Well, my eyes have gone down, and apparently it was in indicator of some sinus thing that I have now. I swear, my pregnancy has been pretty easy, knock on wood, except for this sudden vulnerability in my immune system. I’ve not puked once, yay, but I’ve gone through WAY more kleenx than I normally would.  Anyway.  Despite feeling like ass, I hauled out to visit my old school today.

It was cool, I guess. I went to my coteacher’s room, and was saddened by the wall that was erected to make our big classroom 2 separate rooms. She had seventh graders this morning, so not kids I ever taught (a few I had in science club) but they knew who I was. An 8th grader walked by, just sort of zoning out and shuffling along checking out what was going on in other rooms, and he saw me and instantly brightened up. "Mrs. S******!" He ran in, gave me a big hug, and ran out.  About 10 seconds later, all of my old kids came streaming in to give me hugs and say hi and all of that.  I had to tell them I’d be there for the rest of the day (it was only a half-day, due to vacation starting) and I’d see them at break, because Deb’s class WAS doing something. Still, though, it was pretty cool.

I was also told by EVERYONE that I should be thankful to be gone. Shit has gone even MORE downhill there, the politics have gotten crazy, everything is nuts.  Just — eek. So glad I’m gone.  I talked up my job to anyone who asked, not so much to brag to other teachers, but in some vengeful little way, hopingit would get to the admins who are so anti-everything-I-stand-for, basically. So, lots of "oh, I’m working with the college of ed to help faculty integrate the laptops into their instruction, and I’m off til MLK, so the hours are GREAT" even though 80 percent of my job is spent reading blogs, IM, or TWoP recaps and IMing with people.  (Which is even more cake of a ‘job,’ but doesn’t quite capture the amazingness that is ME, you know?)

It was good, though, to know that I was in a better place for my future now than I was when I was there. It was nice to be remembered by my kids, too. And good to see  my old coworkers.  Tomorrow, Deb and I are going to go to Target to finish up our shopping, and to get lunch, so I’m sure I’ll be able to get the REAL scoop on all that was alluded to in the hallway conversations of today. Should be fun, regardless.

Last call for questions! I will answer them in tomorrow’s post.