music, therapy, and me

We have two more days with kids and then one day without students to go until the end of this Extended School Year session. I am ready for a week and a half of not going to work. The BCBA at work is cranky that I get so many days off, but he doesn't realize that he gets paid for the 30 days that I get off that he doesn't. If I worked those days, then I would get significantly more money than I do now. I prefer the time off, to be frank. This year, I wish I had an option to take more time off than I can, but that's the life of a 12 month school employee. We are still waiting for our new contracts, but at least the negotiation team has finished the process of negotiating. Contracts should be coming soon. Once that arrives, I will be able to budget for the next year. Oh, my goodness. We have more sessions ahead of us than behind us at this time. My schedule will change in August. We have five days to spread out 20 group sessions rather than the four days we have now. My schedu...

We have hit the mid-point of this week. Today has six groups and no individual sessions. The forecast is for a bit better temperatures for my breathing but the humidity levels are still very high for my clogged lungs. My music therapy room is very hot - maintenance just keeps telling me that there is NOTHING that they can do - I do not agree with that and will continue to request less heat in the music therapy room. There has to be something that can be done to make the room more tolerable. Students are just not motivated to do anything, and I don't blame them. I'm not able to think or create or function in the heat, much less breathe in the humid air. I may have to do some sort of formal complaint with some health stuff brought in before this becomes a priority for anyone other than me. I don't think I'm asking much, but having the air coming out of the vents be the exact same temperature as the air going into the vents seems to indicate that THINGS ARE NOT WORKING! An...