the updates

1. I always do better with lists when I haven't updated in 100 years, so that's how we're going to approach this.

2. Everyone consoled my first-year blues with, "The second year will be better." I think they actually meant, "The second year will be better as long as you don't get a new principal, don't completely overhaul your curriculum, and don't stupid things like agree to willingly kick it with teenaged females for hours and hours after school." Those bastards left some serious information out.

3. I was super cute last year when I thought spending 9-10 hours a day at school was difficult. Let's just say I'm the first in the parking and the last out.

4. Those cheerleaders have really turned out to be just as delightful as we all thought they'd be. Luckily, my principal wrangled three other teachers to help out, but since I'm the naturally (shall we say) bitchy one, I get to do all the dirty work. This includes, but is not limited to: getting yelled at by teachers and getting yelled at by parents; however, it does not include getting yelled at by the cheerleaders because they know things would get real, real quick if they did.

5. I called the cops on 10 students who broke into a building after school a few weeks ago. Students who, mind you, tried to break in again even as I was standing at the door trying to keep it shut. Things were yelled at me such as, "Call the cops! Call them! They can't touch us!" I have a lot of hope for America's future.

6. All I want to do is sleep. I've never consistently seen 5 a.m. so often in my entire life. I liked it that way.

7. I wish I had funny things to write about to follow up our last post. But mostly I wish it were Thanksgiving break, and by that I mean I wish it were May.

8. My apologies.