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I left for work in a really good mood yesterday. I stayed in a good mood for breakfast dutyā¦thatās manning the cafeteria with two teachers while K-7 have breakfastā¦and the morning went pretty wellā¦
Untilā¦I went to lunchā¦thereās no real going to lunch when youāre a school nurseā¦you just try to sneak out of your office for a minuteā¦only to be foundā¦sometimes multiple times. Yesterday it went something like thisā¦eat half my lunchā¦meet with a parent who was bringing some medicine to a child Iād called about earlierā¦go get the childā¦meet another parent in the hall bringing a new prescription for her child (think paperwork)ā¦and sending another child homeā¦then go backā¦eat the rest of your lunchā¦thinking the worst is behind youā¦
WRONGā¦from that pointā¦I saw about 20 kidsā¦in forty minutesā¦which would have been manageable had one kid walked in my little office every two minutesā¦but they came in twoāsā¦they came in fourāsā¦I had them sitting in the floor in the hallā¦at one time there were eight K-2nd graders waiting for meā¦
And to add chaos to the bedlamā¦there were high school kids popping in for peppermints on their way back from lunchā¦I finally hid the jarā¦but it didnāt matterā¦it was empty by thenā¦
Berthaā¦where was Bertha during all of thisā¦I think she was in the classroomsā¦egging the teachers on to send more kidsā¦she does have a warped sense of humor sometimesā¦
When all was said and doneā¦and the kidsā¦for the most partā¦had gone back to classā¦or homeā¦or somewhereā¦I whinedā¦not about the kidsā¦but that they all came at onceā¦about being overwhelmedā¦about losing my coolā¦losing my compassionā¦losing my sense of humorā¦(which I later found in the empty peppermint jarā¦thankfully)ā¦
In response to my whiningā¦Bertha said life is a lot like swimming under waterā¦youāve got to learn to hold your breath for a long timeā¦cause you donāt always know when you can come up for airā¦
Soā¦Iām holding my breath as I typeā¦might as well get ready for todayā¦and all I can say isā¦send them one at a timeā¦every two minutesā¦come onā¦pleaseā¦
Jane
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