I went to bed tonight and had to get back up. My mind has so many things going on inside it. There is no way I can sleep yet. The last two or three weeks have been very interesting. My husband and I ride and race road and mountain bikes. Just about every weekend during the summer, we have had a mountain bike race on Saturday and Sunday. Two weekends ago, we had a time trial and an XC race at Montgomery Bell. The XC that weekend was probably the most difficult race I've had in my 4 month experience. I had a few crashes, blood running down my leg, and a flat tire (causing me to finish the race on foot). Luckily, I was still on the podium both days. The next day, I decided on and ordered a fancy new mountain bike. Yay! Then, I had my first evaluation at school that week. I had a dentist appointment the day we were trained on the new assessment, and I missed a lot of important info. Not knowing exactly what to do, I just took the mediocre example they gave us and tried to beef it up. I feel like I am an excellent teacher, so I basically planned to teach like I normally do. Isn't that what they really want to see? Isn't that a true evaluation? Apparently not. You must spend more time planning for one lesson to be evaluated on than you spend planning for the entire week in every subject. Yeesh! I could gripe all day about the new evaluation for teachers in Tennessee. (email me for more--not enough time for that now) I woke up the day before my eval with severe back pain. The day of my eval, I had excruciating pain in my back/chest and asked to move the eval to the morning instead of the afternoon (while my ibuprofen was still working). It turned out fine, and I felt very good about my lesson. That evening, my pain was so bad that I thought I had broken a rib. My husband took me to the ER, and I was diagnosed with pleurisy. I ended up passing out when they gave me shots for inflammation and pain. It was an awful feeling! I spent Friday in a fog of pain medication. That weekend was the State Championship for mountain bike racing. I watched as my husband and friends raced in the TT ). Sad. Then Sunday, I decided to try to get back on the bike for the race. I didn't have it, and only made it one lap. Bleck! (Hubby did great both days!) This week has been extra busy at work, and I still have not had most post-eval conference--its been a full week since the lesson. I have gotten no feedback yet on my lesson plan. Several of my coworkers who have had their eval since mine have already had their conference. I think I have been overlooked. :( Tonight I went to my first "Kit Fit Party." Hooray for new bike shorts! I am joining a new cycling team and am stoked to begin training with them. I also met a rep for several cycling product companies tonight. In college, I worked in retail, and felt like I could sell snow to an eskimo. :) Sales has always intrigued me, especially when it comes to something I love like cycling. The rep was awesome and offered to help me look into getting my foot in the door of the profession. I have a fabulous girls weekend planned in a little over a week, fall break coming up, and am going to see Wicked soon. So much on my mind. The stream is swirling, and I am getting tired. Time to put down the paddles and go to bed. Praying for peace of mind.
PS- Several days' worth of outfits will be posted soon!
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