Monday Musings

It is Monday morning at 4:57aam, and I am sitting down to write a bit here on the blog. I am watching a video from Bentley House Minis (I love watching others create miniatures, but that is not something I do for myself - that's what my Mom is currently doing, though) and thinking about the upcoming week.

It is Musicians of the Month and Leisure Skills week, so my preparation is limited. When I get to work, I will put together a playlist of musicians who were born in April. After that, I have to add up the amounts in my students' accounts and set prices for various things. My groups that earn money to use in selecting things will be spending that money today. My groups that do not earn money will have an opportunity to select what to do as well. 

I do not have anything to think about except for my basic job responsibilities. There are no special events for this week (as far as I know) that I have to participate in. I have a Zoom meeting on Thursday afternoon, but no other obligations for the entire week other than work. Oh, and I have to get tax information to my tax preparer for the non-profit I work for and take my last batch of library books to the dropbox. That's it.

It is the downhill slide to the end of school. I have four and a half weeks of the regular school year left before a week off and then the start of our Extended School Year session. I have four unpaid days off left, so I think I will take those for the first week of our ESY because I will be recovering from my medical procedure and from entertaining family members who are coming up to help me. I have to put that time off request in as soon as possible so I can have it in the books. That way, if I have to have more medical procedures, I can navigate them without having to scramble for time off.

I have remained blissfully ignorant of things happening outside of my home this weekend. It has been a good break from the reality of the world, and this is something that I need. I need the chance to insulate myself from the constant bombardment of negativity that I feel when I am watching news. I read good books this weekend, ate some candy, and talked to my family. It was a good time to just think. I missed some of the traditions of Easter, but I also was happy not to have to jump and do the bidding of people who did not care enough for me to inform me ahead of time about "the plans." Freedom.

I am not looking forward to the post-holiday slump that will be happening this week for my students. There is really nothing to look forward to for my kids now that Easter is over, so we will be suffering from the change in schedule, the increase of treats, and the disappointment that all we have now is the end of the school and then the start of school again. We have to practice songs for graduation and that's only for a third of the school. Other than that, we just have to get through the rest of the year.

That's about all I have to do in the near future. I hope to remain a bit isolated by avoiding as much of the news as possible. Off into my Monday. Hope yours is smooth sailing and that you find some happy moments.

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