Friday, December 13, 2013

RBF

This journey is making me bitchy.

I have no excuse.  It's true.  I am bitchy lately. 

I'm grumpy at work.  I love what I do.  I love teaching those kiddos to love math and love learning.  But lately my heart isn't in it.  My lessons are boring.  I'm boring.  I know I'm not giving my students my best.  My head is off doing it's own thing.

The other day at a department meeting, we were discussing ways of grading tests and how we wanted to adjust our upcoming test (we're not teaching all sections of that unit).  I voiced my opinion, the meeting ended, no big deal.  But later, when I was driving home, one of my friends in the department called me and asked what was up.  Apparently after I left the meeting a couple people were talking about how I was rather harsh and you could cut the tension with a knife.

Oops.  Sometimes I think I define "resting bitchy face".  And apparently I have no idea when I'm letting my grump rage.

The post is a weird ramble of thoughts.  I guess all I'm saying is that IF and a loss has changed me.  And not for the better.  I need to get it under control.

2 comments:

  1. Lets be bitchy together! MUAH!!!

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  2. {{hug}} I know exactly what you mean... I usually take so much pride in everything that I do, especially my teaching job. These days, it is so hard to put on my happy face... I just feel like I'm faking it all the time. It breaks my heart that the kids are so excited to come to band (I teach elementary band) and I'm a sour puss on the inside. I feel like I'm putting all of my energy into acting enthusiastic in front of them, when they leave, I'm just exhausted.

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