Today = Fail

Today has felt like a big fail in both my professional and personal life. I am having a terrible time with one of the other middle/high school teachers. Granted, there are only four of us total at our school so the fact that I only have to work with three and one is unwilling to do their part really sucks.

Example #1: My planning time is during homeroom. I have no students to account for and it's my time to get prepared for the day. Every.Single.Day this teacher allows their students to come into my room (which isn't really "my" room since I teach in every room, but it's where my desk is and is in that room). The students are loud, disruptive, and are using the internet for non-school related things. They are the responsibility of the homeroom teacher, but instead, they are in my room doing whatever they darn well please. 


Example #2: Each teacher takes a turn in the high school lab (where the students take courses via DVD) for one period during the day. The students are not to be playing games or on the internet and are only allowed to be doing school-related activities. This one teacher not only allows the students to play games and go on the internet, but actually encourages it by playing games WITH them. Oh, and sometimes this person leaves a few minutes before lunch and the kids are just left hanging out in the room by themselves.

Example #3: I have had a major problem with things coming up missing from my cart and desk for a few months now. I was informed to send an email to the other three teachers to have them make sure that the students are not left in that room unsupervised and to make sure that the students are not going in the desk without permission. Well, lo and behold last week and this week two students were sitting at my desk, in my chair with no teacher in there supervising. Seriously?

Basically, I'm tired of it. I sent out another email today asking the teachers not to send their students over during homeroom (again). And, I put a sign on my desk saying "No students are allowed to sit at this desk. Thank you." It's ridiculous that I would have to put a note there, but I can't handle my stuff being taken anymore.

As for my personal life, things are just crazy. Our apartment is in a constant state of clutter and our laundry card is missing. I have two loads that need to get done, but can't and my husband has no clue where it is either. On top of that, I went to open the windows in the bedroom and saw a huge wasp in between the window and screen...lovely. That's when I noticed that the screen is not the correct size and that there is a one inch gap at the top that allows bugs to get in there. Basically, I can't open the bedroom windows to get air in. Awesome.

Sorry for the rant, but I just can't handle this today. I'm exhausted and need a break, but there's too much to do. Help!