Weekend
February 11, 2003
I don’t remember if I complained about this before but today is my first day off since January 29 because I traded my weekend last week for a coworker’s weekend. She was going on some sort of vacation and needed the extra time. I, being a coward, was unable to say no to her so I idiotically filled in the shift swap request form. So I just worked 12 days straight. It wasn’t all bad actually because since now my “priority” level for lessons is not as high and they also brought in a whole pack of new people (suckers, that is). The last week was rather nice - I was complimented on my being a “good teacher” by about 4 or 5 students and one even went as far as, and I quote, “you’re the best teacher I’ve ever had.” These are the sort of things that increase job satisfaction without the company’s interference and I could write a novel about the horrors the company subjects us to. Oh, what am I getting in return for working 12 days straight? Well, today (Tues) and tomorrow is my normal weekend. I then work Thurs, Fri, Sat. In return for my good heart, I will get Sun through Wed off.
I remember writing awhile back about my four lesson work day that would be hard to top. Last night, I beat it. I started the day with 5 lessons. I teach the first two and refresh my schedule again, (think F5, F5, F5, F5) and much to my shagrin, they removed two lessons. Normally, whenever they take someone away, they will in the next 30 seconds put another back in so I wasn’t too excited yet but by the time the lesson bell rang, I knew I was in the clear. I used the next to blocks talking and drinking canned coffee. Then I had a nice lunch which Eri made for me. I checked my sched again thinking they’ll have probably filled up the latter half by now - NO! I got the next three blocks free and finally finished off with a lesson and went home. 3 lesson. Breaking it down: 1 grammar lesson which are actually fun to teach, a 3 student lesson made of very advanced students - the topic being, Conspiracy Theories, and finally a private lesson with a man who had neglected lessons for 5 months (I failed him, that poor, nervous wreck). It will be a day to be remembered.
Enough about work.
I just finished reading, You Damn Kid, a very funny comic that had me bursting out in laughter in the middle of the night. It will be linked up soon enough. You should read it if you like funnies.
Also, there is a new webcam pic. Eri and I were in the middle of beating the shit out of each other or tickling each other or something when she suddenly screams and points at the top of the sliding doors. I keep a few animals up there (by tape) and one is a pair of bears that hold each other. I had taped them up to look like they were floating angel bears or something but one of the bears must’ve been too heavy and broke free from the tape. Their hands have velcro sewed on and I fastened them together before taping them up. So the other bear, in his infinite love for the falling bear, would not let go of the otherwise, doomed bear. Here are two pics to illustrate this great struggle out of love. By the way, the bears were untouched in anyway. I quickly plugged in the webcam and captured it before they fell. The third pic is after I fixed the falling bear. this is what they’re supposed to look like.
