Yet another reason I need to quit my job!

The following is an excerpt from http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880422154

Jackson, Macon schools work toward teacher health
Jordan Schrader • jschrade@gannett.com
• published April 23, 2008 12:15 am


RALEIGH – Educators in Jackson and Macon county schools and two other North Carolina school districts will be greeted with a weigh-in when they return from summer vacation this August.
District employees will be tested for body mass index, the presence of nicotine, blood pressure and blood sugar levels as part of a pilot program announced Tuesday...

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Did anyone read this article?! I know that some people might say it is a good thing, but I have no desire to weigh in with my colleagues, know what they weigh, and/or have them know what I weigh! I am upset that this is not a voluntary thing and that the teachers were not even asked about participating in this. I learned of it when someone forwarded the link to me -- doesn't that just sound typical of this school system and administration! "S-U-R-E- let's dictate what our employees will do; my word is the law and I can humiliate and demand anything I want to and they can't do anything about it!"



I get on the scale all the time, know that I do not weigh what I should, know that I would probably feel a whole lot better if I lost some weight, but also know that I have been trying, and my mid-to-late 30 year old metabolism is almost non-existent -- and I really do not need someone keeping track of it for me, thank you very much!

IT IS FINALLY HERE!

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! That is the sound of me waking up after finally getting to sleep late on a weekday. It is finally time for a few days off for spring break -- as short as it is and as crazy as the schedule is, I am just glad to have a few days off to relax during the day so I can work at night without being so wiped out. AND it means that there is only 30 or so days of school left when we return, so maybe I can make it through the last grading period!

Thought for the day...

If you are in the grocery store in line behind someone, wait for them to finish paying and walk away BEFORE you walk up to the little check writing stand/credit card machine, etc.

I HATE HATE HATE it when the person behind me crowds up to me while I am paying or waiting for the cashier to even finish scanning my groceries. I am convinced that 1/2 the people here do this because it seems that every time I go to the store this happens, and it DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!!!!!! Don't rush me, people! -- and have some manners!

Catching Up

OK, so I just heard from a girl who was one of my great friends in high school, whom I have not really talked to in several years. That conversation has done 2 things:

1. It has made me thankful for my life and for the good health and blessings on it; and
2. It has made me feel very sad that I have been left out of the get-togethers and updates

I found out that one of my friends lost her husband to cancer and her mother in the last 2 years, another friend's mom had a transplant, another has gotten divorced, found out that the 3 girls I was great friends with in school all get together and spend vacations together and go to functions for each others' kids, etc. (even though they live in different states) while I have not even received Christmas cards, emails, updates, or anything. I have sent cards, emails, etc., but most were returned to me. Maybe I should take the hint and realize they just don't like me and/or have forgotten me and/or are mad at me for something! The fact is I would have been at the funerals and would have loved to get in touch when I go home, etc. I miss having friends to do stuff with and feel left out and isolated from my former life. Oh well, I guess that is all part of growing up!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow...

This is the view from our front porch; I feel blessed every evening (that I actually get to be at home anyway) as I watch the sun go down!

Amazing and Inspiring

I followed a link from my friends blog to this amazing site; this couple is so inspiring! It is a truly fabulous blog written by a young man whose wife has Cystic Fibrosis. I started reading and was hooked. I go back everyday and get the update on their story. The short version: they have been married a couple of years, she just had a baby but because of her disease her body was in such a weakened condition that complications arose and she had the baby prematurely, and she just had a double lung transplant. There are beautiful pictures of all of them -- amazing pictures of the little baby hooked up to all kinds of tubes and next to a stuffed animal to show her actual size -- and awe-inspiring words and raw emotions surrounding the whole situation. This family is believing and thanking God for this situation and the lives it has allowed them to touch, and they all are faithfully and prayerfully dealing with the situation. I cried the whole time I read the blog, and I could barely tear myself away from reading it. I do not know if anyone will link to it off of this blog, but I put it there for me to keep updated on her reaction and progress after the transplant. It also has some links to sites about CF, premature births, organ donation, and donating money to these foundations. I think this family is just precious, and I have added them to my prayer list daily. If you haven't seen it, check it out here or from my favorite links, and please add them to your prayer list as well.

Well, Cinderella was great -- very entertaining! It was funny and sweet, and the best part was listening to the little girls behind me who were amazed at everything, who loved Cinderella's voice, who laughed hysterically at Rachel (so much so that they even sounded a lot like Rachel! :) ), who "ooh"ed and "aah"ed at the lit up carriage and the transformation, who were dressed like Cinderella in their little blue dresses and bows, etc.

With that said, I have to also add that I HATED being in the audience!! I did not like walking in the front doors, sitting in the yucky and uncomfortable FHS auditorium seats, or anything else about watching the play! Of course, it was NOT because any of it was awful -- I just would much rather be on the stage and be one of the people doing the entertaining. I found that I am not an objective audience member either; no matter how hard I tried, I could not see the characters, only the people who played them. I found myself thinking about what the cast would have made jokes at; I could see Scotty's touch all over the play, and I tried to figure out all the way through what was actually written in the script and what he added; I spent the whole night, in short, placing myself at rehearsals in my mind and knowing what was said and done and laughed at and worked on forever and what key phrases were used (liked "fromp, fromp" and "fooshie-fooshie," "trot, trot, trot," and "pod" and all the others!). It all made me feel very sad and left out; I decided that if I was ever unable to do a play again I would not be able to go see it either!!

OK, all that aside, congratulations wonderful cast! You made me proud and did a great job!