As this is the third election in my lifetime that has filled me with dread, I wonder if there will ever be a time when this day does not make me sick to my stomach with anxiety. It really sucks.
But at least, after today, it will be over. They moved San Francisco’s mayoral election to the presidential election year, and this year my district had to elect a new Supervisor, so the amount of paperwork we’ve been receiving and TEXT MESSAGES I’ve been getting, has been astronomical. We also had several state and local measures to vote on. Our ballot was FOUR DOUBLE SIDED PAGES LONG! It took forever to go through it all last night.
But we did and my husband brought my ballot in this morning. I’m thankful that after today, it will be over.
I really hope the results are not devastating.
It’s weird to have other things to say today. But I guess I do?
The 14yo’s transition to high school has been rougher than I expected. She has ADHD and she has really struggled to keep track of assignments and get so much homework done in the late hours of the day when her medicine has worn off. Helping her manage her workload is a new job that my husband and I are struggling with. It makes me tired.
My husband has been home for several days and is still totally tired and out of it. This also makes me tired.
I had six students out in one class yesterday and five in another class. I spend SO MUCH TIME trying to help students get caught up when they are out. Yet another thing that makes me tired.
Blerg.
I think I’m just feeling really overwhelmed right now. I just had a conversation with my husband about seeing my sister on Saturday and I started sobbing. Clearly I am not handling all this anxiety with grace.
I need to figure out a strategy for managing NaBloPoMo too. I want to comment more (WAY MORE), but I’m struggling with it on my phone. I want to experiment with a couple different strategies, but so far I’ve had time to try out zero. I want to think this week is just crazy but every week will end up being crazy, especially once my sister is in town (she comes Thursday). I will figure it out eventually, but thank you for your patience as I do so.
And here are cats!
Commenting on your phone can be difficult. I have a lot of trouble commenting on blogger blogs using my apple products, but I’m fine with a samsung or whatever. I don’t know why, but I’ve had other people tell me they sometimes have the same problem. It wasn’t always this way. Also, it’s hard to keep up with all of the blogs, and then to comment. And I like to READ other people’s comments, and go back and see if they replied to me. It’s a LOT. So take it easy, do how much seems fun, and then let it go.
Fingers crossed for good election results.
Exhausted here. The stress.
I do not want to know which high school is involved but am wondering what the school offers to support neurodiverse. Then, if you can, what support you are seeing in any district/school that you think really helps. Each child is different but you are getting a real look at one high school. As a teacher and parent to two children and despite a lottery system you had some small possible choices among schools and different programs. What do you see happening today in schools that you think works for most of the students you have known for whom school poses problems. This sounds more complex than I intend. I am trying to broaden the question beyond your daughter’s specific situation and I think I am not doing a good job of it. So feel free to ignore!
I used to only comment on my phone for a couple of years when I had a long commute. But now I prefer the laptop. Maybe you could dictate the comments on your phone. That usually works well and is much faster.
And now I wonder why I not use my own advice…
My cat and dog are the only reason I got out of bed this morning. The US has really let the world down.
And who doesn’t love cats! I prefer commenting and posting on my computer, but I recently traveled for several months without it and learned to make do. However, commenting on my phone is not my favorite thing. The good thing is that I use Chrome so it remembers me and even the email and blog addresses so this does save a little time!