So Much To tell...

Hello readers. Once again it is Saturday and I'm writing. Well, here it is. Sunday we stayed here and relaxed. Around the time of the devitional, it was quickly seen that nobody was coming. The rest of the household was going to a gathering. I was a little upset when I realized that, but I understood the reason. Well, the person giving them a ride came and nobody was there for devotional. I was sad because I didn't feel like being alone. By God's grace, the woman had brought a truck which I could fit into as well. I got to go! It was a birthday party for the son of my friends from the Baha'i Center. It was lots of fun. Monday I came back to find out the one of my studewnts had started some problems at the dorms at work. I was upset because she has been a great student, but she went off on someone. I heard both perspectives and they're both semi-believable. I worked with a couple of students third period. Fourth period had no schedule because of a special luncheon. It usually goes longer than the lunch but it didn't this time. Two students came up and we talked fourth period. One played a guitar for me. It was great. Fifth period I think we played categories or something. Tuesday was completely normal. bari worked longer, but that was it. Wednesday was when the crap hit the fan. I was fine throughout the day. Third was a free period because someone came and spoke. I was invited to a final meal. Fourth and fifth were just okay. Sixth period I was supposed to be free. Well, that didn't happen. At 3:26, my phone rings. My supervisor asked me to lead advocacy class. I just started laughing. She said she was working on sending someone home. I didn't much like that perspective so I didn't really want to. She asked me to get another teacher to help me. I called and was turned down by the other teacher. So I went in and taught. Maybe it was because they knew I was unprepared, or maybe they were just rude, or maybe they just didn't like the subject. Either way, they were completely disrespectufl of me and of other students talking. It was awful!!!!! I kept having to stop and tell people to listen, be quiet, be respectful, etc. One student even pretended to be asleep and snored really loud when someone was talking. Thursday I had no students. It was a good thing because I completely lost my temper. A student was sent home. I was really furious with the way it happened because the teachers aren't even allowed to know what happened. I just know she was accused by two people of racism. I don't take much store by that since one of them accused me of being racist when I didn't say a word about any race. If I did, it was my own with some kinda joke about how I'm so pale or how I sound white or something. I don't know. But she had some of the same issues I have so I panicked and started looking online for another job. I'm very scared that my only means of staying there is that I'm a really good actress. I can hide the fear I have toward some of the male students. It's more because of background because they're of different races. Anyway, I forgot! Wednesday I went to an intro for this really interesting seminar. I'll tell you about the actual seminar at a later date. This was just talking about how great it was and hearing people's testimonials. It was interesting, and I plan to go, because it's something that is supposed to help me better myself and achieve my goals. Thursday I went to a workshop called "Making Sense of Men". It was also very fascinating and I plan to attend the weekend workshop associated with it. Friday I had only one class. It was an annagrams competition. I decided to choose the teams. I did it based on mixed race and age. I was sick of the cliques and accusations of racism that were going on. Well, I got people who'd been fighting to actually get along and do well! I was so happy! Each team won two words. I was great. Then I came home and went to a celebration of the Baha'i New Year. It's called Naw-Ruz. It was fun, but I'm still an introvert and that crowd seemed so huge and cramped. I loved the program though. Today was relaxing. I have been all alone since a little after 2. I talked to Chris and we discussed politics, religion, what we did this week, etc. Then I took a nice, long bath. It felt amazing. I talked to Elizabeth, a former student, and J. Then I realized that I needed to go to the store before it got to late. I needed to get refreshments for Sunday worship service at the center since I'm on the committee. Well, I decided that taking a cab two blocks would be absolutely humiliating especially with how many times I'd dealt with the last intersection. Well, I have three words: I DID IT!!!!!!!!! Sorry for the crazy amounts of punctuation going on, but I am still ecstatic. I did it all by myself. Well, except for the part I hadn't learned which was the parking lot. I actually crosssed a street with a left-turn arrow! I went to the store and started shopping. this is where intelligence and common sense separate. What would you do? If you were getting some drins for a church gathering. You see a drink and it's on sale for 39 cents a bottle. These bottles were enough for a person, maybe two. You get 20 of them. Okay. Then, you think, "Uh-oh. There might be more than 20 people." So you see a gallon of punch. Do you A. Take the punch and put the other drinks back remembering that you need to walk home.
B. Leave the punch there, take the other drinks and hope there aren't more people,
or C. take all of it. It gives the people variety.
Well, I did C. Stupid, I know. A seems so much more appropriate. Well, I've heard it said that as intelligence goes up, common sense goes down. Well, i guess I'm intelligent. LOL. Well, the good news is that we have enough drinks for the devotional gathering as well. Since Kristin's reading this, sorry. LOL. I also have to cut cheese because the cheese I was going to get was the nasty sliced cheese, but it seemed gross so I bought a block that I need to cut. Well, that's when I had to take the cab for two blocks. God has an obnoxious sense of humor. Stupid drinks. *Sighs*. Well, I'm home now and it's back to being uneventful. Kristin's son is here, but he usually hangs out in his room. Take care all and have a great weekend.
Leena