year. I’m feeling pretty good about tomorrow night actually. As long as I don’t sweat through my nice clothes before the school day is over… I may just bring them to change into, because it’s supposed to be almost 80 again, which means in my crowded classroom it will be at least 85…

Our son was home sick today, but my husband stayed with him and now he seems fine. I’m so glad because I really didn’t want to miss any school this week and usually I take the second or third day of a kid being home sick.

Oh, and I FOUND THE GIFT CARDS! The ones I thought I left in the cart at Costco. They were in my work backpack, which I searched A MILLION TIMES! I don’t know where they were. I was reaching into the front pocket for a fun-sized bag of M&Ms (which I never found) early in the drive and then when I went to grab my backpack at home they were both just there, about to fall out of that pocket. Where had they been?! I know I looked in that pocket (along with all the other pockets) multiple times. I did not see them there (and they are in Costco packaging, so they are NOT small). Who knows? All I know is that I found them and I’m so happy that I didn’t actually lose $150 worth of gift cards.

Not much else to report right now. I hope this week continues to find me on firmer footing. And then the long weekend! My husband and I are planning another date night (this time the kids will be with my parents) and I’m very much looking forward to that. We plan to see Bottoms, which looks like just the kind of movie I will love.