Grainiacs! That first day of work did NOT prepare me for an actual day. Let's just say the kindergarteners 500/ Strawberry the Librarian negative (-) 989. I'll back up.
I arrived at approved time to open up the library for parents and children. The computer lab teacher came over to talk to me and get me ready for my....get this.....teaching time!!!! Nobody AND I do mean NOBODY told me I was going to teach for 30 minutes non-stop! What was I going to teach? The computer lab teacher said "The parent sub didn't tell you yesterday?" I wanted to say "Oh, you mean the really pissed off woman who was wondering why I got the job and she didn't?" I smiled and said "No, she did not tell me; actually she told me the kids would come in and know what to do." I really did smile sweetly...no gritted teeth showing (speaking of which, my crown popped off on Saturday! Isn't that the cherry on top???!!!). LOL
So I had 15 minutes to prepare and after that I never got a breathing break till noon! Every 30 minutes...continuously....a class showed up starting with the kinders. And you can see by the score that the kinders won at 8:30 so I was pretty much toast by noon.
Fast forward to the end of the day. The principal came in to the library all smiles asking how my day went. Poor smiling principal had no idea what was about to be said to her! hahahaha Oh! I didn't mention to you that while I am "teaching" (and I really do mean air-quotes) children pop in and out of the library ALL DAY LONG! checking in books/ checking out books. Guess who gets to shelve all those 500 books a day that the kids keep checking out and checking in every 5 minutes? ME! I have no idea what is coming in and what is going out AND who is coming in. My goal is to find the kid who keeps coming in with coco pops and leaving wet ones all over the library! I'll find you coco-kid if it's the last thing I do! Thankfully the principal understood my frustration and wrote to all the teachers saying that children are NOT allowed to come in to the library while I have classes. Thank you, mrs. rodriguez....you are my guardian saint.
You'll get a kick out of this: I had decided with my new job, I'll be more pro-active with my meal planning and house cleaning. HA.... I caught whatever every sniffling, coughing, blowing their dirty little noses BUG each kid had! I was down for the count all weekend long. Thankfully, Hubby sympathized and let me lie (lay?-- I still don't have those figured out!) on the couch like a wet noodle.
For two days I listened to "Mrs. C. let us do it this way;" "this is how we always do it." So, I am ready for today. Today I'm implementing the Strawberry rules. Now in my best John Wayne voice "Well, there's a new librarian in town, buckaroos; deal with it!"
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