I'm having a really hard time being ambitious this morning. Probably not a great thing given it is the first day of school. Trust me, I had grand plans to tackle a handful of issues head on this morning, but it seems every single one I try to check off my list is met with failure.
Perhaps it's just the fact that my mind seems to be somewhere else this morning. I mean, when you spend the past weekend with views like the one above, it's kind of hard to get back into "work mode" isn't it?
It's actually kind of amazing to me that people are able to clock out so completely during the summer months. It's a bit different for me given the fact that I have to work all summer unlike most school employees. That isn't to say that they don't spend time preparing lessons and things like that in the "off season". However it never fails there is a large number of people who come back in the fall and it's like their first day on the job.
They can't remember their login, they don't remember how to use a computer. Simple concepts that should be fairly simple seem beyond their reach. Either they just don't care or they are complete morons. I honestly think the jury is still out on that one.
Somehow I seem to be getting older too, and with age my patience seems to be melting away just as quickly as the years.
Scary how that works isn't it?
I think the fact that I have to be here 13 to 14 hours today probably doesn't help either. Especially given the fact that we finally have a bit of nice weather on the agenda for the week. As I have posted about before, it's been either brutally hot or extremely low air quality all summer. Now that things are starting to get back to normal, I'm going to be stuck in my office all day!
Ain't that some sh....
Well, I guess this is going to be a shorter post than I anticipated this morning. I've got both my phones ringing, about a dozen unread emails, and my internal messaging app going crazy. It's going to be one of those days!
Wish me luck!