I write this with a great big sigh of relief. Yesterday was the last and very stressful day. I woke up and hated the thought of even getting up. But it wa inevitable. Getting up was not the worse thing. It was as if every way I turned I was being challenged to get out of the house. I couldn’t decide what to wear. I wanted to dress down, but they were all going to eat. I knew I had to work cleaning, so what to choose. I chose something different, but was not really happy I chose it later. Before I left, I could not find my stupid keys. After searching forever, I grab my second sets of keys and walked out. Knowing that somewhere they were hiding. I even left Fred’s door open so that I could have a way to get in.
I had wanted to be there early so that I could get the paper work over before the meeting, but this appeared not to be the case. It seemed like my entire morning was cursed. True of it all, I was too damn tired and kept making mistakes. Thus causing me to do things over and over again.
We had our end of the year meeting and Mrs. Moss had a great deal of difficulty saying goodbye to the teachers that are leaving. I began going through my purse to keep from concentrating on what she was saying, because I was of course, crying myself. Later a teacher commented on how she wished she had had her purse to dig in! I was surprised that anyone noticed. After the meeting we then had our retirement party: Mr. Elwood, the janitor, Mr. Don, our favorite bus driver, Mrs. Judy Hasemann ( one of my best friends) , and Mrs. Beverly Suire, the lady I am replacing. Again with the tears….It was most distressing. However we all made it through the situation. I finally was allowed to return to my room to continue cleaning my mess. Everyone was becoming anxious, because they wanted to go eat out. (at the Riverfront) Time was passing and teachers were having trouble getting finished. Thank god, my paperwork was finished so I was not holding every one up. Finally, at 12:30 everyone was through and Ms. Moss told us we could all leave. I looked at my room and thought hmmmh. Do I want to continue or leave. I decided that I was too tired to continue so I started out the door. After I got in my car, I then began to think about going to eat. With my gas tank on almost empty, not feeling well, I decided nope not this time either. So I guess they say, Claudia is becoming an old fogey. She never comes to the parties anymore. My problem is that I really do not like all the people and with the tension in the school. Sitting in a restaurant with them was not very interesting. Then I preceded to go home and put myself to bed. This is the second time this month that I have done that. I fell asleep and slept on and off the entire night. I guess you know you are getting old when the late night studying makes you into a person that has to have extra sleep. So am I glad this year is over…I say this with great gusto YES! I still have to go clean, but at least I do not have anyone looking over my shoulder or rushing me. I will work at my own pace and do it right. 😀