I am, frankly, scared to death, of facing September!
I have been off work since April of 2006 on disability with a combined diagnosis of "burnout, stress, arthritis, fibromyalgia, needs another surgery (sixth in five years)"
I haven't really had to deal with an alarm clock or "what am I going to wear to work" for over two years.
I have had two years in which to be totally absorbed in "me", and now that is over. Nothing really has changed in my job...my principal..who is very good at making promises to parents that then become MY job to make them work...hasn't changed. If anything, my caseload has increased by one third, but my work time hasn't" I am determined that I am NOT going to work fulltime for halftme pay..which is what I tended to do in the past. I would still be there at 2 PM when they stopped paying me at 11:15 AM
I have written out a full day plan for myself as if I was working all day. Teachers would call it their daybook. Here is my plan"
M - work - off - tai chi
T - work - ironworks gym for weights and treadmill - off
W-work - off- tai chi
TH - work - gym - TOPS meeting
F- work - gym - off
S- do everything I didn't manage in the week
Sd - off - gym - off
I hope I manage to stick with it. In the past, my principal would book meetings etc. in the afternoons when I wasn't being paid, and then make me feel guilty and unprofessional if I refused to attend. May of my resource teacher monthly meetings are in the afternoons or full days. I met with my principal and made it clear that I would not attend these meetings or attend full day meetings WITHOUT RECIPROCAL TIME OFF!
I have let myself to be taken advantage of by work (oh if you are professional you will attend for free) and men ( let's just not go there) and I REFUSE to let this happen to me again!
Well I rambled well didn't I LOL